The 2013 legislature closes quietly
The House and Senate convened briefly this morning to complete the 2013 General Assembly. By 10:14 a.m. the House had adjourned sine die. No business was conducted. The Senate likewise scuttled off...
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'Short Term 12' folks are really good at Vine
If your first reaction to Vine, the new-ish Twitter app that allows users to post 6 second video clips, was, "This is worthless," you need to check out the Vines "Short Term 12"director Destin Cretton...
View Article'Stand your ground' laws increase homicides
Count me unsurprised that enhanced legal protection for opening fire on people results in more gun deaths.But if you can't believe researchers from Texas A&M, who can you believe? From the Law...
View ArticleRepublicans hit Pryor on IRS union contribution
Easy score. Arkansas Republican Party says U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor should return political contributions he's received from the union that represents Treasury Department employees, which include IRS...
View ArticleVideo blogger Joseph Birdsong teaches you about Arkansas
Arkansas is full of talented people, and we ran across yet another one of them last night: the thoroughly-hilarious writer and video blogger Joseph Birdsong. In the video seen above, Birdsong, who was...
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Judge Wright issues injunction against abortion law
Federal Judge Susan Webber Wright has issued a preliminary injunction against enforcement of the new Arkansas law that was meant to bar most abortions at the 12th week of pregnancy. She ruled from the...
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Angela Davis Johnson at Gallery 360
Gallery 360 will host a reception from 6-10 p.m. tonight for Angela Davis Johnson and her exhibition of mixed media works "Kinfolk,"described as a "visual narrative" that starts with the image...
View ArticleFaulkner jury awards $5.2 million in nursing home negligence case
A Faulkner County jury returned a unanimous verdict last night that the Greenbrier Nursing and Rehabilitation Center had been negligent in treatment of Martha Bull, 76, who died at the nursing home...
View ArticleTwo judges disciplined for courtroom behavior
The State Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission today announced disciplinary actions against two judges for unethical behavior.* CIRCUIT JUDGE GERALD KENT CROW of Berryville was reprimanded and...
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Davy Carter: 'I don’t know if the Republican party in a primary is willing to...
House Speaker Davy Carter is not running for governor, which took a significant amount of sizzle out of his speech at the Political Animals Club today (Carter himself told reporters “I had to give a...
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Galusha, Krannichfeld, Thornhill at M2 Gallery
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LaToya Hobbs at Hearne Fine Art
Hearne Fine Art,1001 Wright Ave., is hosting a reception from 5-8 p.m. tonight for "Beautiful Uprising," an exhibition of woodcuts by Little Rock artist LaToya Hobbs. Hobbs will give a gallery talk...
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Friday finish — An oldie but goodie for legislature? A rebuttal for Tom Cotton
The line is open. Final thoughts:* SCHOOL LEADER NAMED: Tom Kimbrell, the state Education director, has named Curtis Turner, superintendent at Eureka Springs, to take over leadership of the Mineral...
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The Injunction, Crazy Davy Comedy Hour Edition
The first of what’s sure to be many legal challenges of new laws passed by the Arkansas General Assembly, Davy Carter opting not to run for governor, the environmental movements coalescing around the...
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Food Feedback Friday: midnight snack edition
The daily grind got the best of me this week, so Food Feedback Friday is getting up rather late…just in time for your midnight snack. No biggie, the rules remain the same. Let us know what you’re...
View ArticleCrisis at the NLRB
If left to the Republican Party, there'd be no National Labor Relations Board to look after employee rights in the workplace. Republican opposition forced President Obama's appointment of members to...
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Remember Jon Hubbard? He hasn't mellowed
Remember Jon Hubbard, the former Republican legislator from Jonesboro whose views proved too extreme for voters in 2012, though not for the Republican Party of Arkansas? (His self-published book...
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Practicing law with Bro. Rapert
Sen. Jason Rapert, author of the patently unconstitutional bill to ban most abortions in Arkansas at the 12th week of pregnancy, took heart yesterday at Judge Susan Webber Wright's indication that she...
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Pissaladiere, the acceptable early morning pizzza
Mylo Coffee Company has become something of a legend at the various area farmers markets, with folks lined up well in advance of each market's opening for a cup of coffee and one of their many...
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Partisan justice: Court candidate Wood gets tout from GOP's Curtis Coleman
I've written here and in last week's column about the lingering taste of partisanship in supposedly non-partisan Arkansas judicial races, as exhibited recently by Court of Appeals Judge Rhonda Wood,...
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