Green Party official joins Republicans
The Arkansas Republican Party brought out the heavy artillery — if U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford counts — to trumpet a party jumper in Craighead County. The county clerk, Kade Holliday, who was elected as a...
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Hillary Clinton reads as children's library dedicated in her honor
Hillary Rodham Clinton was front and center to read a children's book when the new children's branch of the Central Arkansas Library System was dedicated in her honor today. She read "The Very Hungry...
View ArticlePolice abuse complaints in the news
Coincidentally, I have received word today of two promised court actions related to alleged police abuse.The ACLU of Arkansas said it would announce details of a federal court lawsuit over police abuse...
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Hewlett-Packard to lay off 500 at Conway call center
The Log Cabin Democrat in Conway is reporting that Hewlett-Packard will lay off 500 people at its Conway call center. Employees apparently got the word at a company meeting. The layoffs will be phased...
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Chad Griffin, Kathy Webb talk future of marriage equality in Arkansas
Human Rights Campaign director Chad Griffin followed up a press conference at the Capitol this morning with a noon Q and A session with former state Rep. Kathy Webb at the Clinton School of Public...
View ArticleThe line is open
Where'd the day go? The line is open. That's all I have to say at the moment.[ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Attorney general disputes theory that legislature passed open carry gun law...
The gun zealots will be disappointed. And one of them will now have to force an arrest to test a now-disputed theory in court. No, Attorney General Dustin McDaniel said today in an official opinion,...
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Oscar night at Clinton Library: Family honors designer de la Renta
Several hundred friends of Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton gathered at the Clinton Presidential Center tonight for a reception honoring Oscar de la Renta, the fashion designer and FOB whose fashions...
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Who's the corporate pick for Arkansas Supreme Court? Rhonda Wood, that's who
Judicial elections are more than 10 months away. The filing period doesn't begin until March.But the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce isn't letting any grass grow. It has made it clear who the...
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Spencer has two moms — and more chronicles of the battle for equality in...
It was a remarkable day in Arkansas yesterday for equality.Grant Tennille, the director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, called for an end to Arkansas law that discriminates against gay...
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Wednesday: Color Club, 'Hold My Beer and Watch This'
Check out the no-wave-inspired sounds of Color Club and their brother band, the classic hardcore revivalists R.I.O.T.S. at White Water Tavern, 10 p.m., $5. Red dirt country troubadours Randy Rogers and...
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House Speaker Davy Carter named regional bank president
Beats running for governor.Centennial Bank news release about House Speaker Davy Carter:Centennial Bank, wholly-owned subsidiary of Home BancShares, Inc. (NASDAQ GS: HOMB), has named Davy Carter as...
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Warren Stephens talks about golf, business, Obamacare
Interested in the thoughts of Warren Stephens, the Little Rock investments tycoon? Roby Brock has an extensive interview in his latest edition of Talk Business Arkansas.Hope he's right about one thing:...
View ArticleSummer lovin'
When the summer months come around, The Observer is a rambling man. There is something about the heat that makes a body want to get a move on. We know others take a different approach, settling deeper...
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'Spamalot' at Weekend Theater
'Legally Blonde: The Musical' at the Public Theatre, the Eureka Springs Fat Tire Festival, Royal Thunder and Adam Faucett at White Water, Gary Allan at Magic Springs and A Mid Summer Night's Jam at...
View ArticleThe kids are all right
Still befuddled about my own sexuality, my first awareness that being gay was a matter of public debate came in 1977. That was when orange juice hawker Anita Bryant led a high-profile campaign to...
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Wild West dud
'Lone Ranger's' time has come and gone. by Sam EiflingThe Western as tent-pole picture died last weekend under a barrage of exploded locomotive parts and dead Indians and general cluelessness. Gore...
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Attracting young entrepreneurs
New York Times reports on the relocation of a married male couple, one a millionaire Facebook founder, so one of them can make a run for Congress from New York.You think they'd consider Arkansas as a...
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The 3 Best: Donuts
As much as you may try to hide it, you know you love donuts. Sure, no one wants to admit that they would eagerly polish off a half-dozen hot glazed every morning if given the opportunity. When a...
View ArticleWhen clinics aren't available, women turn to flea market abortions
Here's the reality of the Republican war on women's reproductive rights:At an open-air flea market outside McAllen, Texas, near the Mexican border, shoppers can buy a goat and get their car windows...
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