by - May 4, 2014 12:01 pm
Arkansas officials, and Governor Mike Beebe in particular, are watching the damage control and foot dragging for explanations coming out of nearby Oklahoma over the botched execution of a death…
by - April 20, 2014 6:18 pm
The Arkansas Lottery Commission and its Director Bishop Woosley, in an effort to make a big correction in financial stability, may have recently caused the lottery agency to become an…
by - April 13, 2014 7:04 pm
While the group known as Conservative Arkansas proudly on April 7 posted their endorsements in mostly GOP races for the upcoming May 20 Preferential Primary, there are still troubling questions…
by - April 6, 2014 7:21 pm
Leave it to University of Arkansas Vice Chancellor and Athletic Director Jeff Long (with some very hard politicking from the candidate himself) to think outside the box and hire Jimmy…
by - March 30, 2014 4:38 pm
If ever there was a candidates’ self-made trap of destruction during a campaign, it is when an over confident, swaggering candidate rolls out a proposed tax cut during the pre-Federal…
by - March 23, 2014 4:09 pm
With a little less than 60 days until the May 20 preferential primaries, the contest for who will be the next choices for Governor of Arkansas is a rather boring…
by - March 9, 2014 1:32 pm
Expecting big changes for the Arkansas General Assembly down in Little Rock after the 2014 elections? Well, think again. The spate of filings for the May 20 preferential primaries as…
by - February 23, 2014 12:31 pm
Before the 2014 political season began, we steeled ourselves, remembering to be leery of the on-coming barrage of advertisements filled by a legion of unknown faces and making down-right alarming…
by - February 16, 2014 10:13 pm
As Arkansas’ Grand Old Party adjusts itself to being in the majority not only in the state’s Congressional delegation, but also in the state House and state Senate, the rest…
by - February 9, 2014 4:30 pm
The impending fiscal session of the Arkansas General Assembly begins this week down at the State Capitol. There looms great uncertainty to the tenor and attitude of this session with…
by - January 26, 2014 5:07 pm
When communities talk about progress, elected officials often talk about infrastructure. More likely than not, a layperson equates the term “infrastructure” with roads and parks. Mayors talk about city streets,…
by - January 21, 2014 3:57 pm
Not to be lost in the long and detailed latest federal spending bill passed by Congress is a well-deserved kudos and long-awaited recognition to former Gov. and U.S. Sen. Dale…
by - January 16, 2014 9:01 am
This past week a very good small businessman, operating a very unique style of commercial business, passed from our midst. Stan Bedford was 60. He died young, but accomplished so…
by - January 12, 2014 8:45 pm
Changing times, modern cooking gadgets, powerful global food companies and management which had other ideas finally has closed the door on Arkansas’ own, Allens (Canning Company). The purchaser from the…
by - January 5, 2014 7:55 pm
Another one of the “good guys” in the arena of governmental affairs in Arkansas has retired. Carmie Henry, the vice president of governmental affairs, (a fancy name for a guy…
by - December 29, 2013 8:40 pm
I doubt there is anything really scientific to the New Year’s tradition of eating black-eyed peas for prosperity. But you can bet they will be served in lots of places…
by - December 22, 2013 4:22 pm
While the year began with earth-shaking election results from November 2012, the Arkansas Republican Party held majorities in the state Senate and House. It was a rather tricky year to…
by - December 8, 2013 7:38 pm
The above is not a headline that parents of college students at the state’s flagship campus like to see, but as always, “the devil is in the details.” Yes, while…
by - December 5, 2013 4:33 pm
In this space in September we encouraged, no, we begged, Alice Walton, the Wal-Mart heiress and the signature/dreamer builder/financier of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, to please purchase…
by - December 1, 2013 6:06 pm
Lots of folks retire to keep from being on the road, but not Richard Hudson. Hudson, the vice chancellor for government and community relations at the University of Arkansas, will…
