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  • The Monday night line
    It's open. Some final words:* HONOR OUR VETERANS: Here again is that link to a petition drive asking Little Rock city government to stop playing games with veterans by attempting to block relocation of a veterans service center to an expanded locati…
    - 11 hours ago, 6 Feb 12, 4:20pm -
  • New PAC aims to keep Arkansas blue
    A news conference is scheduled Wednesday to discuss plans of the Naturally Blue PAC, built around a core of young and Internet-savvy Democrats who have the goal of stopping the spread of red states into Arkansas. I've talked with some of the founder…
    - 13 hours ago, 6 Feb 12, 2:22pm -
  • Lottery Commission names finalists to lead agency, limits pay UPDATE
    The Arkansas Lottery Commission today decided to limit the pay of the next director to $175,000 — subject to approval from the legislative oversight committee. The former director, Ernie Passailaigue, made $330,000 and a couple of his assistants ma…
    - 15 hours ago, 6 Feb 12, 12:30pm -
  • Democratic leader urges fiscal restraint
    CALLS FOR CIVILITY: Rep. Kathy WebbAnother useful newsletter this week from my state legislator, Rep. Kathy Webb, whose co-chairmanship of Joint Budget makes what she has to say about state spending worth reading.She doesn't favor tapping a…
    - 17 hours ago, 6 Feb 12, 10:54am -
  • Five killed in Yell County crash
    Five people were killed and three children were injured in a head-on crash about 4 p.m. Sunday on Highway 7 near Centerville in Yell County.The State Police report here. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
    - 17 hours ago, 6 Feb 12, 10:25am -
  • Why Lake Maumelle needs protection
    Central Arkansas Water has produced some reports on potential threats to the Lake Maumelle water supply from activities in the watershed. They are useful reminders that land use controls are vital in the drainage basin.The picture above, d…
    - 18 hours ago, 6 Feb 12, 9:51am -
  • Arkansas flunks on-line transparency test
    Governing magazine, in reporting that federal stimulus programs have generally resulted in improved access to government spending data, includes a nationwide rating on on-line access to state spending. This gives Arkansas and six other states a big f…
    - 18 hours ago, 6 Feb 12, 9:16am -
  • Attorney general interprets NWA transportation tax
    Attorney General Dustin McDaniel's office has issued an opinion on a list of questions related to operation of a "regional mobility authority," a device established by statute to give Northwest Arkansas a means to raise local money to address pressin…
    - 19 hours ago, 6 Feb 12, 9:06am -
  • Women's rights and the birth control pill fight
    Republicans sniff a winner — if Arkansas Republican instademagoguery is a guide — in the Obama administration's decision not to exempt religious institutions from providing contraceptive coverage in employee health insurance policies.It shouldn'…
    - 19 hours ago, 6 Feb 12, 8:47am -
  • George Wimberly dies at 92
    Katie Cawley/FlickrBUICE DRUG: Its owner passes.A skeleton obituary appeared in the paid notices this morning for George Wimberly of Little Rock, with promise of a fuller obit to come.Depending, that obituary could command a lot of space.W…
    - 22 hours ago, 6 Feb 12, 6:11am -

