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More oil spill questions UPDATE
Questions continue to mount on the Exxon Mobil pipeline rupture that drenched a Mayflower neighborhood with Canadian tar sands and forced evacuation of homes.Questions that follow are posed in a post...
View ArticleAgain with the double-dipping; thank a Republican
I've been surprised that the new Republican majority didn't take aim at public employee retirement benefits first thing. It's a legitimate and growing issue, with ever increasing state contributions...
View ArticleFAA to delay airport tower closures
The FAA will delay closure of 149 airport towers, including in Fayetteville and Texarkana, until June 15, in part to resolve legal challenges and also give airports more time to adjust to the change.[...
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Legislature today: The final push on tort reform proposals
Constitutional amendments will be discussed by the legislature's state agencies committees today and competing proposals for changes to law governing damage lawsuits ("tort reform") are at the top of...
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Food Feedback Friday: comings and goings
The end of another delicious week here at Eat Arkansas. This week we shared some stories about exciting new developments around central Arkansas, such as the arrival of Pizzeria Santa Lucia (I’ll...
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Lawsuit filed over Exxon Mobil pipeline spill damage
The first lawsuit has been filed over the rupture of the Exxon Mobil pipeline at Mayflower.Here's a copy of the suit, filed in federal court in Little Rock.Kathryn Chunn and Kimla Green are named...
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Bishop speaks against St. Vincent affiliation with 'immoral medical practices'
Jo Ann Coleman, the civic gadfly who's been watchdogging the proposal for UAMS and St. Vincent Infirmary to form a new venture to jointly operate many clinical services, has seemingly produced a severe...
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The evening line: Sen. Pryor retreats on gay 'choice' comment
Enough already. The Friday night line is open. I close with this:* MARK PRYOR WALKS BACK COMMENT ON GAY PEOPLE: I wrote earlier today that U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor was one of only four Democrats left in...
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The It's Exxon's Town, We Just Live In It Edition
The oil spill in Mayflower, the final days of General Assembly, Asa Hutchinson and the NRA, Mike Ross's slow march to inevitable and the UAMS/St. Vincent merger - -all covered this week. Stream on the...
View ArticleAnother Mark Pryor waffle: And my apology to Mark Darr
This takes a separate item. I reported not long ago that U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor had walked back the comment attributed to him in which he stated his belief that homosexuality was a choice.In that same...
View ArticleExxon pipeline spill: questions continue
Lots of questions, still not many specific answers backed by documents on whether Exxon Mobil has followed pipeline inspection procedures and notice requirements down through the years on the pipeline...
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The price of ethics: more payola for Arkansas legislators
I reported yesterday that a constitutional amendment modestly addressing state ethics law was approved by both the House and Senate committees that clear the three proposed constitutional amendments...
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Legislature works on Saturday
Yes, the legislature is meeting today. Lengthy agendas full of bad legislation in a compressed time period is not a formula for good government.If you hear anything, post it here.UPDATE:* MILK IN THE...
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Bishop expands on view on UAMS-St. Vincent combination
I received a response today from Bishop Anthony Taylor of the Catholic Diocese of Little Rock to a followup question I posed after Jo Ann Coleman shared an e-mail she received from the bishop about the...
View ArticleSuper Saturday
Nice day. Anything else to say about it? * 'I JUST SELL BEER': Fine obit from the City Wire on Fayetteville beer wholesaler Bob McBride.[ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleMedicaid expansion: The Kochs call in their chits
A momentous week lies ahead.Against all odds, a significant Republican caucus has developed for moving ahead with Medicaid expansion in Arkansas. The rational Republican recognizes the folly of leaving...
View ArticleSports, school or the workplace, we should either get serious about bullying...
What’s the difference between a well-paid basketball coach who physically and emotionally abuses players and a cowardly man who punches a defenseless woman in the face for free, or the people in a...
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The Sunday night oily ethics line
The line is open. Finishing up:* IN THE OIL SPILL ZONE: Some young activists from the Tar Sands Blockade, a group that opposes the Keystone XL pipeline, is ranging all over the Mayflower oil spill zone...
View ArticleMedicaid: Arkansas is the buzz
Politico writes in some depth about the shift in Republican leadership thinking — with some mostly Deep South exceptions — in favor of accepting the medical coverage expansion provided by Obamacare,...
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Beware the rogue golf carts
It's a slow morning so I'll share an e-mail that repeats a recurring complaint — the privileged class running amuck in golf carts in the Heights/Country Club of Little Rock neighborhood.It has...
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