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Wes Clark endorses Mike Ross
I guess Mike Ross is the first gubernatorial candidate, Democratic or otherwise, to draw support of a former NATO commander.Retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark has endorsed him.If we ever have to invade...
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Pay raise for Arkansas lottery staff
The Arkansas Lottery Commission today voted 2 percent pay raises to 82 employees and a 3 percent merit pay bump to director Bishop Woosley, now up to $165,000 with $2,832 more to come next year. AP...
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Secret Sisters at White Water Tavern tonight!
The Secret Sisters, the sweet harmonizing duo of sisters from Muscle Shoals, are playing a special show at White Water Tavern tonight at 9 p.m. The cover is only $5. If you watch the video above — the...
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The Centennial Bank merger deal, as described, shouldn't fall under Carter's...
Noted, because someone asked:HomeBancshares, the parent for Centennial Bank, announced yesterday that it was acquiring Liberty Bancshares for $250 million in Home stock and $30 million in cash.In the...
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State agencies jumping ship on White River Blueway proposal
Legislative committees are hearing this afternoon about the White River Blueway, a thoroughly establishmentarian and voluntary federal conservation program that enjoyed widespread support, even among...
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The gay rights and Wendy Davis open line
The line is open. Finishing up a historic day:* WHY TODAY'S SAME SEX MARRIAGE RULINGS HAPPENED: I highly recommend this analysis in New York Times of today's Supreme Court rulings on gay marriage, seen...
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How much benzene is too much in oil spills?
Absence of clear federal guidelines and long-term studies make oil fume threats hard to determine. But Arkansas's safety level far exceeds one national measure. by Lisa SongThis article first appeared...
View ArticleAdam Faucett at Maxine's
Also, Lightnin' Malcolm at White Water Tavern.THURSDAY 6/27Arkansas singer/songwriter Adam Faucett plays a free show at Maxine's, 8 p.m. Psych-country psychos The Frontier Circus take all your...
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Taking no position in Syria
Sometimes it appears that everybody in Washington yearns for an action-hero president to make them feel important. That's never more apparent than during a crisis like the Syrian civil war President...
View ArticleWhen a cop kills
A Pulaski circuit court jury hung 10-2 in favor of a negligent homicide conviction for former Little Rock Police Officer Josh Hastings, who gunned down the driver of a car on an apartment complex...
View ArticleIt was a good week for a mistrial
It was also a good week for Ken Duke and lottery expansion talk. It was a bad week for transparency, Ellie Mae, Bill James and U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton.It was a good week for ...A MISTRIAL. A jury...
View ArticleUndisciplined
On reflection, we may have overstated the case in describing the Arkansas delegation of the House of Representatives as looking like a synchronized swimming team in its enthusiastic yet precise...
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Dr. Sanjay Gupta at Robinson
Also, Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre's "King Lear" at Reynolds Performance Hall in UCA, Rwake at Revolution, the Arkansas Times Farm to Table Dinner at the Scott Plantation Settlement, "Spank" at Walton...
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Singer/songwriter Adam Faucett is on his way
To describe Faucett for newcomers, think Mark Kozelek or Gordon Lightfoot, but with the voice of an angel that's been set on fire and the look and soul of a feral biker. Think brilliant lyrics sung by...
View ArticleWaiting
The Observer spent the entirety of last week — seven days straight — dug in at the Pulaski County Courthouse, stationed there for the manslaughter trial of a Little Rock police officer who stands...
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The original Cheers
Homey bistro continues to impress.Cheers in the Heights predates the TV show "Cheers" by a few years, so it wasn't conceived as a neighborhood spot where "everybody knows your name." But that's kind...
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Mistrial
Former Little Rock police officer Josh Hastings walks into the Pulaski County Courthouse on Sunday. A circuit court jury was unable to reach a verdict in the manslaughter trial of Hastings for his...
View ArticleOpen letter to Rick Crawford
First of all, I find it rather telling that the only health or women's concern that you have an issue category for on your contact page is abortion. That says a lot about your focus.Open letter to...
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Booze cruise: Central Arkansas bar guide
The Times surveys the area's finest watering holes.In a letter to his friend Andre Morellet dated 1779, Founding Father Benjamin Franklin wrote: "Behold the rain which descends from heaven upon our...
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