Arkansas News Bureau

  • Debt collector settlement reached
    LITTLE ROCK — A debt collection company has agreed to pay up to $50,000 in restitution to Arkansas consumers as part of a settlement involving 19 states, the state attorney general’s office announced today.
    - 11 hours ago, 6 Feb 12, 4:23pm -
  • UPDATE Lottery Commission sets $175,000 cap on director’s pay
    LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Lottery Commission voted today to set a $175,000 cap on the annual salary it will offer to its next director.
    - 14 hours ago, 6 Feb 12, 1:39pm -
  • Cargill, Tyson plant leaks force evacuations
    SPRINGDALE — Ammonia leaks at Cargill and Tyson plants forced the evacuations of hundreds of workers today.
    - 15 hours ago, 6 Feb 12, 1:01pm -
  • Plant Board chief: Boll weevils gone, program needed
    LITTLE ROCK — Despite being boll weevil free for years, Arkansas still needs an eradication program to make sure the pest never returns to wreak havoc on the state’s $450 million cotton industry, the state Plant Board director told lawmakers toda…
    - 20 hours ago, 6 Feb 12, 8:00am -
  • Money may not be only focus in fiscal session
    LITTLE ROCK — The Legislature’s fiscal session is supposed to be all about the state budget, so much so that approval by a two-thirds majority in each chamber is necessary to even consider unrelated bills.
    - 1 day ago, 6 Feb 12, 12:36am -
  • UPDATE Legislative leaders not inclined to oppose ban on religion in state-funded preschools
    LITTLE ROCK — A state lawmaker last week called on the Legislature to reject a proposed rule banning preschools from using state money for religious activities, but legislative leaders say a line between church and state has to be drawn somewhere.
    - 2 days ago, 5 Feb 12, 1:23am -
  • Sports Hall of Fame class inducted
    NORTH LITTLE ROCK — The group inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame on Friday night was super sized.
    - 3 days ago, 4 Feb 12, 1:45am -
  • Missed deadline jeopardizes federal funds to counties
    LITTLE ROCK — A missed deadline to apply for federal money could cost 14 Arkansas counties more than $1 million for road projects in national forests around the state.
    - 3 days ago, 3 Feb 12, 5:16pm -
  • New non-profit to take over troubled Head Start operations
    LITTLE ROCK — A Russellville non-profit that had to temporarily close Head Start centers serving 2,300 children this week because of budget problems will operate the program through the end of next week then relinquish the federally funded portion…
    - 3 days ago, 3 Feb 12, 5:07pm -
  • Air Force budget plan excludes Ark. Guard’s A-10 mission
    WASHINGTON — The Air Force proposal to pull the A-10 mission from 188th Fighter Wing in Fort Smith isn’t flying with the Arkansas congressional delegation.
    - 3 days ago, 3 Feb 12, 4:55pm -

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (State)

Brummett's Blog

  • Jesus and the Republicans
    State Rep. Garry Smith of El Dorado Camden tells me he’s sorry he said the other night at  a Union County Democratic gathering that it looks to him as if the Republicans in Washington don’t like Jesus. The state Republican Party had put out a s…
    - 4 days ago, 2 Feb 12, 3:44pm -
  • Like I said …
    So I stood in front of Lifequest class of retirees at Second Presbyterian Church last Wednesday morning and predicted that, when we met again in a week, Mitt Romney would have righted the ship in Florida and won the Republican presidential primary th…
    - 7 days ago, 31 Jan 12, 8:52am -
  • A feeling in your bones: Mitt up, Newt down
    If you keep up with politics for a few decades, you develop a feel for things. And I got this feeling a couple of weeks ago, square-dab in the middle of one of those ad nauseam Republican debates, that Newt Gingrich was going to come on and beat Mitt…
    - 11 days ago, 27 Jan 12, 6:14am -
  • Assessing the Oscar-nominated films
    The Oscar nominations are out this morning and nine films are nominated for best because 10 didn’t qualify under the point system. I’ll run down the nine: “The Artist” is the silent film that is said to be magnificent and which I will soon se…
    - 14 days ago, 24 Jan 12, 9:05am -
  • At last, state lawyers speak on church and state
    At long last, lawyers at the Human Services Department have revealed their proposed rule — which now must go through several hoops to take effect — on the question of whether a conservative Christian zealot in the state Legislature like Justin Ha…
    - 14 days ago, 24 Jan 12, 7:57am -
  • Hilarity and forestry
    I went out yesterday to the state Capitol, or, more specifically, to the Big MAC legislative committee palace just west of the Capitol, for the meeting of the Joint Budget Committee’s specially appointed subcommittee on the screwed-up state Forestr…
    - 14 days ago, 24 Jan 12, 7:03am -
  • A musical interlude — a Springsteen moment
    Many of you know that I’m a freakish fan of Bruce Springsteen, except that, while I admire his staying power and re-invention skill, I much prefer his ’70s work, when he had youthful angst, to the more recent work, in which the attempted mixture…
    - 19 days ago, 19 Jan 12, 11:59am -
  • Santorum won! Or not
    Can we get anything right anymore? Can we get anything certain? Can we count votes? We installed a president in 2001 who might have lost the election except that the U.S. Supreme Court said to quit counting. And now, the Des Moines Register reports,…
    - 19 days ago, 19 Jan 12, 9:45am -

