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Cook: Mark Pryor Throws Kitchen Sink At Tom Cotton

Today in a speech before the Political Animals Club in Little Rock, U.S. Senator Mark Pryor went after Tom Cotton, throwing the proverbial kitchen sink at him, and created a…

Sen. Pryor Launches New TV Ad Touting His Faith

As we enter the holiday season, incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor released a new TV ad that will air statewide beginning Wednesday (Dec. 4). The ad touts Pryor’s faith…

‘Restore Robinson’ Opinions Differ In Hospitality Industry

David Goins with our content partner, KARK Ch. 4 News, visits with restaurant owners with different views on an upcoming special election to dedicate an existing tax to restore Robinson…

Broadband Groups Sending Recommendations To Governor

The ambitious effort to expand broadband capability in Arkansas public schools moved forward on Tuesday (Dec. 3) as two working groups accepted an engineering report and recommended the state proceed…

Arkansas November Tax Revenues Below Forecast

Individual and corporate income taxes as well as sales tax collections were all lower than forecast in November, but year-to-date net revenues for the state are still 3.5% above last…

Tolbert: Arkansas GOP Files Lawsuit Challenging Governor’s FOIA Exemption Claim

Arkansas has a fairly good Freedom of Information Act thanks in large part to the work of Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller in the 1960‘s. However, a giant-size hole exists in the law…

DF&A Downgrades Forecast, Warns Of Tax Collection Slowdown (UPDATED)

Citing an expected decline in income tax collections, state forecasters revised the current fiscal year budget downward by 1.7% from the previous year. Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration director…

State Chamber Chief Hopes Immigration Reform Poll Data Persuades Congress

Randy Zook, CEO of the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce tells the Arkansas News Bureau that new polling data from Republican-leaning Congressional Districts nationwide could persuade federal leaders to tackle…

AG McDaniel Pools Deseg Data For Public Review

Fresh off the announcement last week that a deal has been struck to settle a three decades-old school desegregation lawsuit, Attorney General Dustin McDaniel (D) announced a clearinghouse of information…

Huckabee Radio Show To End In December

Radio Ink, an industry newsletter, reports that former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee will end his national radio show in mid-December. The Mike Huckabee Show on radio, heard three hours a…

New Ad Targets Potential Cotton Vote On Changes To Mortgage Reform Law (UPDATED)

A third party group is launching a new TV ad aimed at GOP Senate hopeful Cong. Tom Cotton’s position on changes to a mortgage reform law. Americans United for Change…

Cotton Unveils New TV Ad Featuring His Mom, Military Service

Cong. Tom Cotton (R) rolled out a new TV ad on Tuesday (Nov. 26) that features his mother and touts the biography of the Republican Senate hopeful’s military service. The…

Arkansas Children’s Hospital CEO Marcy Doderer Up To The Challenges

Arkansas Children’s Hospital CEO Marcy Doderer must like a challenge. She’s tackling several as she follows in the footsteps of a CEO legend, wrestles with health care reform, and pushes…

Brawner: Dardanelle High Beats The State

Steve Brawner with our content partner, the Arkansas News Bureau, takes a deeper look at the academic success rate of the Dardanelle School District. By all accounts, it should be…

Rising College Tuition Costs Unlikely To Shrink

Whether you are watching local news or NBC’s Brian Williams, the rising cost of college tuition seems to be a universal headline. Why, and can anything be done to stem the increases?

Cook: New Poll Shows Governor’s Race In Dead Heat

Results from a new internal poll obtained by Cook’s Outlook shows Mike Ross and Asa Hutchinson in a dead heat in the race to become Arkansas’s next governor. Q: As…

Beebe Spokesman Can Deliver A Laugh

Every Wednesday night at The Joint in the Argenta neighborhood of North Little Rock, Little Rock Improv performs a 90-minute show of side-splitting laughter. What most of the people in audience don’t know is one of the men on stage is the Communications Director for Governor Mike Beebe, Matt DeCample.