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When legislators go too far, sometimes voters get it
Might there be an object lesson for the Arkansas Republican Party in this public opinion polling from North Carolina, where right-wing Republican control has, as in Arkansas, produced a steady diet of...
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Wednesday: Movies in the Park: 'Big'
Movies in the Park screens "Big,"the Tom Hanks-starring classic from the '80s, sundown, First Security Amphitheatre, free. Bring your lawn chairs and blankets and coolers. No glass containers,...
View ArticleGov. Beebe responds to lawsuit on state's gay marriage ban
I asked Gov. Mike Beebe's office yesterday for a response to the federal lawsuit that argues that the Arkansas constitutional and statutory bans on same-sex marriage violate the U.S. Constitution's...
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Welfare queens, young bucks, T-bones and Tom Cotton
Ernie Dumas provides another useful analysis today (we're having Google problems today, I've removed link and posted whole column on jump) tying historic political events — Ronald Reagan's racially...
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Good food, good music at 2-year-old Root
The Root cafe, which reached its two-year milestone June 14, will celebrate the anniversary with a potluck from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday (July 20) at the cafe at 1500 S. Main St.The locavore's delight...
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Asa Hutchinson at 35
I was cleaning my office yesterday and happened on a copy of the 1986 Best and Worst edition of Arkansas Times. From back in our monthly days. Former Razorback great Mike Conley and a young woman...
View ArticleExxonMobil unit settles fracking pollution case with EPA
The subject is ExxonMobil, actually a subsidiary, XTO. The subject is also fracking. That's three-for-three in terms of subjects that also are relevant in Arkansas.The news is from Pennsylvania and...
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The cheesekeeper open line
Kind of a boring day. So I open the line. To finish up:* A NOSE FOR NEWSPAPER EDITING: A reader complained because the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette again seems to have protected readers of the comic pages...
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One happy hour at The Packet House
It’s undeniable that the people running The Packet House have done a magnificent job restoring and revitalizing the old 1869 home that resides along Cantrell Road. It’s a gorgeous structure inside and...
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Judge Leon Holmes recuses from challenge of Arkansas same-sex marriage ban
Federal Judge Leon Holmes has recused from hearing the federal civil rights lawsuit filed this week challenging the Arkansas ban on same-sex marriage.Holmes cited his long professional and personal...
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State Police officer arrested on cocaine charge
A State Police lieutenant, Sedrick Reed, 43, of Hope was arrested yesterday by federal marshals and held in the county jail pending arraignment today. Another man was arrested in the same case, Lamont...
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Caution: Vanity license plate editors at work
Thanks to Rob Moritz of Stephens Media for coverage of a legislative discussion yesterday of evolving law on vanity license plates. All states try to police applications for naughty or inflammatory...
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Saturday To-Do: Anthony Hamilton, The Whispers, Doug E. Fresh
ANTHONY HAMILTON, THE WHISPERS, DOUG E. FRESH7 p.m. First Security Amphitheatre. $30-$100.All right, guys out there? You need to go ahead and hire a babysitter if you need to and then get tickets to...
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Saturday: Ralphie May, Four on the Floor and more
Clarksville native and standup comedy star Ralphie May performs at a benefit for the Officer Will McGary Memorial Fund, with opener Angry Patrick, The Brick Room in Conway, 8 p.m. and 10 p.m., $30...
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Saturday To-Do: The Dangerous Idiots
THE DANGEROUS IDIOTS9:30 p.m. White Water Tavern.Little Rock trio The Dangerous Idiots would like for you to come to The White Water Tavern this Saturday because they will be recording a live album and...
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Stone's Throw Brewing taproom to open August 1
The growing Arkansas craft beer scene is about to get a little bigger: Stone's Throw Brewing, the new "nanobrewery" on the corner of 9th and Rock has announced that they will officially open on August...
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Sunday: Fletcher C. Johnson at Stickyz
If your Sunday evening calls for some bouncy, reverb-drenched garage pop, don't miss Fletcher C. Johnson. It's an all-ages show with Tsar Bomba and Glittercore, Stickyz, 8 p.m., $5.[ Subscribe to the...
View ArticleGOP official says voter ID worked to suppress Democratic vote
Republicans keep insisting in Arkansas that Voter ID laws are about preventing vote fraud, though they've yet to dig up an Arkansas case where that's true. (Absentee vote buying is not addressable by...
View ArticleArkansas unemployment rate unchanged in June
Arkansas unemployment rate stayed at 7.3 percent in June, the state reports.[ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Securities Department responds to GOP pressure for more investigation of...
Arkansas Republicans aren't through milking the opportunity given by federal charges against former Treasurer Martha Shoffner, a Democrat, for taking cash payments from a securities dealer who did a...
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