\nThe Highway Commission has no position on gambling in Arkansas. The fact is, the proposed Constitutional amendment regarding casino gambling is not a highway funding proposal,” the agency explained.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Pew Research <\/i>reports that Arkansas is the fifth most religious state, with 70 percent of citizens saying religion is “very important in their lives.” That might not bode well for a question about allowing new forms of gambling to operate in the state.<\/p>\n
With Issue 4 certified for the ballot, critics are speaking up. Governor Asa Hutchinson (R) is one of them.<\/p>\n
“Let me emphasize that on these amendments, I have to vote just like everybody else, but it’s ultimately up to the people to decide ‘yea’ or ‘nay,'” Hutchinson said this week. “I will vote ‘no’ on the casino amendment because I have always opposed the expansion of casino gambling.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Arkansas casino ballot question known as Issue 4 has finally achieved certification from Secretary of State Mark Martin’s office to go before voters this November. The proposal will ask Arkansans whether they want to amend the state constitution to authorize four casinos. The question would earmark the facilities for the Oaklawn horse racetrack in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":87628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,18,61,13592],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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