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Words for a new age at UAMS
Why not dig into the Deepak Chopra playbook for the UAMS move to consolidate with St. Vincent Infirmary? Some spiritual healing, if not alternative medicine, is definitely in need at the med center,...
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Nucor steps up opposition to steel mill subsidies UPDATE
Nucor, the big steel producer with a mill in Mississippi County, is increasing its attack on the state proposal to give tens of millions in subsidies to a startup competitor run by a former Nucor...
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Speaking of tax cuts for the rich
Rep. Charlie Collins is doing his part for the wealthy with state income tax relief.But he's a piker compared with U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan. An analysis of his latest budget shows that it would be a bonanza...
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Coming Friday: Ron Meyers
Ceramicist Ron Meyers is credited with helping revitalize American studio pottery with his functional earthenware vessels and other forms, carved and painted with animals — rats, bats, rabbits, etc....
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Win a pair of tickets to see Pink Floyd tribute Brit Floyd at Verizon Arena
On April 30, Brit Floyd, one of the biggest Pink Floyd tributes going, will stop off at Verizon Arena for a three-hour show featuring lasers, lights and other assorted trippy what-have-you. The band...
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Notes on CBMAA: Warhol, Judd acquisitions
The Art Newspaper's Judith Dobrzynski today revealed two new acquisitions by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, including an Andy Warhol serigraph on canvas, "Hammer and Sickle." The symbol of...
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The legislature today — highway money, damage suits, body arts
Lots happening on many fronts at the Capitol today.* HIGHWAY RAID ON GENERAL REVENUE FAILS IN COMMITTEE: The highway industry bill to divert sales tax on vehicle sales from general revenue to road...
View ArticleRepublican Party as 21st Century Shakers?
It isn’t that they can’t see the solution. It is that they can’t see the problem. - G.K. ChestertonIn the 1800s there was a religious sect known as the Shakers. While passionate about their beliefs,...
View ArticleLuella and the Sun deliver "Sign of the Judgement"
The latest installment of "Live at Fellowship Hall Sound," our video series collaboration with Greg Spradlin and Camp Friday Films, spotlights a band that seems destined for fame in the future —...
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Friday-Sunday To-Do: Little Rock Horror Picture Show
LITTLE ROCK HORROR PICTURE SHOWVarious times. Argenta Community Theater. $40 pass. $7 for individual screenings.This writer has never been one of those happy-go-lucky types drawn to rom-coms and Woody...
View ArticleCounty attorney finds flaws in watershed measure
County Attorney Karla Burnett has analyzed the surprise amendment by Pulaski Justice of the Peace Tyler Dentonthat may torpedo the land use ordinances aimed at protecting the Lake Maumelle...
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UPDATE: Shooting reported in Woodlands Edge
Fox 16 reports a police officer has fired at a suspect near Brodie Creek Road and Bowman Trail in western Little Rock in the Woodlands Edge subdivision. A large police contingent on the ground and a...
View ArticleFatal wreck diverts I-40 traffic all day
A wreck shortly before 8 a.m. this morning on Interstate 40 near the White River bridge and mile marker 200 caused a death and forced diversion of traffic from the freeway in both directions, a...
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Arts education bill: Talk it up
State Rep. James McLean of Batesville has filed HB 1689, a shell bill that, with a little pressure from parents and persons who believe that arts-infused education is a great way to teach kids, will...
View ArticleThe gubernatorial race open line
The line is open. Finishing up:* GOVERNOR 2016: Talk Business passes along a poll supposedly done by a corporate entity with interest in the 2016 governor's race but supposedly unaligned with any...
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Protest tomorrow on legislature's assault on women's rights
A reminder of the social media-driven rally at the Capitol at 3 p.m. Saturday over the legislature's unprecedented and unconstitutional infringement on women's medical rights.Some 1,400 women have...
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UPDATE: City director alleges taco truck harassment
My attention was called by someone who was there to the waning minutes of the Little Rock Board of Directors meeting Tuesday, when Director Ken Richardson took the mike to ask for a reminder for the...
View ArticleCorporate welfare: Let's review all as carefully as steel mill
The careful review of a major taxpayer investment in the proposed Big River steel mill is nothing but a good thing and there's no debate we can thank the new Republican legislative majority for the...
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Saturday To-Do: 'Stop the War on Women'
'STOP THE WAR ON WOMEN'3 p.m. Arkansas State Capitol.I don't know about the rest of y'all, but the 89th General Assembly has got me madder'n a wet bobcat at a square-dancing contest. I mean they've got...
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The question: Could Arkansas be a tech magnet?
Looking for a long read? I recommend this article by Ellen Cushing in the East Bay Express on the enormous wealth, particularly among young people, concentrated in the San Francisco Bay Area thanks to...
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