Feds to states: No new deadline on exchange question, no dice on partial...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today issued a letter clarifying a number of questions about the health-insurance exchanges and Medicaid expansion. There’s a lot to unpack, but a few...
View ArticleHilltopper Open Line
DEAR JEFF: Bret Bielema apparently wrote Jeff Long back in September to tell him that firing Bobby Petrino was "the right call!"LADY HILLTOPPERS: Most of the Petrino jokes I've seen today are lame....
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Arkansas Lottery trumpets $300 million in scholarship money
The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery sent out a news release today celebrating an eye-popping number: $300 million contributed to scholarships in a little more than three years. That $300 million has...
View ArticleTuesday open line UPDATE
Busy day here. You?PARTING NOTE: Looks like the Bryant police department found a new reason to use its 25-foot-hydraulic lift. It's guarding the Bryant Walmart during the holiday shopping rush....
View ArticleSpeaking of butts ...
We mentioned last week that the old expression buck naked sometimes appears nowadays, erroneously, as butt naked. A colleague shared our aversion to this misusage, and added that he was equally...
View ArticleState poor will pay for anti-Obama GOP
President Obama was re-elected handily and the hated Obamacare enjoys the certainty of being the law of the land next year and beyond, but Republicans in a few states, including Arkansas, still have...
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Keep away from 'Keeps'
Latest Gerard Butler vehicle is a dud. by Sam Eifling"Playing for Keeps," the perfectly harmless if cloyingly banal semi-comedy that just wafted into theaters, has the sort of plot that does not,...
View ArticleIt was a good week for Bret Bielema
Also for Bobby Petrino, portents of the coming apocalypse and freedom of information. It was a bad week for a language barrier.It was a good week for...BRET BIELEMA. He'll be paid $3.2 million per...
View Article10 Horse Johnson at The Joint
Also, Greg Spradlin!THURSDAY 12/13If you missed Tuesday's concert from the sidesplitting musical comedy act 10 Horse Johnson, fret not. The band plays again Thursday, The Joint, 8 p.m., $10. It's time...
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State poor will pay for anti-Obama GOP
President Obama was re-elected handily and the hated Obamacare enjoys the certainty of being the law of the land next year and beyond, but Republicans in a few states, including Arkansas, still have...
View ArticleThe TV effect
As yet another make-believe Washington "crisis" looms, it's tempting to suspect that the most fraught interludes in American politics derive from turning government into a TV show. by Gene LyonsAs yet...
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The revival of Greg Spradlin
After nearly giving up, the best guitarist in the state joins forces with his musical idols. by David RamseyOnce upon a time, Greg Spradlin had designs on becoming a rock star. He once told No...
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Calling for change
Immigrant-rights advocates held a candle-light vigil on the steps of St. Edward's Catholic Church this past Sunday to raise awareness of poor conditions in immigrant detention centers in the U.S. by...
View ArticleBielema coaches balance
The name "Bret Bielema" is just ripe for parody, but the style of play really isn't. by Beau WilcoxThe name "Bret Bielema" is just ripe for parody, but the style of play really isn't.Arkansas's 32nd...
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Not trendy but true
Venerable Trio's serves some of best food in town.Trio's is not the swanky new kid in town. It's not the latest hipster hangout. The clientele (generally speaking) aren't donning skinny jeans, long...
View ArticleRepublican rapture
Just when I thought the right-wing Republicans have sunk as low as a snake in a wagon-wheel track, here they go again.Republican raptureJust when I thought the right-wing Republicans have sunk as low...
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Gay Walmart group PRIDE comes out
But company's embrace of equality uneasy. by Jacqueline FroelichWalmart's red-bricked headquarters in Bentonville is an inscrutable place for good reason. The world's largest and most successful...
View ArticleSecret stalkers
Republican politicians deny that they make war on women. Their actions reveal otherwise.Republican politicians deny that they make war on women. Their actions reveal otherwise.When Todd Akin, a...
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