Differences in the Arkansas and Texas legislatures

Here's a blog post from someone who's worked with state legislatures in Little Rock and Austin. Differences? Here's an excerpt:

2. Arkansas legislators have no staff. Hell, they don’t even have their own offices! This lends itself to a true “citizen legislators” environment, but the capital city is less fun. TX is almost like Congress, with staffers hitting the political watering holes; gossiping, moving and shaking after each day of business. I think it would be more productive for AR legislators to have staff, but pros and cons I guess.