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Selling Obamacare: States differ, but Arkansas among those moving aggressively
The state of Arkansas has embarked on a significant marketing campaign to get people to sign up to participate in Obamacare through health exchanges and the expansion of Medicaid approved by the...
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Sun energy at the VA
Another solar energy project in Little Rock: By the end of August, the 7,000 solar panels being installed in the parking lot of the John L. McClellan Veterans Administration Hospital in Little Rock...
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Lupita's doesn't measure up
Of all the various cuisines that are available in Little Rock, my wife loves Mexican the most. Our most recent experience with Mexican was less than stellar, so I felt like I owed it to her to try...
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Clarksville superintendent now thinks McDaniel wrong on gun opinion
Dr. David Hopkins, superintendent of the Clarksville School District, called today to say that after further study he's convinced Attorney General Dustin McDaniel's opinion on arming of school district...
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View ArticleAmerican exceptionalism: It applies to health care prices, too
Interesting story in New York Times.Guy goes to Belgium for a hip replacement. Why? It cost $13,660 versus at least $78,000, not counting surgeon's fee, in U.S., and that price AFTER a sweetheart deal...
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Sales tax holiday fails as local retailer protection tool
The annual "back-to-school sales tax holiday" ends at 11:59 p.m. todayNot too late for another reminder about how it falls short on policy, consumer protection and local business protection.The Tax...
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Poll shows support for raising the minimum wage
I've mentioned previously, but now have the full poll conducted by AFSCME the public employees union, on a handful of political questions and a longer list of questions about a ballot initiative — not...
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Tuesday: Crystal Bowersox at Juanita's, Major Major Major at Stickyz
American Idol season 9 runner-up Crystal Bowersox plays at Juanita's, 7 p.m., $15. Austin garage-pop duo Major Major Major plays an all-ages throwdown at Stickyz, with Whale Fire and Bombay Harambee, 9...
View ArticleRepublican governors warn against federal shutdown
Republican governors, even Wisconsin's Scott Walker, are warning Republicans in Congress that it would be a bad idea to shut down the federal government as part of an effort to block Obamacare. New...
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Pancetta exec chef: new menu will be local, Southern and 'what's new.'
We had a conversation last week with Chris Stroup, the executive chef at Pancetta, the restaurant in the newly-rebranded Marriott Hotel on Markham, which used to be the Peabody. Stroup spent the past...
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North Little Rock news: New home for bus station; wet/dry elections coming
BUS STATION RELOCATIONA reader comment about potential relocation of the Greyhound bus station on East Washington Avenue in North Little Rock piqued my curiosity and I ran down some information from...
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Capitol Zoning Commission to take up Dollar General, fence issues
I dropped the ball in following up on a recent story about continued efforts by two Quapaw Quarter residents to find a way around rules limiting the height of front-yard fences to 40 inches, in...
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Common Cause: Taxpayers subsidize ALEC junkets for legislators
Common Cause and the Center for Media Democracy put out details today about how the American Legislative Exchange Council funnels corporate money into a "scholarship fund" for state legislators to...
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Democrats welcome Tom Cotton to Senate race with unflattering website
The Democratic Party didn't wait for Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton's free barbecue in Dardanelle Tuesday to welcome him to the U.S. Senate race against incumbent Democrat Mark Pryor.It has a website,...
View ArticleRepublican candidate says, what?, on 'school safety'
Leslie Rutledge, a Republican candidate for attorney general, seems to be threading a needle here.Want more guns in schools?Want no more guns in schools?Rutledge's news release has something for...
View ArticleUPDATE: Search narrowing on site for new veterans home
Cissy Rucker, director of the Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs, says a three-member search committee has come up with four potential locations for a new state veterans home, to replace the one...
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Thank God for Mississippi: a PAC for Southern Democrats
Washington Post reports that Ronnie Musgrove, a Democrat and former Mississippi governor, is leading formation of the Southern Progress Fund, a PAC to help elect Democrats in down-ballot races in...
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Republicans threaten boycott to squelch network shows on Hillary Clinton
I've written before about Republican animosity toward free speech that is not their own. Now today:The Republican National Committee has threatened not to cooperate with NBC and CNN in 2016 debates if...
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