The laziness of the Minimum, Wage Class . . . well, not so much, actually
Raise the Minimum Wage ??? Hummm?? I think the min wage is and should be low & keep lower than even a unskilled laborer . As it is, The min wage people haven't put much effort into learning a skill...
View ArticleUA vs. ASU in football
Doc Harper writes for Sporting Life Arkansas on just about every angle for and against a football matchup between the University of Arkansas Razorbacks and Arkansas State University Red Wolves, an...
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Make your nominations for 2013 Governor's Arts Awards
The Arkansas Arts Council is accepting nominations until April 26 for the 2013 Governor’s Arts Awards, which recognize Arkansas artists, arts patrons and corporations for their contributions to the...
View ArticleRepublicans oppose tax increases except when they don't
Just noticed a good item a few days ago from Michael Cook at Talk Business.It would appear that legislation sponsored in the Senate by Republican Sen. Jonathan Dismang will raise taxes on cell phone...
View ArticleNo Republican dare call it Medicaid expansion, but it is
I quibbled with some Republican shills last night on Twitter about their bodacious spinning on the growing Republican support for taking federal Medicaid expansion dollars for Arkansas, but doing so...
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The legislature rolls on
I hope to check in later as joint House-Senate committees discuss the increasingly controversial plan to provide state subsidies for a new steel mill in Mississippi County. Fierce opposition from an...
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Missy Irvin's body art bill amended to remove unreasonable bans
Last Thursday, amendments to SB387 —Sen. Missy Irvin’s body modification bill — removed the ban on scarification and clarified the definitions regarding implants. These needed, ahem, modifications...
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Gov. Mike Beebe vetoes Voter ID bill
Gov. Mike Beebe has vetoed SB 2, the Republican-backed Voter ID bill. His statement:Governor Beebe vetoed Senate Bill 2 Monday afternoon. While research conducted by the Attorney General's Office could...
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The Monday night line
Open to you. Final notes:* WE HAVE A DREAM: It is that Arkansas legislators, particularly Jim Hendren, will give a listen to Zessna Garcia Rios of Bentonville in the YouTube above from Arkansas...
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Questions about the UAMS-St. Vincent merger
Leslie Newell Peacock's continued probing behind the scenes of work on a potential combination of UAMS and St. Vincent Infirmary continues to turn up cautionary remarks within UAMS.The latest is a memo...
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U.S. Supreme Court takes up gay rights
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments today and tomorrow on two landmark civil rights cases — the challenge to California's ban on same-sex marriage and, Wednesday, a challenge to the federal...
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Stealth tax cut for the wealthy sprung on committee
The House Revenue and Taxation Committee assembled after adjournment to rubber stamp Speaker Davy Carter's proposed capital gains tax cut bill. Nobody knew what was in it until it was distributed at...
View ArticleThe open line
Your thoughts here. My last ones:* MARKET HIGH: The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a record today. I think we can credit George W. Bush, don't you?* WHERE THERE'S A HUCK THERE'S A BUCK: Mike Huckabee...
View ArticleUPDATE: National groups raise questions about UAMS-St. Vincent combine
We've learned several national organizations are concerned about the proposed combination of clinical services of UAMS and St. Vincent Infirmary, particularly based on what we reported earlier today...
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A little bit more on Warhol, etc.
Eye Candy has been swamped with other duties at the Times and so is a bit late posting this news about the five acquisitions Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art recently announced. I posted the news...
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Changes coming for Vieux Carre
After hearing rumors that David Bennett, long-time Executive Chef and General Manager of Hillcrest favorite Vieux Carre, would be turning over the reigns of his Southern-style bistro, I hoped that...
View ArticleA compromise delay on Lake Maumelle protection
JP Tyler Denton, under deserved fire for throwing in with the bad guys and joining Republican members of the Pulaski Quorum Court to delay watershed protection ordinances for the Maumelle watershed for...
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Connectivity: Business and governance by citizen legislature
Little attention has been given to an interesting little story Michael Cook wrote about the other day in Talk Business.He wrote about SB 797, which is a tax increase on cell phone users to pay for...
View ArticleThe capital gains tax cut myth
Any notion that House Speaker Davy Carter was a Democratic thinking man's Republican went out the window yesterday with his surreptitiously handled cramdown of legislation that only Ed Garner could...
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West Memphis 3 case back in court
A hearing is underway today on the continuing effort to get access to evidence in the closed West Memphis 3 murder case under the Freedom of Information Act.Jason Baldwin is shown here today in a photo...
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