Court date nears on abortion legislation; church guns advance
The Arkansas House today voted 75-20 in favor of a ban on abortions in or after the 20th week of pregnancy, a prohibition supposedly justified by the contested theory of pain caused to the fetus....
View ArticleGuns: First church, now the state Capitol
I got a tip from a former legislator last week that, once churches were opened up to guns, the state Capitol would be next. He'd been assured the matter was "taken care of." I could find no trace of...
View ArticleSenate talks steel
The Senate is meeting this afternoon for a Q&A on the $1 billion Big River Steel Mill, which will require $125 million-plus in state loans, grants and inducements.David Ramsey is going to send some...
View ArticleMonday night: The millionaire line
The line is open. Cleaning up:* MILLION-DOLLAR WINNERS: Stephen and Terri Weaver of Stutgart bought $30 worth of lottery tickets and came up with two winners, one for $1 million and one for $50,000, at...
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Who'll protect Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, etc.?
A reader writes:What about those of us who worship in synagogues and mosques? Are we covered or were we minorities left out?Sen. Bryan King's bill to allow guns in church does not define churches. But...
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Do Republicans really want more people to vote?
Now that Sen. Bryan King has his guns-in-church bill, he'll turn attention to his efforts to shrink the voting franchise by requiring photo ID to vote, a measure that will instantly put up obsacles to...
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Former Miss Arkansas moves from lobby back to law
Remember Regina Hopper, the former Miss Arkansas who moved from TV news to law and, then, big-time Washington lobbing? Most recently she's held the top job at a lobby for the natural gas industry. Says...
View ArticleSegregation dooms education 'reform'
No, the headline doesn't refer to racial segregation, except to the extent it's the de facto result of economic segregation.Important reading in the Washington Post, based on an article in The Nation,...
View ArticleWomen's rights, water at risk
Deadline rolls around and it's hard to know which provocation should demand the most attention. by Max BrantleyDeadline rolls around and it's hard to know which provocation should demand the most...
View ArticleMaking it through
Made it through another January, thank the Lord. by Bob LancasterMade it through another January, thank the Lord.No progress toward fulfilling any life goals, but there never is such progress in...
View ArticleWe're gaining
Small, Southern, unwealthy, Arkansas has long been looked down on by the more prosperous states of the upper Midwest. Now the gap is closing. As we've reported previously, Michigan has copied...
View ArticleMy neighbor, Jason Rapert
For as long as I've lived in Arkansas, most of my adult life, people like the now famous state Sen. Jason Rapert have made most of the noise and lost most of the elections. by Gene LyonsFor as long as...
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Bibles, beers, works by Osage artists
At 2nd Friday Art night, other weekend events. by Leslie Newell PeacockWith President Obama's second inauguration fresh in our minds, now is a good time to think on the country's first inauguration,...
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Hillary's the one in 2016 — more polling coming today
A former campaigner for George H.W. Bush writes in the Daily Beast that Hillary Rodham Clinton is a particularly dangerous opponent for Republicans in 2016, as evidenced by her popularity among voters...
View ArticleCharter school accountability lacking
Sen. Jimmy Jeffress passed modest legislation for charter school accountability in 2012. Among others, it required after the first quarter of the year that charter schools file a report with:1) The...
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UPDATE: Saturday mail service on the chopping block
I'm hearing that the Postal Service is poised to announce the end of Saturday mail delivery. Perhaps as early as this morning.The U.S. Senate in April voted for a plan that would have continued...
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LR superintendent candidate withdraws from Wisconsin job search
Walter Milton Jr., school superintendent in Springfield, Ill., and one of the finalists disclosed yesterday in the search for a new Little Rock School District superintendent, has withdrawn from a job...
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Is that pizza I smell? Tracking reports of Bruno's rebirth on Main Street
Vince Bruno, who managed the West Little Rock Italian restaurant started by his father in 1948 for more than 20 years, is reportedly working with his brother Gio on plans to open a new Bruno's on Main...
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Memphis strips Confederate names from parks; can a David O. Dodd Protection...
A story from Tennessee seems absolutely ripe for copycat work from Arkansas Republicans.A bill filed in the Tennessee legislature prohibits the renaming or removal of any monuments or memorials or...
View ArticleBoy Scouts delay decision on end to gay discrimination
I'd bet that a storm of negative reaction prompted the Boy Scouts of America's governing board to delay today a decision on whether to end the organization's discrimination against participation by gay...
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