Today I would like to talk about the recommendations that the Arkansas Levee Task Force submitted to me this week in its final report. I created the task force and appointed 27 members in June last year. The events that led to the need for the task force began in late May. I will never forget that...
When I was running for governor in 2014, I promised to cut our income taxes by $100 million. With the support of the General Assembly, we not only kept that promise, but over the course of the past five years, we have reduced our income taxes by over $250 million each year. On this New Year’s...
Arkansas has improved its approach to the care of the state’s at-risk children, and today I’d like to talk about our success. The employees at the Department of Human Services and the Division of Youth Services have done excellent work in giving the youth in our care their best chance at...
I recently spoke to the graduates of the Arkansas National Guard Youth Challenge, and today I would like to talk about the ways this program teaches at-risk youth in our state the skills they need to succeed. In 1993, Arkansas was one of the first states to launch the pilot Youth Challenge, which...
This week, I attended the memorial service for Fayetteville Police Officer Stephen Carr, who was killed in the line of duty last week. The perpetrator ambushed and killed Officer Carr as he sat in his patrol car behind the Fayetteville Police Department. Today, I’d like to pay tribute to Officer...
The good news I announced at the Arkansas Farm Bureau’s annual convention this week comes after a difficult twelve months for Arkansas farmers. I am going to share my news again today. I hope that it will encourage our farmers. Many endured a soggy harvest in 2018 and an even wetter spring. In...
The chance to renew the state’s half-cent sales tax to pay for highway upkeep will be the most important issue on the ballot next year, and today I’d like to talk about why I supported the legislation that will allow us to vote on Issue One. Issue One does not increase taxes. The state has been...
By Governor Asa Hutchinson The storytellers behind True Detective knew the best place to film the third season of HBO’s popular series was right here in Arkansas, where the story is set. The filmmakers included images of a scorching sunset over the Devil’s Den State Park, the historically...
