... proposals to fund Arkansas' first statewide trauma system, which Gov. Mike Beebe has made a priority this session. Rep. Ed Garner said he has lined up 15 to 20 co-sponsors for a bill to pay for a statewide network through increased fines on drunken ...

... Republicans, meanwhile, planned to push for their alternate proposal to raise the driving fines, a measure that Rep. Ed Garner said had drawn the support of "15 to 20" of his colleagues. "The bottom line is, and the important thing is ...

... million in tax hikes would pay for the trauma network and a host of expanded health-care programs. The proposal by Rep. Ed Garner, R-Maumelle, would levy a $50 fee for 30 violent crimes, including aggravated assault, rape, capital murder ...

... higher taxes that might discourage them from killing themselves and running up health care costs for all of us, state Rep. Ed Garner of Maumelle and other Republican state legislators offer what they strangely consider a better idea. They want the ...

... system and a variety of other health programs. A day later, a group of Republicans filed an alternative. HB 1238 by Rep. Ed Garner, R-Maumelle, would generate about $27 million through fee increases on a variety of court fines and divert a ...

... Dick Armey of Texas planned to visit the Capitol on Tuesday to urge lawmakers to vote against the tobacco tax hikes. Rep. Ed Garner, the sponsor of the GOP trauma system bill, said he didn't plan to bring his proposal before a House committee ...

... the tax. Wills told House members the vote was one that would test personalities and principles in the chamber. Rep. Ed Garner, who had filed the alternate trauma system bill favored by House Republicans leaders, said he planned to withdraw ...

... paying their taxes these days? President Barack Obama lost three cabinet appointees to such problems, and state Rep. Ed Garner owes the state about $60,000 in business taxes. What committee does the honorable representative sit on in the ...

... position the state's economy to expand in these uncertain times, but it would prepare the economy to roar. State Rep. Ed Garner, R-Maumelle, has crafted a small paper entitled "Invest in Arkansas: An Emergency of Opportunity," in which ...

... Johnson said. Later Friday, the House voted 56-19 on Friday in favor of the capital-gains tax-cut bill by Rep. Ed Garner, R-Maumelle. Garner has said that removing the capital gains tax could lead to a "gold rush" in Arkansas, creating ...