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Little Rock is holding four public hearings this week for citizens to ask questions about the 2013 budget.

The City of Pine Bluff wants delinquent business owners to pay their taxes, and it might start fining them if they don't.

Republican Arkansas Congressman Rep. Steve Womack is to join in the call for passage of a law allowing states to levy sales taxes on online and catalog purchases.

Baxter County Sheriff John Montgomery says layoffs are possible after voters rejected a quarter-cent sales tax that would have funded county law enforcement.

Arkansas lawmakers are looking at whether to delay a tax break for truckers for a year after efforts to repeal the exemption outright failed.

The Arkansas House has voted to move forward with a proposal that would repeal a tax break for truckers that's set to take effect this year.

Tuesday, Little Rock city leaders informally agreed to move forward with asking taxpayers to approve a property tax millage to raise $105-million to pay for street and drainage projects. Voters have approved the tax millage for capital improvement projects since 1958, but this year, the city wants to drop the rate to 3 mills from 3.3.

Supporters of a proposed severance tax hike on natural gas will be given 30 more days to circulate petitions after more than two-thirds of the signatures they submitted to qualify for the ballot were invalidated, Arkansas election officials said Thursday.

In your FOX16 Money Alert, Monday Little Rock's Citizen's Evaluation of New Tax (CENT) Committee met for the first time and outlined its goals of how to make sure Little Rock's new sales tax revenue is spent transparently.

Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel has approved the language of a proposed constitutional amendment to reduce a sales tax for conservation and remove the Game and Fish Commission from agencies benefiting from the tax.

Tuesday, April 17th is the deadline to file income taxes.

Voters in Washington County have rejected a sales tax increase that would have paid for improvements to the area's public transportation system.

Voters pass one cent sales tax to pay for construction and maintenance of new county jail.

Saturday was the busiest day of the year for Goodwill. People dropped off donations Saturday to cash in on the tax credit for charitable donations before the midnight deadline.

Fort Smith officials are working to figure out how to fill an $800,000 hole in the city's convention center budget after voters rejected an increase in the tax on prepared foods.

In your FOX16 Money Alert, Little Rock's sales tax rate jumped one-percent overnight in a move approved by voters in September to pay for a variety of city services.

The National Park Community College Board of Trustees is postponing a special election set for April after attorneys questioned whether the Hot Springs school could legally use a property-tax increase to fund construction projects on campus.

Less than two months after voters said "yes" to a sales tax hike, Little Rock is moving forward with major improvements to public safety.

Does your neighborhood have street and sidewalk repairs you'd like the city to take care of right away?

About 125 North Little Rock voters listened to Mayor Patrick Hays discuss his plans for a proposed tax increase Thursday. Most in the audience are still unclear about how the money will be spent and that's why they came to get answers.