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THEY SAID IT

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OVER 120 LOCATIONS IN 19 STATES “For a lot of people, [the election] is a
“In Arkansas, and consequential, but I think, in the end,
very meaningful event every four years

the majority of households don’t really
all business spend a lot of time thinking about it day
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cent sales tax on the November ballot…

This is a worthy investment. If it fails, our

alternatives are limited and less desirable.”

—Incumbent candidate Rep. David Whitaker (D) on his support from Issue 1 for sustainable infrastructure
funding in Arkansas

“At this point, “Sadly, the positive impact

I suppose we this rule could have had to
make both highways and
are suckers truckers safer will have to

for expecting wait. ATA will be working
again with Congress to fix
any shred of what HHS has failed to

normalcy in a do — its job.”

political forum.” —American Trucking Associations President and CEO
Chris Spear on the Department of Health and Human
Services’ guidelines on the use of hair samples for
—Arkansas Money & Politics author Dustin Jayroe in his review government-mandated drug testing which as written
of the first presidential debate between Pres. Donald Trump and would still require carriers to use urinalysis in addition
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