Take Two: A Primer on Double-Dipping Retirement in Arkansas (Updated!)
Here's what you need to know about double-dipping, when a state employee "retires" and then quickly returns to work in order to collect both a paycheck and a pension: It's hopelessly corrupt. Read on!
View Article‘A Corrupt Practice': Interview with Allen Kerr on State Retirement...
Arkansas Rep. Allen Kerr talks about the "corrupt practice" of retirement double-dipping by state employees—a practice he hopes to rein in.
View ArticleWho Will Crack Case of the $161 Million in Missing State Unemployment Funds?
Arkansas Dept. of Workforce Services reviewing their records to determine amount of improper state unemployment payments after feds say total is $161 million.
View ArticleFun With Numbers: Let’s Estimate Double-Dipper Artee Williams’ Pension!
Just how much money is Artee Williams, the double-dipping director of the Arkansas Dept. of Workforce Services, pulling down? The Arkansas Project is here to help you figure that out. Let's go to the...
View ArticleJust Look At This List of the Highest Paid Arkansas State Employees
Courtesy of the good folks at Arkansas Business, peruse this list of the most highly paid state employees in Arkansas (PDF). See? I TOLD you that you should have gone into college football coaching or...
View ArticleRep. Tiffany Rogers’s Double-Dipping Problem
Service in the state legislature is a part-time job. The yearly compensation is $15,689 (although that doesn’t include per diem payments), and it’s understood that legislators will probably find other...
View ArticleREPORT: Arkansas A ‘Sinkhole’ State
If your wallet feels a little lighter lately, that’s because the state of Arkansas has you on the hook for approximately $2,200. The post REPORT: Arkansas A ‘Sinkhole’ State appeared first on The...
View ArticleMisusers of Taxpayer Dollars Get Light Punishment
A new report by the Division of Legislative Audit was released today which shows a troubling trend of many elected officials and government employees misusing taxpayer dollars and receiving no greater...
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