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"Partial expansion" ideas keep coming in Medicaid debate
***UPDATE: Just now, Sen. Dismang was grilling Surgeon General Joe Thompson in the Public Health committee meeting on the 100-138 group. He didn't explicitly mention the idea outlined below, but...
View Article“They are just doing it to get their names in the papers.” Reaching out once...
I have been reading plaintive requests in the letters columns of newspapers that the names of those who engage in mass shootings not be included in news accounts, on the grounds that publicity is all...
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Huckabee backer indicted
Jay Odom, a developer of property in Destin, Fla., where former Gov. Mike Huckabee now lives, surrendered to federal authorities this morning after his indictment on charges that he illegally channeled...
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Anti-Hagel group targets Sen. Mark Pryor
Just when you thought you were safe from out-of-state attack ads, here comes a new group, Americans for a Strong Defense (no relation, as far as we know, to those Americans that are for prosperity)...
View ArticleArkansans in House OK debt limit suspension
The U.S. House of Representatives voted to lift the debt ceiling for three months, kicking the can down the road until May. The vote was 285 to 144; all of Arkansas's congressional delegation (even...
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G & F commissioner arrested
KTHV reports on the arrest last night of Game and Fish Commissioner Richard T. Watkins for being drunk and disorderly, and the account adds some detail this morning's item in the Democrat-Gazette,...
View ArticleCitizens Protecting Watershed: CAW, county have failed
The Citizens Protecting Maumelle Watershed group has issued a press release about the developer-weakened watershed regulation being considered by the Pulaski County Quorum Court.Numerous protections in...
View ArticleBreaking news: U.S. to allow women in combat
CNN is reporting that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will announce tomorrow that the U.S. military will allow women to engage in combat. From the report:But the officials caution that “not every...
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Boy rescued from sunken car is breathing
And now for some good news: A tweet from KTHV reports that Leo Yang, the 5-year-old who was trapped in a car his mother drove into a lake, has been removed from a ventilator at Arkansas Children's...
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Wednesday and Thursday: Psymbionic, Mobley, Brother Andy and more
WEDNESDAY 1/23Downtown Music Hall hosts an evening of heavy alt-rock, with Queen Anne's Revenge, Found Fearless, The Toneados and Lost Machina, 8 p.m., $5. Over at Stickyz, you can get a midweek fix of...
View ArticleCalifornia dreamin' open line
While Max and Lindsey are in lovely San Francisco, here's a few to chew on. Line is open. MAX BAIT: I was out of the room for this, but apparently Sen. Missy Irvin made a point of going on the record...
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How Republicans learned to stop worrying and love the healthcare exchange
Republican lawmakers pushed a pair of new arguments against Medicaid expansion over the last two days in the House and Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor committees. In the House Committee, which...
View ArticleThe Gourds' Kevin Russell previews new music
Dig it. We're pleased to present the second installment of a regular Arkansas Times video series produced by Camp Friday Films and Greg Spradlin (who can play music a little, too). Spradlin's first...
View ArticleSenate Democrats wobbly on guns
The New York Times today focuses on the discomfort felt by Democratic senators, particularly from conservative places like West Virgnia, over President Obama's broad gun safety agenda.Surprisingly, the...
View ArticleCorporate welfare shell game
Mentioned this earlier, a new report on the billions spent by states to move jobs from one state to another, rather than spending the public's money to create truly new jobs.What was long ago dubbed a...
View ArticleLegislative watch
The flow of new legislation reflecting the new dominant legislative culture is, well, choose your adjective. Some radical stuff lurks. And then there's just eventful stuff. At random this morning:*...
View ArticleSam Brownback's plan for Arkansas
I don't think it's a stretch to predict what Sam Brownback is doing as governor of Kansas will find its way into the Arkansas Republican game plan sooner rather than later.He's moving to end the income...
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Friday-Sunday To-Do: Knuck Fest 2013
KNUCK FEST 20137 p.m. Downtown Music Hall. $8-$25.In what is fast becoming a January tradition in Central Arkansas, Knuck Fest returns to transform the normally innocent confines of Downtown Music Hall...
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Wesley Clark faces scrutiny on China deals
Retired Gen. Wesley Clark has hit the headlines in an unflattering way. From ABC News:Retired U.S. Army General and former presidential contender Wesley K. Clark was the chairman and public face of a...
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2013 AT Showcase Round 1: Annalisa Nutt
OK, just to get this out of the way right at the outset, yes, Hampton native Annalisa Nutt is a distant relative of former head Hog football coach Houston Dale Nutt. Key word: distant. It's not like he...
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