Charter school accountability lacking
Sen. Jimmy Jeffress passed modest legislation for charter school accountability in 2012. Among others, it required after the first quarter of the year that charter schools file a report with:1) The...
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UPDATE: Saturday mail service on the chopping block
I'm hearing that the Postal Service is poised to announce the end of Saturday mail delivery. Perhaps as early as this morning.The U.S. Senate in April voted for a plan that would have continued...
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LR superintendent candidate withdraws from Wisconsin job search
Walter Milton Jr., school superintendent in Springfield, Ill., and one of the finalists disclosed yesterday in the search for a new Little Rock School District superintendent, has withdrawn from a job...
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Is that pizza I smell? Tracking reports of Bruno's rebirth on Main Street
Vince Bruno, who managed the West Little Rock Italian restaurant started by his father in 1948 for more than 20 years, is reportedly working with his brother Gio on plans to open a new Bruno's on Main...
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Memphis strips Confederate names from parks; can a David O. Dodd Protection...
A story from Tennessee seems absolutely ripe for copycat work from Arkansas Republicans.A bill filed in the Tennessee legislature prohibits the renaming or removal of any monuments or memorials or...
View ArticleBoy Scouts delay decision on end to gay discrimination
I'd bet that a storm of negative reaction prompted the Boy Scouts of America's governing board to delay today a decision on whether to end the organization's discrimination against participation by gay...
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Jason Moore to direct Tina Fey's upcoming comedy 'The Nest'
Deadline reports that Tina Fey will be working with "Pitch Perfect" director and Fayetteville native Jason Moore on the upcoming comedy "The Nest," which is about a pair of sisters who, upon learning...
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The impact of guns in church
Recommended: A letter in this week'sTimes by Scott Walters, rector of Christ Episcopal Church downtown, on the question of guns in church.He recounts an usher's recent encounter with a potential...
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Wednesday: 'The Year of the Women' panel discussion, 'Cirque Ziva' and more
"The Year of the Women" is a panel discussion about the results of a new nonpartisan academic poll conducted by the Clinton School and the Diane D. Blair Center of Southern Politics and Society at the...
View ArticleWilkins: Mayberry anti-abortion bill needs rape exception to clear Senate
I hope to have a report shortly on Senate committee consideration of Rep. Andy Mayberry's bill to ban abortions beginning with the 20th week of pregnancy, a significant shortening of the pre-viability...
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Big Momma takes the floor on transvaginal probes, abortion
This deserves a post of its own.Following is the post of the day — maybe ever — by reader "Big Momma." She responded to a comment on our item about Sen. Jason Rapert'sdecision to remove...
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Federal security objects to Occupy LR demonstration
Jennifer Pierce reports that federal security officers objected to a small Occupy Little Rock demonstration on the sidewalk outside the federal courthouse at Capitol and Broadway last night.She reports...
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Thursday: Handmade Moments, Signing Day in the Rock and more
Local jazz ensemble Handmade Moments (with members of Don't Stop Please) plays at The Joint, with Geoffrey Myers and Tyler Tradewell, 9 p.m., $7. Tireless swamp-folk/soul singer Adam Faucett is at...
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Feds consider exchange option as part of Medicaid expansion deal
Nice scoop this morning from Charlie Frago, who reports in this morning’s D-G (paywall) that Gov. Mike Beebe has asked the feds about giving folks between 100 and 138 of the federal poverty level...
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"Bridging the Burden: In Their Shoes"
The Cox Creative Center, the curved brick building across from the Main Library operated by the Central Arkansas Library System, will open an exhibit Friday of the shoes of Arkansas soldiers who fought...
View ArticleSenate votes to close gun permit records
The vote was 24-9 in the Senate for the bill to make concealed carry permits secret. No more cross-checking of the many slips in the system or a means of checking when permit holders act out.The bill...
View ArticlePoll update: Hillary in a walk over GOP oppnents
I mentioned earlier that a UA poll on presidential politics would be discussed at the Clinton School at lunch today.Here's the University release on the event, with this presidential finding:Poll...
View ArticleThe open line — calling all jocks
The line is open. It's a sports page kind of night.* AW, MOM, DID YOU HAVE TO? Story of the day is the future of hotshot Florida running back Alex Collins. The Hogs thought they'd land him. Then his...
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Thursday To-Do: 'A Celebration for Mason Mauldin'
A CELEBRATION FOR MASON MAULDIN'7 p.m. Revolution. Donations.With the passing of Mason Mauldin, Little Rock lost a sharp and funny friend, a thoughtful and serious (without taking himself too...
View ArticlePoor vetting of school candidate: Has LRSD noticed?
I linked yesterday to a Wisconsin news article about the withdrawal of an Illinois school superintendent, Walter Milton Jr., from a search for a new leader in Madison. The angle is that the same man...
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