The Arkansas Project

Blue Arkansas

  • recentAR-03: Aden On Guns
      This picture is awesome.                                       That’s a pic taken for a piece on Ken and his second amendment stance.  Not only does the picture look great, but it speaks volumes.  You can’t run against gun…
    - 2 hours ago, 7 Feb 12, 2:06am -
  • AR-01: Why Marvell Academy Matters
    It kind of got overshadowed last week with the horrible stuff that happened to Jake Burris’s cat up in Russellville, but the element of race crept into the AR-01 contest last week.  As you might recall, someone asked AR-01 Democratic candidate Cla…
    - 21 hours ago, 6 Feb 12, 7:00am -
  • Effort To Get Toughter Ethics Laws On The Ballot
    Yes!  Finally, someone has started the process of taking the issue of ethics to the ballot in Arkansas!  Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!!! Here’s what the proposed initiative would do: The final draft of the initiative is under review by lawyers and sho…
    - 22 hours ago, 6 Feb 12, 6:00am -
  • How Do You Like Us Now?
    So I’ve been promising a new look for God knows how long on this site and, low and behold, it’s here!  Personally, I think it looks great, and I’ve already gotten a ton of positive feed back on it.  The credit of course goes to to our tech gu…
    - 4 days ago, 2 Feb 12, 6:15pm -
  • A “$30 Billion Dollar Behemoth” versus the free-lunch child?
    Over 15,000 children are on the National Free Lunch Program in the Little Rock area, counting the 1100 in the UAMS Head Start program and those enrolled in the Little Rock School District, and these children are caught in an exploitative corporate d…
    - 5 days ago, 2 Feb 12, 11:54am -
  • AR-01: On Anniversary of Lilly Ledbetter Signing, Latanich Endorses Paycheck Fairness Act
    Three years ago, President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, a significant step in securing equal pay for women in the work place.  However, there’s still work to be done: Though the law expanded the legal remedies available to women…
    - 5 days ago, 2 Feb 12, 10:25am -
  • McDaniel On Child Poverty
    AG Dustin McDaniel has a great little piece on Huffington Post talking about the problem of child poverty and how attorney generals can address it.  It’s a pretty good read, and it shows McDaniel at his best I think: My office in downtown Little R…
    - 5 days ago, 2 Feb 12, 10:10am -
  • Arkansas Democrats Outflank Republicans On Fiscal Session
    Perhaps Arkansas Democrats have finally figured out how to manage themselves in this new era in Arkansas politics.  They’ve gotten out there as one unit and managed to define the goals of the fiscal session in their terms and effectively boxed in…
    - 5 days ago, 2 Feb 12, 10:00am -

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Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Business)

