Hutchinson to bring highway tax campaign to El Dorado

October 16, 2020 at 2:04 p.m. | Updated October 16, 2020 at 2:23 p.m.

by Karl Richter

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, center, speaks at a news conference Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, at the Poultry Federation in Little Rock about the campaign to extend a half-cent sales tax for highways. Hutchinson on Wednesday called the effort to keep the tax his top priority among this year's ballot initiatives. The half-cent tax approved by voters in 2012 is to expire in 2023 unless voters extend it by approving a ballot measure that is part of a highway funding package passed by the Legislature in 2019.
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, center, speaks at a news conference Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, at the Poultry Federation in Little Rock about the campaign to extend a half-cent sales tax for highways. Hutchinson on Wednesday called the effort to keep the tax his top priority among this year's ballot initiatives. The half-cent tax approved by voters in 2012 is to expire in 2023 unless voters extend it by approving a ballot measure that is part of a highway funding package passed by the Legislature in 2019.

LITTLE ROCK - Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson will visit El Dorado on Monday afternoon as part of a statewide campaign in support of Issue 1, a measure on November's ballot to make permanent a transportation sales tax.

Hutchinson, Attorney General Leslie Rutledge and other officials will visit five Arkansas cities Monday, the first day of early voting in the state, his office announced in a news release.

In addition to El Dorado, the tour will make stops in Jonesboro, Harrison, Rogers and North Little Rock.

The El Dorado stop is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. at the Murphy Arts District Amphitheater, 105 E. Locust Drive.

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