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Arkansas Sounds pulls in Tav Falco, Dan Hicks and Collin Raye
Delightfully weird psych-o-billy hero Tav Falco (from Gurdon), genre-defier Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks (Little Rock) and '90s country star Collin Raye are among the big names at this year's Arkansas...
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Watercolor wonders at Butler Center
Jean Gill, a Virginia artist who was the juror for the 43rd annual Mid-Southern Watercolorists Exhibition in the main gallery of the Butler Center, likes the same things I do. I'm not sure what that...
View ArticleOpen line and another setback for equality
The line is open. Final note:* SETBACK FOR EQUALITY: The attorney general's office has rejected the proposed form of a constitutional amendment to repeal Amendment 83, which bans same-sex marriage,...
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Mark Darr announces for 4th District Congress
As expected, Lt. Gov. Mark Darr announced this evening his Republican candidacy for 4th District Congress, a seat being vacated by Senate hopeful Tom Cotton.Republican Rep. Bruce Westerman is expected...
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Proposed pollution-testing program for Mt. Judea hog farm may have hit snag
We reported last month that Gov. Mike Beebe, lawmakers, and various stakeholders were in discussion about the possibility of state-funded testing and monitoring on the C & H hog farm in Mt. Judea,...
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The bagel and the bialy
When the weekend arrives and I’m rolling out of bed on a lazy Saturday morning, before my feet even hit the floor, I’m already thinking about breakfast. I’ve already expressed my devotion to a variety...
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Democrats call for criminal probe of Mark Martin
I tend to lean more toward an illegal exaction lawsuit on the hundreds of thousands of dollars Republican Secretary of State Mark Martin has spent contrary to statute on outside counsel, including Asa...
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Woo, Pig, Bruce Westerman for Congress
Republican state Rep. Bruce Westerman's announcement as a candidate for 4th District Congress is later today, but he's already rolled out the Westerman biopic on YouTube, complete with plenty of shots...
View ArticleTom Cotton's support for government shutdown would cost Arkansas
Republican Rep. Tom Cotton has resisted to date providing Arkansas media with an explicit answer on whether he'd support a federal government shutdown if Obamacare isn't repealed or crippled by...
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Petition drive to repeal Arkansas Obamacare making headway
Obamacare continues to dominate Arkansas's political discussions. It exposes a rift in the Republican Party, where many legislators signed on the "private option" iteration of Obamacare and are now...
View ArticlePray for Tom Cotton — and his Arkansas victims
The Arkansas coalition of the Americans for Tax Fairness plans a prayer vigil in North Little Rock tonight. It's not described as a pray-for-Tom-Cotton event, but it might as well be. Because he's...
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Wednesday To-Do: Col. Buzz Aldrin
BUZZ ALDRIN5:30 p.m. Clinton Presidential Center. Free.This man walked on the moon. He's done a lot of other things in his life as well, including raising money for GOP candidates and saying that he...
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Wednesday: Toad the Wet Sprocket at Juanita's
Alt-rock veterans Toad the Wet Sprocket perform at Juanita's Wednesday with season nine "American Idol" winner Lee DeWyze, 8 p.m., $25 adv., $30 day of.[ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Marianna made — growing kids for college in the Delta
I've written before about Gabriel Fotsing, a Harvard grad whose Teach for America stint in Marianna produced a trip to Paris for students to whom Memphis might have been an exotic destination. Last...
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Damien Echols coming to UCA in November
Damien Echols, the most outspoken and visible member of the West Memphis Three and the author of two books, will be returning to the state on Nov. 11-12 to give a free public reading and teach a...
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UALR offers fresh proposal for Technology Park: UPDATE
UALR Chancellor Joel Anderson today unveiled a new proposal for a place to put the Little Rock Technology Park, using 20 acres of UALR and private property generally to the east of the Stephens Center...
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Corps-cyclist encounter reduces dam parking
Parking has been cut back at the Big Dam Bridge, which draws huge crowds of families, walkers, runners and bicyclists on weekends, after a complaint by the Army Corps of Engineers workers at the Murray...
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Little Rock school expert argues for continuation of magnets, transfer...
Remnants of the Pulaski County school desegregation case linger on, despite the Little Rock School District's achievement of unitary status, in part because of a dispute over whether the state has a...
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Kirsten Dunst signs up for new Jeff Nichols movie
Kirsten Dunst will play the female lead in "Midnight Special," the next project for Little Rock native Jeff Nichols, whose last film "Mud"was a sleeper hit. Nichols's muse Michael Shannon and John...
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Nate Powell-illustrated graphic novel on John Lewis out today
"March," illustrated by North Little Rock native Nate Powell, is out today from Top Shelf. The graphic novel is the first in a trilogy telling the story of civil rights icon U.S. Rep. John Lewis....
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