Shooting victim found in street at Roosevelt and Arch
In the in-box this morning from Sgt. Cassandra Davis of the Little Rock Police Department:At 9:27pm on July 13, 2013, officers were dispatched to the intersection of Roosevelt and Arch to a subject...
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State wants refund of corporate incentive payments
Another reason to appreciate Grant Tennille, the director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission.Tennille made headlines last week for making — as Democrat-Gazette columnist Philip Martin...
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Starving Artist's Paula Morrell wins Governor's Award
Paula Morrell, the owner of Starving Artist Cafe, whose weekly radio show "Tales from the South"features Arkansas storytellers and writers, has won the Folklife Award, part of the 2013 Governor's Arts...
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Sunday night line: A triple slaying and Trayvon Martin in the news
The Sunday night line is open. Some items to note;* TRIPLE SLAYING IN PIKE COUNTY: State Police say three people are were fatally shot following what was described as a domestic disturbance Saturday...
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Krugman offers a lesson on food stamps to Tom Cotton
All four Republicans House members from Arkansas voted to strip food stamps from the farm bill, but U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton, the Club for Growth's visiting congressman in the state, has wangled TV invite...
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Arkansas's food stamp story: Small support to poor working people
U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton wants you to believe a bunch of SUV-driving, iPhone-waving, steak-eating welfare cheaters are dining out on lobster and caviar in the federal nutrition assistance program known...
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Recent Arkansas Music Pavilion additions: Lynyrd Skynyrd, Easton Corbin
The Walton Arts Center's Arkansas Music Pavilion continues to fill out its 2013 season (the final season that the venue will be located in Fayetteville) with two recent concert announcements....
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Black Caucus to hold vigil in response to Trayvon Martin verdict
In response to the Trayvon Martin verdict, the Arkansas Legislative Black Caucus will hold a Vigil for Justice at 8:30 p.m. tonight at the Capitol. Participants are asked to bring a cell phone or...
View ArticleMark Pryor reports $4 million on hand for Senate election
Lots of these will be coming in today.U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor’s reelection campaign released its Federal Election Commission fundraising report Monday. The campaign raised more than $1.2 million in the...
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Eagle watching at 2nd and Victory
I'd noticed some Tweets this morning from George Hopkins at Teacher Retirement, who spied bald eagles flying around the agency's building at Third and Victory.Then along came Justin Nickels, who...
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Crowdfunding goal reached in Mayflower project
UPDATE: We asked, you answered. We've reached our goal. Many, many thanks to all those who contributed large and small! We can't wait to move forward. We've entered the home stretch of Muckraking the...
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Nate Silver: U.S. Senate a tossup in 2014
I became a big fan of Nate Silver, the New York Times' number cruncher and political analyst, during the 2012 presidential election, so I'm obligated to report the bad news he issues. too. Today,...
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Exxon payday for Tim Griffin in latest finance report; this year a refund
Nice timing. Republican U.S. Rep. Tim "Pipeline" Griffin made a point of trumpeting his visit out to Oil City, Ark., today (otherwise known as Mayflower.) He's promised to give the tar sand-fouled...
View ArticleCharter schools and increasing segregation
The U.S. Supreme Court has pretty well decided this is a post-racial world and things like school assignments that resegregate public schools or admission policies that favor whites are no longer...
View ArticleThe Casual Bigotry of Mike Huckabee?
From Mike Huckabee’s monologue last night on his program on Fox:“ . . . Zimmerman is not a hero. He was a young Hispanic man who believed he was in danger and used a gun to end what he felt was a...
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Mike Ross reports almost $2 million in gubernatorial campaign report
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mike Ross reported today that he's already raised almost $2 million for his campaign. He faces both a Democratic primary opponent, Bill Halter, and the winner of a...
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Federal lawsuit challenges Arkansas same-sex marriage ban
A second lawsuit was filed today — this one in federal court —challenging the state's constitutional and statutory bans on same-sex marriage. A state court lawsuit was filed last week by a different...
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Fatal police shooting followed by angry protests as crowd gathers
Reporting by David Koon and Brian Chilson:A Little Rock police officer killed a man who reportedly pulled a gun on him during a foot chase near 12th and Jefferson Street about 11:30 a.m. today.Details...
View ArticleMomentous Monday — an open line for all you 1 percenters
Busy day and still not done, with some campaign reports still outstanding. But I'm opening up the line all the same. Some odds and ends:* GET A LOAD OF THE KOCHS: "Load" is the operative word. In...
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Hundreds at Capitol vigil for Trayvon Martin case
Hundreds of people turned out at the Arkansas Capitol Monday for a vigil sponsored by the Arkansas Black Legislative Caucus as a response to the verdict in the Trayvon Martin case. When scheduled, no...
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