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Stormy morning: Shoffner, hospitals, abortion
A morning report as Arkansas watches the stormy skies:* THE STATE TREASURER WATCH: Can Martha Shoffner really return to work today as state treasurer, overseeing billions in state investments, after...
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Will Tom Cotton help Oklahoma or hold it hostage to ideology?
Here's a list of the Republicans who voted against disaster aid for areas hit by Hurricane Sandy. It includes Oklahoma congressmen as well as, famously, Rep. Tom Cotton, the Club for Growth's consul in...
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Sources identify Steele Stephens as informant in Shoffner case
I hinted earlier that evidence was mounting that the securities salesman who provided confidential information to the FBI was Steele Stephens, the broker who began enjoying a huge share of Treasurer...
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A case for the new Public Corruption Task Force?
At the announcement yesterday of the charge against Martha Shoffner, U.S. attorneys announced a public corruption task force for the state.Do you think maybe an offer of $30,000 in campaign...
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Conservationists call for Buffalo protection on river, hog farm tour
State legislators have an interesting twofer today and tomorrow — a Buffalo River float trip and a visit to a mass hog feeding operation that conservationists fear holds peril for the pristine national...
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Cathi Compton also in circuit judge race
We're one day into the official campaign period for judicial offices (the election is May 20, 2014) and we already have a race for circuit judge of the 13th division, covering Pulaski and Perry...
View ArticleNLR woman dies after fiance sets her on fire
Worst local story today so far is from Fox 16:A North Little Rock woman has died after her fiancee poured gasoline on her and set her on fire.[ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleShoffner watch: She won't be in today
Debbie Rogers, chief deputy state treasurer, said Treasurer Martha Shoffner will not be at work today, but otherwise it was "business as usual" at the treasurer's office. Shoffner was arrested Saturday...
View ArticleAirport audit brought to board
The muddle in accounting at the Bill and Hillary National Airport that meant no checks could be cut for “quite a length of time,” L. Cotton Thomas & Co. CFO Chad Miller said, were outlined to the...
View ArticleTwo shot at Verizon Arena this morning
Officers with North Little Rock police responded to a call about a shooting at Verizon Arena this morning around 11 a.m. and found two people shot.A female student from Little Rock's Parkview High...
View ArticleAppeals court strikes down 20-week abortion ban
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down the Arizona law that put a ban on abortions beginning with the 20th week of pregnancy.This is good news for abortion rights generally, though not...
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Jarod Varner picked to lead Central Arkansas Transit
Jarod Varner, who's been vice president of transit operations for the Denton County (Texas) Transportation Authority, where he's worked since 2005, has been selected to be the executive director of the...
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Got a great cocktail recipe? It could win you tickets to 'Jersey Boys'
Who doesn't love a good cocktail, right? And who doesn't love "Jersey Boys," the Tony- and Grammy-winning jukebox musical that tells the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons? Say, here's an...
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The guns and Bass Pro Shops open line
The line is open. Finishing up:* UA PRESIDENT BOBBITT RECOMMENDS UA MAINTAIN NO-GUN POLICY: University of Arkansas System President Donald Bobbitt will recommend to the UA Board of Trustees Thursday...
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Martha Shoffner resigns as Arkansas state treasurer
A 5:04 p.m. e-mail from Chuck Banks, attorney for Martha Shoffner, delivered a copy of a letter she sent to Gov. Mike Beebe tendering her resignation as state treasurer. She had not returned to work...
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Escaping traffic in America: The remotest place in Arkansas
From up East comes a link from a former Arkie about a website, Remote Footprints. What is it?Remote Footprints is an idea rooted in our concern that the remoteness of the natural landscape is still...
View ArticleMisquoted
There's embarrassment in the young gubernatorial campaign of state Rep. Debra Hobbs of Rogers. Announcing her candidacy last week, Representative Hobbs said "I feel like this is what God wants me to...
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Clinton School partners with school to heal Uganda's wounds
Students work with former child soldier Okello Sam at his school and community outreach project Hope North. by Lindsey MillarWhen he was 16 and living in his native northern Uganda, Okello Sam was...
View ArticleIt was a good week for a woman's right to an abortion
Also a good week for adjournment sine die, the Republican Party, attention to a hog farm permit in the Buffalo River Watershed. It was a bad week for Treasurer Martha Shoffner.It was a good week for...
View ArticleSyrian war: Iraq redux
Americans are instinctively wiser than their leaders when it comes to foreign policy, at least until their emotions are manipulated to support mindless war. by Ernest DumasAmericans are instinctively...
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