The new political fight over guns
The New York Times reports here on some of the executive actions President Obama could take — more research on guns and health by the CDC, for example — as a response to national concern about gun...
View ArticleThe Beebe channel: speech to joint session
Gov. Mike Beebe addresses the House and Senate at a joint session this morning.We can all get along, he'll likely say. And we as a people can get along a lot better if we expand Medicaid to working...
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A serious case of Beatlemania in Arkansas
Thanks to Eric Francis for a direction to Slate's history blog and a fun entry on the depth of Beatlemania in 1964. They've unearthed letters from the National Archives written when the Labor...
View ArticleThe Arkansas Republican dilemma on Medicaid
The Capitol is thronged with back-slapping Arkansas Republicans celebrating their ascension to the legislative majority.Ernest Dumas sprinkles a few raindrops on the parade with the coming decision by...
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Go globetrotting with Forty Two at "Around the World Thursdays"
Without a doubt, the Clinton Presidential Center remains one of the most important and interesting locations in the state of Arkansas. It also happens to house one of Little Rock’s finest dining...
View ArticleUALR names new law dean
Michael Schwartz, currently associate dean of the Washburn Law School in Topeka, Kan., will become dean of the UALR Bowen School of Law July 1. Paula Casey will continue to serve as interim dean until...
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Another snow disruption
Yes, that would appear to be snow. Federal building has closed on account of weather, KTHV says. Little Rock schools to dismiss early today — 11:30 elementary, 12:45 for higher grades. And likely more...
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Beebe downplays differences; hints at big project; says no one to be thrown...
Gov. Mike Beebe addressed the joint legislative session this morning, his 14th as legislator or governor and made a little news after opening with a call for unity.He downplayed media emphasis on how...
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Tamale Factory packing the house in Gregory
Small town Arkansas loves their local joints, and one we're eager to get to is The Tamale Factory in the tiny hamlet of Gregory, a few miles east of Searcy. We've heard really good things about their...
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Republicans react to Medicaid 'circuit breaker'
I mentioned earlier that even Arizona Republican Gov. Jan Brewer had decided the economic argument in favor of accepting Medicaid expansion was too powerful to ignore. She has proposed there a "circuit...
View ArticleSheriff Joe Arpaio: Just because you call yourself America’s Toughest...
”Sometimes these kinds of things occur in big departments . . . if there were any victims, I apologize.” - Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, “apologizing” to victims of sexual assault, whose crimes were not...
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911 delay reported in fatal accident response
The Little Rock Police Department has announced suspension of a police communications officer because of a failure in immediately sending emergency responders to a report of a car that slid off an icy...
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Look who wants to legislate drug testing
Sen. Jeremy "Gator Bait" Hutchinson has revealed some of his apparent plans for rehabilitating his tarnished image.The legislator — who has lived variously in condos downtown and Chenal Valley and...
View ArticleThe snowy line
The Tuesday night line commences. Finishing up:* NO WAY TO SLICE IT/BAD NUMBERS FOR DUSTIN: Public Policy Polling released today the cross-tabs on its 600-person sample of an Asa Hutchinson/Dustin...
View ArticleThe delayed morning report
Most schools and governments will have a late start today so that roads may clear. But the Arkansas Blog is at work. Some odds and ends:* SCHOOL REGULATORS WITH BACKBONE:Diane Ravitch writes about the...
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Loganberry, you're hot and you're cold...
It took me a long time to even come near the once rapidly rolling bandwagon representing the frozen yogurt movement. In my mind, if I wanted to indulge in a frozen sweet treat, I was going to go about...
View ArticleThank God for Louisiana; but we could be next
Bad as things look, they could be worse.You could be living in Louisiana, where a creation-science encouraging measure is the law of the land.But I highly recommend this article about a brainy...
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Chi's Too can't quite break through
A few years ago, Chi's Too on Markham would have been perfectly acceptable Chinese take-out: it's quick, it's cheap, and while nobody would consider it gourmet, it's tasty enough. Unfortunately for...
View ArticleToday's list: Little Rock a bad place to work
Another day, another dismal ranking for the home team.This one purports to list the five happiest and unhappiest cities in which to work.No. 5 on the unhappy list — Little Rock. The components, with a...
View ArticleSpecial consideration for pay of judges, prosecutors removed from bill
CORRECTION: I've apparently misread reports from the Capitol on Joint Budget action on the legislation covering pay of elected state officials — also including legislators and the statewide officers....
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