by - April 26, 2010 4:05 pm
All eight Republican candidates in the 3rd Congressional District primary race are for repealing the federal health care law, support tough efforts to check illegal immigration; oppose proposed federal cap…
by - April 23, 2010 3:53 pm
Members of an ad hoc group charged to analyze funding and/or operations options for the Fort Smith Convention Center ended the first meeting Friday (April 23) with a list of…
by - April 22, 2010 1:03 pm
Based upon recommendations from the Fort Smith Board of Realtors, the political action committees of the Arkansas Realtors Association made endorsements in area political races — including endorsing Rep. Frank…
by - April 21, 2010 4:35 pm
Rep. Frank Glidewell says he’s raised about enough campaign money. Jim Medley says he’ll need another $20,000 to compete effectively to the May 18 primary election. Glidewell, Medley and Jake…
by - April 20, 2010 6:58 am
story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] They sat together in four rows at Monday night’s city council meeting in Van Buren, waiting for the vote to rezone a piece of property…
by - April 19, 2010 6:28 pm
Fort Smith attorney Gunner DeLay is the only Republican candidate in the 3rd District GOP primary to not be shown as returning a questionnaire asking candidates their position on the…
by - April 19, 2010 5:12 pm
A Monday political forum was an agreeable discussion among Republican candidates that taxes are too high, governments spend too much and the newly approved federal health care bill is bad….
by - April 19, 2010 5:11 pm
The consensus among Republican candidates in three Fort Smith legislative races is that the new federal health care bill will burden the state budget, but there was some variation in…
by - April 17, 2010 6:15 pm
Dick Morris made good on his promise to apologize to Rogers Mayor Steve Womack. Sort of. The apology was necessary because Morris on April 15 encouraged attendees of Tea Party…
by - April 15, 2010 6:17 pm
by - April 15, 2010 5:41 pm
At the Tea Party events held Thursday in Fayetteville and Fort Smith (April 15), political author and consultant Dick Morris encouraged the hundreds gathered to not vote for Rogers Mayor…
by - April 15, 2010 3:47 pm
Editor’s note: Link here for an update to this story. The Tea Party events held Thursday (April 15) in Fayetteville and Fort Smith took an unexpected and overt political tone…
by - April 15, 2010 11:37 am
Fort Smith businessman and community advocate Philip Merry announced Thursday (April 15) that he will run for the Position 7 (at-large) Fort Smith City Director position. Dr. Cole Goodman has…
by - April 15, 2010 7:09 am
Survey results from a new Talk Business Poll suggest that U.S. Rep. John Boozman could win the crowded GOP primary for the U.S. Senate without a runoff. The Talk Business…
by - April 14, 2010 10:15 pm
A new Talk Business voter survey shows U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln with a narrow lead over Lt. Gov. Bill Halter in the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate seat. Lincoln’s…
by - April 13, 2010 11:21 am
story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] There is less than $200 difference in the amount of money the two Republican candidates have raised in their run for the Arkansas District 66…
by - April 12, 2010 8:59 pm
Some of the most conservative, anti-Washington D.C. comments from a panel of six candidates in the race for U.S. Senate came from the lone Democrat — whose name, ironically, is…
by - April 12, 2010 4:22 pm
Proposed tuition and fee increases within the University of Arkansas system could mean University of Arkansas at Fort Smith students see their total semester bill go from $4,600 a semester…
by - April 12, 2010 3:34 pm
Donnie Copeland believes half of the $50 million quick action closing fund Gov. Mike Beebe has used to recruit new companies like Mitsubishi Power Systems and Mars Petcare should be…
by - April 11, 2010 10:26 am
The latest spat between U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln and Arkansas Lt. Gov. Bill Halter involves a former employee of Whirlpool’s Fort Smith plant. Halter is challenging Lincoln in the Democratic…
