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Wednesday: Color Club, 'Hold My Beer and Watch This'
Check out the no-wave-inspired sounds of Color Club and their brother band, the classic hardcore revivalists R.I.O.T.S. at White Water Tavern, 10 p.m., $5. Red dirt country troubadours Randy Rogers and...
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House Speaker Davy Carter named regional bank president
Beats running for governor.Centennial Bank news release about House Speaker Davy Carter:Centennial Bank, wholly-owned subsidiary of Home BancShares, Inc. (NASDAQ GS: HOMB), has named Davy Carter as...
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Warren Stephens talks about golf, business, Obamacare
Interested in the thoughts of Warren Stephens, the Little Rock investments tycoon? Roby Brock has an extensive interview in his latest edition of Talk Business Arkansas.Hope he's right about one thing:...
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UPDATE: Sen. Bryan King fights on against Obamacare
Sen. Bryan Kingunleashes a screed through the taxpayer-supported Senate information office calling for a special seassion to repeal the Obamacare expansion approved by 75 percent of the legislature,...
View ArticlePryor scoring with lobbyists this year
Paul Barton with the Gannett Washington Bureau reports that U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor ranks No. 3 so far this year in campaign contributions from lobbyists, with more than $85,000. His committee...
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ACLU files suit over police brutality case in Dover
The ACLU of Arkansas filed suit in federal court today on behalf of a mother and son from Dover who say they were brutalized by police officers while out walking their dog in Sept. 2011. Read the...
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Hot air: Temperatures and Tim Griffin votes on climate issues
This is nifty. It's an interactive map provided by U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman that allows you to look at every congressional district in the country, with the photo above showing results for the 2nd...
View Article8th Circuit affirms lower court on non-judicial foreclosures by out-of-state...
For the legal/financial gnomes:The U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals today affirmed a lower court ruling that a national banking association (J.P. Morgan Chase) not registered to do business in...
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Clintons' night out open line
The line is open. Famous last words: * NATE STEEL ANNOUNCES FOR A.G.: State Rep. Nate Steel of Nashville announces his Democratic candidacy for the coming opening in the attorney general's office...
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Repubs blast Tennille's remarks on equal treatment of gay people
Count me surprised that it took the Arkansas Republican Party more than 30 hours to officially demagogue remarks in support of marriage equality and employment non-discrimination by Grant Tennille,...
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OA inaugural show: "Crossing Borders"
As the name suggests, the upcoming"Crossing Borders"exhibition -- which will be the Oxford American's inaugural art show -- will feature work by six artists who've incorporated international...
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Meet and eat with Geek Eats
Over the last year, Little Rock has been a hotbed for the young, entrepreneurial culinarian. We’ve seen an impressive amount of growth within local producers and artisans in central Arkansas—people...
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The Big Orange open line
I won't bore you with where I've been, but I had to stay away from the keyboard most of the afternoon. Sorry. Here's an early open line.I can report: * WEDDING BELL BLUES: Two long-term domestic...
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AFP makes misleading attacks on “private option” for Medicaid expansion
As Cass Sunstein has pointed out, for some Obamacare critics, “the real lesson of essentially every development in health-care reform” is “OBAMACARE IS A DEBACLE.” So it should come as no surprise that...
View Article"Bump" on new Arkansas Made website
The Historic Arkansas Museum has created a new website, "Arkansas Made," about the museum's ongoing work to locate and document Arkansas-made furniture, silver, quilts, pottery, fine art and other...
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David "Bud" Bell at Curran Hall
Curran Hall, the antebellum home at 615 E. Capital that is now the Little Rock Visitor Center, will show paintings by David "Bud" Bell as part of its 2nd Friday Art Night event, 5-8 p.m. July 12....
View ArticleWe're going to Carolina
A New York Times editorial summarizes what's befallen somewhat progressive North Carolina since Republicans took control of both the executive and legislative branch. Dismantling the social safety net...
View ArticleAn alternative Catholic perspective
As a regular reader and advertiser, I value the more progressive perspective of the Arkansas Times. We believe that you reach some of the people we want to reach. So, I thought you might be interested...
View ArticleA window into Martin-Zimmerman trial
Twenty years ago, I wrote a book called "Widow's Web" about two politically charged, media-driven murder cases. The subject was all anybody in Arkansas talked about for a couple of years. by Gene...
View ArticleStick to the point
"Beamish said he has read some of the message-board comments from fans questioning his ability. 'They'd say, who is he? Is he that good? I've never heard of him before.' At one point and time I wanted...
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