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Palsa announces the end of The Food Truck
This post was originally going to be all about the next SoMa Second Thursday Food Truck event on April 11, and there's certainly a lot of fun things going on there at the Bernice Garden. Returning...
View ArticleUPDATE: UAMS/St. Vincent merger details given to UA Board
The proposed combination of the University of Arkansas clinical operations at UAMS with St. Vincent Health was not on the agenda for today's University of Arkansas Board of Trustees meeting today in...
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The Thursday night line
Over to you. Closing out (and, related to the photo above, here's information about the state's posting of air quality monitoring in Mayflower):* ROUND ONE IN THE MEDICAID FIGHT: The Senate meets at 8...
View ArticleFetuses, si! Live babies, not so much
A memo went around to staff at Arkansas Children's Hospital today about the impending doom of Republican legislators' passion to cut Medicaid.Quick editorial note before the memo: This legislature will...
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UPDATE: Bill would abolish Capitol Zoning District Commission
This is an outrage and if it happens be sure to put blame on House Speaker Davy Carter's chief of staff Gabe Holmstrom along with reactionary Republican Rep. Nate Bell of Mena.Bell, whether...
View ArticleAM report: Tort reform; who's a law officer
Morning notes from all over:* TORT REFORM: I've told you the business lobby has been striving mightily to get a constitutional amendment on the ballot to strip the Arkansas Supreme Court of rule-making...
View ArticleMore news: Pryor and the NRA
Still more stuff to roundup this morning;* LAKE CONWAY: POLLUTED OR NOT: Exxon Mobil, given broad control over just about everything related to the major pipeline oil spill in Mayflower, has put out...
View ArticleThe fight to protect the referendum in Arkansas
I noted recently objections to the effort by Arkansas's duopoly casinos at Southland and Oaklawn, in league with their friend Attorney General Dustin McDaniel, to make the referendum process...
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School shootings: A look back at Arkansas
The current debate about school security and guns prompted by the Sandy Hook slaughter has occasioned a 15-year anniversary article about the shootings at the Westside school in Arkansas. It's by David...
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Saturday To-Do: Designers Choice Preview
DESIGNERS CHOICE FASHION PREVIEW6:30 p.m. Metroplex. $35-$55.Now in its sixth year, the Designers Choice Fashion Preview has become what is surely the biggest annual fashion event in the state. This...
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Saturday To-Do: Amp Out Alz 2
AMP OUT ALZ 28 p.m. Revolution. $25 adv., $30 day of.The second annual Amp Out Alz fundraiser is billed as "A Rock & Roll Event," with live music from Geezer, including covers of favorites by The...
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Saturday: Sean Michel at Stickyz
Arkansas blues-rocker Sean Michel plays an album release show for his new long-player, "Electric Delta," at Stickyz, 9 p.m., 18-and-older, $10.Canopy Climbers and Justin Kaleb Driggers open the show.[...
View ArticleSale of morning-after pill for under 17 approved by court
A federal judge has overturned an Obama administration rule against over-the-counter sale of morning-after-sex contraceptive pills to women younger than 17.Surely Jason Rapert and Co. can hurryup a...
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UPDATE: Senate endorses Medicaid expansion
The Senate convened at 8 a.m. today to discuss the legislation to take advantage of federal Medicaid expansion through a so-called private option system of moving eligible people from conventional...
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Saturday: Whale Fire, Big Dam Horns, Iron Tongue and more
The Town Pump has a fine evening of rock for you: Whale Fire, Catskill Kids and Bombay Harambee perform, starting around 9 p.m. The Big Dam Horns bring their big dam jams to the headlining spot at...
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Another report of Exxon overreach in oil spill
A disturbing report from a website of a group that opposes pipelines for tar sand transport, such as the one that ruptured near Mayflower.According to this account, Faulkner County deputies ordered...
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And then there's the Final Four for inequality, including Sen. Mark Pryor
Two more U.S. senators from conservative states — Indiana and North Dakota —have joined the Senate majority in favor of marriage equality.Only four Democratic U.S. senators remain opposed to equality,...
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Sunday To-Do: Futurebirds, The Whigs
FUTUREBIRDS, THE WHIGS8 p.m. Stickyz. $10 adv., $12 day of.Athens, Ga., has long seemed like some kind of rock 'n' roll faucet, where you just turn the handle full-blast and out comes Pylon and R.E.M....
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Spinning Bobby Petrino: The story of Jeff Long's speech
Good story in Arkansas Business by Chris Bahn on the preparation and delivery of the speech by UA Athletic Director Jeff Long a year ago on the decision to fire successful coach Bobby Petrino after his...
View ArticleLRPD cruiser disabled in wreck and chase
A hit-and-run driver eluded pursuing Little Rock cops in a series of events that began at 33rd and Bishop about 9:20 p.m. last night.The report from Sgt. Cassandra Davis:On April 4, 2013, at...
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