Early voting in Pulaski open at only one location
I should have mentioned this earlier. Early voting continues today in Pulaski County, but only at one location, the county office building at Markham and Broadway. The site is open until 5 p.m.Vote,...
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Gigi’s Cupcakes, America’s largest cupcake chain, opens in Little Rock
I’m sure you’ve probably wondered, at some point, when this whole cupcake fad was going to die out. The answer, apparently, is not anytime soon. While Little Rock has seen the passing of at least one...
View ArticleOutcome-based education legislation, Republican style
We go to press this week before the election so I was working on a column about how some things will remain the same in Arkansas regardless of how the election turns out. Might as well share the gist...
View ArticleOne dead in I-630 crash
Channel 4 reports that a 22-year-old woman from Alexander was killed about 1 a.m. this morning when an SUV in which she was riding rolled over near the westbound exit to Fair Park Boulevard from...
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Lawsuits filed over Little Rock police shooting deaths
MICHAEL LAUX: Has two more suits against LR police.As mentioned here Sunday, two more federal lawsuits were prepared for filing this afternoon challenging Little Rock police actions in shooting...
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Review: The Flaming Lips at Barnhill Arena
Michelle Martin CoyneThe Flaming Lips played Barnhill Arena Sunday night.The Flaming Lips have always remained a bit mysterious to me. Some people still call them a punk band based on their original...
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"There are periodic rumors and reports that Mr. Romney's campaign is dabbling with the idea of buying advertising buys in Minnesota, but he and Republican-aligned groups have spent almost nothing...
View ArticleBright spots: Cobi Hamilton and Dennis Johnson
No sense wasting more valuable column inches this week on the grotesquerie that was Arkansas's homecoming game against Tulsa, which the Hogs somehow failed to lose. This plodding, 4-5 team isn't going...
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Red state spex
'See the election as conservatives see it' by Tom Tomorrow[ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Yes, Newk's
NLR chain does sandwiches, salads right.A week ago, this writer would have been one of the first to tell you that Central Arkansas needs another sandwich-and-soup shop the way we need an extra month...
View ArticleTo Hell with you
You'll recall him as the ex-Bro. ex-Gov. CheezWhizaholic, always with his hand out grasping for additional earthly treasures to lay up, now hired Murdoch throat and bass guitar in a Xian rock band...
View ArticleThe battle for ethics
Remember Regnat Populus, the committee formed to push an ethics reform law onto the 2012 election ballot? On account of a late start — and a huge failure by a private firm hired to canvass for...
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RZA brings da ruckus
But not much else in 'Man with the Iron Fists.' by Sam EiflingFans of Quentin Tarantino may be crestfallen to learn that the "presented by" credit he receives in "The Man with the Iron Fists" isn't...
View ArticleNo forced mixing
ome rather horrifying proposals for Arkansas government have been made this election year — restore slavery, execute disobedient children — and one of the scariest is that to merge a public,...
View ArticleElection won't change key issues
We went to press this week before the polls closed. But I can safely predict that a change in the partisan balance in the Arkansas legislature, if Republicans triumph, won't have a dramatic effect on...
View ArticleGOP suppresses 'job creators'
Two terrible events can befall a cherished economic theory. Someone can actually put it into action to see if it works, or impartial economists can employ regression analyses and other refined...
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The Wailers come to Revolution
Plus, The Lost Bayou Ramblers, 'Dancing Into Dreamland,' ComiCon-way, Lee DeWyze, 'Beethoven & Blue Jeans' and Eugene Robinson at Bless the Mic. by Robert Bell, David Koon and David RamseyTHURSDAY...
View ArticleArkansas should dump some lt. gov, state treasurer
I rarely buy arguments that a smaller government is a better government, but the ongoing investigation into questionable investment practices in the office of Martha Shoffner, Arkansas's Democratic...
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On line
Voters wait in line to vote early Monday. Lines streched long as record numbers of people turned out to vote early. by Brian Chilson Voters wait in line to vote early Monday. Lines streched long as...
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Landslides! For Obama; for Arkansas Republicans; but Arkansas House control...
Brian ChilsonCONGRATULATIONS: To victorious Republicans from the Arkansas Blog. Well, here we go. I lift a commemorative Republican mug this morning to the GOP sweep of Arkansas congressional seats and...
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