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Hole opens in Cantrell viaduct
The Times Brian Chilson sends along a shot of the hole that recently developed in a westbound lane of Cantrell near Riverdale. A police car is blocking the lane. You will not unwittingly roll over it....
View ArticleFacebook: the transformation of the Camelot of the Social Network into a...
“Well, on second thought, let's not go to Camelot. It is a silly place.” - King Arthur, Monty Python and the Holy GrailWe are living in the age of “Social Networking” - where zillions of “friends” can...
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Craft brewery/distillery seals deal on Superior Bathhouse in Hot Springs
I just got off the phone with Rose Cranson, owner and president of Superior Bathhouse Brewery and Distillery, a company which was officially known as Vapor Valley Spirits until earlier this week, when...
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Monday To-Do: Mainland Divide, Guardian Alien, Zs, Fister
MAINLAND DIVIDE, GUARDIAN ALIEN, ZS, FISTER7 p.m. Downtown Music Hall. $3.I have spent a goodly amount of time listening to Guardian Alien's singularly mind-exploding psychedelic rock album "See the...
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Almost there? Expand-o-meter keeps rising...
Today’s chances of passing expansion: 75%Last week’schances: 65%See here for previous entries on the Expand-o-MeterAfter the emergence of the "private option" last week, things continue to look sunny...
View ArticleThe most controversial bill of the General Assembly
I heard today through the grapevine that a Republican legislator has promised to introduce a bill this legislator predicted would be more controversial than anything that's come before. I definitely...
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Monday To-Do: Clutch
CLUTCH9 p.m. Juanita's. $22 adv., $25 day of.According to my sources, the forthcoming Clutch album "Earth Rocker" is a more straight-ahead rocker, with any jamming tendencies reined in. I listened to...
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"Private option" likely to cost taxpayers hundreds of millions a year more...
That's a flashy headline but this is going to be a nerdy post. All of the empirical and theoretical evidence suggests that expanding coverage via private health insurance instead of Medicaid will cost...
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Barnett cuts through knife regulations, ends city and county sales tax
Rep. Jonathan Barnett's (R-Siloam Springs) HB1668 is pretty simple. It would end all regulation of knives in Arkansas. Under the bill, no agency, board, city, commission, county, district, etc. could...
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Food Feedback Friday: pitiful pizza, luxurious lobster
Well folks, it’s that time again. Where we all kick back and reflect on the events that flavored the Arkansas food community this week. Speaking on a personal level, it’s been a week of highs and lows....
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Art Group Maumelle
Elisha Alexander-Smith is the featured painter for tonight's 2nd Friday Art Night at the Courtyard Marriott, where The ArtGroup Maumelle shows. There will be painting demonstrations, music and a happy...
View ArticleVoter ID may be stalled
Arkansas legislators need to read Ernie Dumas closer. Two weeks ago, in a column for the Times, he explained that Sen. Bryan King's voter ID bill was unconstitutional.SB 2 violates the Arkansas...
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The Good, the Bad and the Weird Edition
The good, the bad and the weird at the General Assembly—scarification, knife regulation, minimum wage, the end of zoning, abortion, expansion—it's all covered on this week's edition. David Ramsey fills...
View ArticleWeekend line
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View ArticleSaturday Morning Line
Top of the morning. *HEAR THEIR STORIES: I hope y'all will read the feature story in this week's issue that focuses on telling the stories of the working poor that stand to gain coverage under...
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Hot, cheap, and plentiful onion rings at Cheddar's
I have been to the mountain, and it's made of onion rings.Let me back up for a minute to say: Little Rock has an onion ring problem. After all, we're a town that regularly votes the o-rings at Sonic as...
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"Cuts" to existing Medicaid under "private option" are not cuts in service
You may have heard talk about "cuts to the existing Medicaid program" as a cost-saving feature of the "private option."Here's an important nuance to keep in mind: these "cuts" are in fact transfers and...
View ArticleGuess who wrote that anti-regulation bill that would stop zoning rules in...
We reported last week on the bill to make any form of regulation or zoning impossible in practice for state or local governments. Worth noting that this is cookie-cutter legislation from ALEC, the...
View ArticleGod done it
We get a lot of tips here in the office — good tips, bad tips, tips that turn out to be the truth even though you would have bet a dollar to a dogtick there was no way that could be true. Tips are the...
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'UK Dub Break' at Revolution
Also, the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra at Robinson, Cody Belew at Beebe High School, Se7en Sharp at Cornerston, Bernie Worrell Orchestra at Revolution, the First Ever 10th Annual World's Shortest St....
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