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Jason Moore to direct Tina Fey's upcoming comedy 'The Nest'
Deadline reports that Tina Fey will be working with "Pitch Perfect" director and Fayetteville native Jason Moore on the upcoming comedy "The Nest," which is about a pair of sisters who, upon learning...
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The impact of guns in church
Recommended: A letter in this week'sTimes by Scott Walters, rector of Christ Episcopal Church downtown, on the question of guns in church.He recounts an usher's recent encounter with a potential...
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Wednesday: 'The Year of the Women' panel discussion, 'Cirque Ziva' and more
"The Year of the Women" is a panel discussion about the results of a new nonpartisan academic poll conducted by the Clinton School and the Diane D. Blair Center of Southern Politics and Society at the...
View ArticleWilkins: Mayberry anti-abortion bill needs rape exception to clear Senate
I hope to have a report shortly on Senate committee consideration of Rep. Andy Mayberry's bill to ban abortions beginning with the 20th week of pregnancy, a significant shortening of the pre-viability...
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Big Momma takes the floor on transvaginal probes, abortion
This deserves a post of its own.Following is the post of the day — maybe ever — by reader "Big Momma." She responded to a comment on our item about Sen. Jason Rapert'sdecision to remove...
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Federal security objects to Occupy LR demonstration
Jennifer Pierce reports that federal security officers objected to a small Occupy Little Rock demonstration on the sidewalk outside the federal courthouse at Capitol and Broadway last night.She reports...
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Thursday: Handmade Moments, Signing Day in the Rock and more
Local jazz ensemble Handmade Moments (with members of Don't Stop Please) plays at The Joint, with Geoffrey Myers and Tyler Tradewell, 9 p.m., $7. Tireless swamp-folk/soul singer Adam Faucett is at...
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Feds consider exchange option as part of Medicaid expansion deal
Nice scoop this morning from Charlie Frago, who reports in this morning’s D-G (paywall) that Gov. Mike Beebe has asked the feds about giving folks between 100 and 138 of the federal poverty level...
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"Bridging the Burden: In Their Shoes"
The Cox Creative Center, the curved brick building across from the Main Library operated by the Central Arkansas Library System, will open an exhibit Friday of the shoes of Arkansas soldiers who fought...
View ArticleSenate votes to close gun permit records
The vote was 24-9 in the Senate for the bill to make concealed carry permits secret. No more cross-checking of the many slips in the system or a means of checking when permit holders act out.The bill...
View ArticlePoll update: Hillary in a walk over GOP oppnents
I mentioned earlier that a UA poll on presidential politics would be discussed at the Clinton School at lunch today.Here's the University release on the event, with this presidential finding:Poll...
View ArticleThe open line — calling all jocks
The line is open. It's a sports page kind of night.* AW, MOM, DID YOU HAVE TO? Story of the day is the future of hotshot Florida running back Alex Collins. The Hogs thought they'd land him. Then his...
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Thursday To-Do: 'A Celebration for Mason Mauldin'
A CELEBRATION FOR MASON MAULDIN'7 p.m. Revolution. Donations.With the passing of Mason Mauldin, Little Rock lost a sharp and funny friend, a thoughtful and serious (without taking himself too...
View ArticlePoor vetting of school candidate: Has LRSD noticed?
I linked yesterday to a Wisconsin news article about the withdrawal of an Illinois school superintendent, Walter Milton Jr., from a search for a new leader in Madison. The angle is that the same man...
View ArticleCounties begin push to raise wireless phone fees to pay for 911
The Association of Arkansas Counties has distributed a news release that sets the stage for a push for increasing allowable fees on wireless phones to pay for county-operated 911 emergency phone...
View ArticleWar on Women contd.
The Senate today passed legislation to prohibit private insurance offered through health insurance exchanges from covering abortion. The vote was 25-9-1.A family facing the medical disaster described...
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The greatest corn ever born
There are few things in this world that are not made better by the addition of a little butter and cheese. If you can think of any, please let me know…I’d be willing to take that challenge. Corn is no...
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Weekend: Bob Marley birthday celebrations, 'Ain't Nothing But a Thang' and more
FRIDAY 2/8Montego Cafe celebrates Bob Marley's birthday with performances from Changus B, Nicky Parrish, J. White, Bijoux and Michael Walker, 10 p.m., $10. The Good Vibes Music Fest is hosted by Osyrus...
View ArticleRepublicans propose new state bureaucracy
At the top of today's hypocrisy watch is a proposed piece of legislation from Sen. David Sanders and Rep. Bruce Westerman. It would create a new bureaucracy to root out Medicaid fraud. It's focused on...
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Rapert abortion bill passes by voice vote
On a voice vote, the House Public Health Committee has taken Sen. Jason Rapert's bill to ban most abortions in Arkansas off the table so that it could be discussed.His SB 134 would require a fetal...
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