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Poll: Support dropping for medical marijuana
WILL REAL PEOPLE MATTER? Medical marijuana campaign relies on personal stories. But it trails in poll. A new Talk Business/Hendrix College poll shows support dropping for the initiative to legalize...
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Mark Darr warns of dependency on government. Really.
COCKEYED OPTIMIST: Lt. Gov. Mark Darr.Since even most Republicans say Lt. Gov. Mark Darr's political career has likely topped out at his current not-so-rarified level, I offer this mostly for comic...
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Break out the black-eyed peas! Cornbread Festival coming up
Competing cooks will be rolling up their sleeves and oiling up their skillets for the Arkansas Cornbread Festival coming Nov. 3 to SoMa, on Main between 13th and 16th streets. Festival-goers will be...
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Another opportunity for Maddie's Place to shine
Buttermilk fried chicken with macaroni and cheeseA few months ago, Michael Roberts gave Maddie’s Place in Little Rock a fairly lukewarm review based primarily on their po’ boys and gumbo. He noted...
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Scenes from the Third Annual World Cheese Dip Championship
JESS MILLER The Third Annual World Cheese Dip Championship is in the books, and it was the strongest version of the event yet. Held this year on the grounds of the Clinton Presidential Library, the...
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Republican Allen Kerr is a double dipper, too
'LIVE FOR PER DIEM': Allen Kerr did.The Arkansas Times has endorsed Barbara Graves, the dependable Democratic businesswoman running for state House against Republican Allen Kerr. Kerr is the one who...
View ArticleAnd if Republicans control the Arkansas legislature ....?
Ernie Dumas this week considers the possibility of a legislative majority for the Republican Party. It's a recipe for disaster, if you think 400,000 people losing coverage for medical expenses is a...
View ArticlePulaski District union votes 'no confidence'
The Pulaski Association of Support Staff, which represents bus drivers and other support staff in the Pulaski County School District, has echoed the teachers' union in a vote authorizing its president...
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LR lawyer honored for helping working poor
AMY JOHNSON: Community health award winner.Why not some good news? The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has chosen Amy Johnson, a Little Rock lawyer, as one of this year's community health leader award...
View ArticleRemembering George McGovern
It has become fashionable over the years (especially among those who weren’t actually around at the time) to sneer at the late George McGovern, the Democratic candidate who was was so badly beaten by...
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Review: CeDell Davis and friends at Stickyz
Jim HarrisCeDell Davis played at Stickyz Saturday with Peter Buck and others. The telling moment from Saturday night’s show at Stickyz featuring CeDell Davis came when several members of his backing...
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What's Beebe worth to candidates? Poll: Not much
SHORT COATTAILS? Gov. Mike Beebe.The Talk Business/Hendrix College poll finds continuing high approval for Gov. Mike Beebe. But the poll offers little comfort to those hoping to use Beebe's popularity...
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Review: "The American Scream" at Hot Springs Documentary Film Fest
"The American Scream"Michael Stephenson85 Minutes The slavish devotion to their DIY legacy seems to haunt each of the men shown in "The American Scream." Highlighting three different amateur haunted...
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Review: "GLOW: Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling" at Hot Springs Documentary Film...
"GLOW: The Story of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling"Bradford Thomason, Brett Whitcomb76 Minutes Familiar to fans of syndicated television in the late '80s, "GLOW: The Story of the Gorgeous Ladies of...
View ArticleSnyder to moderate tech park meeting tonight
Former Congressman Vic Snyder will moderate at a public hearing tonight on the Little Rock Technology Park, set at the less- than-felicitous time of 7:30 p.m. at UALR's Engineering and Information...
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Tuesday afternoon line
The line is open. Cleaning up for the time being: * DEBUNKING THE FAMILY COUNCIL: The group pushing for legalization of medicinal marijuana has created a new Facebook page that targets Jerry Cox, head...
View ArticleRazorbacks Midseason review
We've nudged a bit past the true midpoint of 2012, but on the heels of an idle weekend and with a slate of still-meaningful games ahead, Pearls looks back, then looks forward in its quasi-traditional...
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Beyond Tex-Mex at Vina Morita
Hot Springs restaurant offers diverse menu. There are many reasons to love Vina Morita, not just its fabulous food. Start with husband-and-wife owners Antonio Gonzalez and Brenda Bahena, who opened...
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Rep debuts 'Singin' on a Star'
The Arkansas Repertory Theatre opened this season with "Henry V," a play more than 400 years old, conceived more than 3,000 miles away. For its second outing, The Rep is pulling a veritable 180 with...
View ArticleDon't be cruel
As Montel Williams waited his turn to speak at a state Capitol rally for medical marijuana, he noticed leading opponents of the proposal, Jerry Cox and Larry Page, were in attendance, and carrying on...
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