UPDATE: The great Medicaid audit: Not today
The world waits for the special Medicaid audit from Legislative Audit, mentioned in David's post earlier.When will it be released?Who knows?I tried to get an answer from Legislative Audit on why normal...
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2013 AT Showcase Round 2 roundup: Stephen Neeper Band
The Stephen Neeper Band played the middle slot of the evening at Round 2 of the Times Musicians Showcase, winning the Round and advancing to the March 1 finals. The five-piece absolutely slayed, with a...
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The Friday night line is open. Finishing up:* PRAYING FOR CONWAY SCHOOLS: Having had some cutesy responses to past FOI requests for the Conway School District, all now funneled first (improperly I...
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Remembering Mason Mauldin
It's been a little more than a week since the untimely passing of Little Rock musician Mason Mauldin. We spoke to several of Mauldin's close friends recently. Without exception, they had seemingly...
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The War on Women Edition
The war on women being waged in the Arkansas General Assembly, the latest maneuverings on the Medicaid expansion, the super project, Pryor on guns, Boozman on disaster aid and "America's Bridge"— all...
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Arkansas doesn't protect renters
A few weeks ago, we mentioned a report on Arkansas landlord-tenant law reform, commissioned during the last legislative session. Today UALR’s Bowen School of Law held a packed symposium to discuss...
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The morning newspaper: Hot skin and cold cash
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette produced one of those Saturday newspapers of yore, a stack of public record reporting by dedicated beat reporters who understand the subjects they cover and work to...
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Education notes: Pray for Conway and Teach for America
A couple of education items;* CHURCH AND THE CONWAY PUBLIC SCHOOLS: I wrote last night about a new batch of internal documents from the Conway School District relative to Superintendent Greg Murry's...
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Jason Rapert is not happy. He also lies
Yesterday morning, I picked up and quoted from an item in The Nation. It unearthed a campaign speech Sen. Jason Rapert once gave to a Tea Party assembly in which he was in full revivalist flower...
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Saturday night fights. Or not.
The line is open. Finishing up:* IS IT 2014 YET? Answer, no. But Curtis Coleman is saying he'll announce as a Republican candidate for governor on Feb. 21. Monroe Schwarzlose, alas, is no longer with...
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Super Sunday: Predicting the death of football
The Super Bowl brings a rash of articles about the future of football. Permanent injuries. Escalating costs. Overemphasis that warps academic missions and sacrifices children to predators. In this...
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The Three Stooges Redux: Jim Walton, take back that Rapert money
A group that targets Walmart and its billionaire heirs turns its attention to Arkansas politicians again.The Walmart 1 Percent is dedicated to providing information about how the Waltons are...
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Fact: Guns don't make homes or women safer
Garry TrudeauSAFE? Doonesbury today makes point similar to that in NY Times.Speaking of topics certain to be not so warmly received in certain regions of Arkansas: Check this New York Times editorial...
View ArticleNorovirus proves need for paid sick days at work: isn’t it interesting that...
last week, Tracy commented upon how tired the young woman behind the counter looked. Oh yes, she told us. She hd been deathly ill with the flu for some time now, but she couldn’t afford to take off...
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The line which goes. "Oh yes, she told us. She hd been deathly ill with the flu for some time now . . ." should obviously read:"Oh yes, she told us. she'd been deathly ill with the flu for some time...
View ArticleOOPS again - Entropy in Action
This is why I should drink more coffee.The line which reads:"But as the old gambling cliche cliche . . .Should be:"But as the old gambling cliche goes . . ." I have a really good excuse for that...
View ArticleThe Super Sunday line
The line is open. Have some cheese dip. To finish up;* SINCE JASON RAPERT WON'T SHARE IT, WE WILL: Received this note today from an Arkansas lawyer:Hello Mr. Brantley, My name is Nader Afsordeh and I...
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Why the lights went out at the Super Bowl
In case you wondered if Arkansas's major power company, Entergy, had culpability in the 34-minute power outage at New Orleans' Superdome during the Super Bowl last night, the Times-Picayune has the...
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A few other items to mention on a slow Monday morning:* BLOWING UP THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE: Republicans have backed off, for now, a plan to game the electoral college system by dividing state electoral...
View ArticleJustice meets justice in Arkansas case
Amicus curious brief from Arkansas Business:Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Courtney Hudson Goodson attended the Jan. 7 oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court of a case out of Miller County over...
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