  • recentAcxiom to add 160 jobs in U.S.
    Acxiom Corp. will add about 160 jobs in the next six months as the company expands in digital media.
    - 30 mins ago, 7 Feb 12, 3:14am -
  • recentUSA Truck reports loss of $4.4 million in quarter
    USA Truck Inc. on Monday reported a fourth-quarter net loss that was larger than the one it reported a year ago. The Van Buren based company blamed its performance on challenges related to pricing and load volume.
    - 54 mins ago, 7 Feb 12, 2:50am -
  • recentNEWS IN BRIEF
    Tyson, Cargill plants evacuate for ammonia Tyson Foods Inc. said Monday that 10 workers were taken to a local hospital as a “precautionary measure” after an ammonia leak about 9:30 a.m. prompted the evacuation of one of its chicken slaughter and…
    - 1 hour ago, 7 Feb 12, 2:37am -
  • Bankruptcy watch
    ALEXANDER Mona M. Butler, P.O. Box 425, Jan. 30, 2012, Chapter 13.
    - 1 day ago, 6 Feb 12, 3:02am -
  • Greeters see shifting role at Wal-Mart
    The role of the Wal-Mart greeter, a fixture at the retailer’s stores for three decades, is, in a word, evolving.
    - 2 days ago, 5 Feb 12, 3:08am -
  • Tyson 1st-quarter profit down 48%
    Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale saw its first-quarter profit fall, saying a “rough patch” in the beef sector contributed to the weakness in the October-through-December period.
    - 3 days ago, 4 Feb 12, 3:33am -
  • Prices a worry for gas drillers
    Despite natural-gas prices hovering near a 10-year low in the country, Southwestern Energy Co. said its operation in the Fayetteville Shale region of north-central Arkansas is still profitable, according to a senior vice president for the company.
    - 3 days ago, 4 Feb 12, 3:32am -
  • State revenue jumps 4.3%, tops forecast
    Saying that the state is treading water, the state finance department director announced Thursday that state general revenue rose in January to $552.5 million, an increase of $22.6 million, or 4.3 percent, compared with January last year.
    - 4 days ago, 3 Feb 12, 3:30am -

Tolbert Report from Youtube

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- 7 days ago, 31 Jan 12, 2:06pm -
Arkansas March for Life 2012
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- 15 days ago, 22 Jan 12, 8:31pm -
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- 16 days ago, 22 Jan 12, 7:26am -
Don Zimmerman with Arkansas Municipal League on Severance Tax
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- 25 days ago, 13 Jan 12, 1:05pm -
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- 26 days ago, 12 Jan 12, 2:24pm -

The Slophouse

  • Diamond Hogs schedule San Francisco tournament
    FAYETTEVILLE - Arkansas’ baseball program will play in a tournament in San Francisco in 2014, Razorbacks coach Dave Van Horn said Monday. The tournament, which will either be held at AT&T Park in San Franciso or Evans Diamond on the University of C…
    - 12 hours ago, 6 Feb 12, 3:53pm -
  • Hogs fall short on road again
    FAYETTEVILLE – Arkansas’ road woes continued on Saturday as LSU defeated the Razorbacks 71-65 at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. Arkansas (16-7, 4-4 Southeastern Conference) fell short on the road for the sixth time this season and lost its s…
    - 2 days ago, 4 Feb 12, 4:41pm -
  • Arkansas-LSU predictions
    FAYETTEVILLE - Arkansas travels to LSU on Saturday (SEC Network, 12:47 p.m.) looking for its first win away from home this season. The Razorbacks (16-6, 4-3 Southeastern Conference) are coming off a 82-74 win over No. 25 Vanderbilt on Tuesday to impr…
    - 4 days ago, 3 Feb 12, 2:52pm -
  • Arkansas invited to Maui in 2013
    FAYETTEVILLE - Arkansas’ basketball team will play in the Maui Invitational in November 2013. In a report last week, The Maui News stated the eight-team field for the tournament that year will also include Syracuse, Baylor, Gonzaga, Minnesota, Cali…
    - 4 days ago, 2 Feb 12, 5:17pm -
  • Hogs searching for elusive road win
    FAYETTEVILLE - For Arkansas, wins and losses have been as simple as home and away this season. The Razorbacks beat No. 25 Vanderbilt 82-74 on Tuesday night to extend the nation’s 11th-longest win streak to 16 games. Winning at home has become old h…
    - 4 days ago, 2 Feb 12, 4:58pm -
  • Fifth class resembles first for Petrino
    FAYETTEVILLE - Arkansas’ coaches are proud of their 2012 signing class. That comes as little surprise with the amount of time devoted to each signee and the hours of sleep lost over those who waited until the very end of the long recruiting process…
    - 5 days ago, 1 Feb 12, 6:35pm -
  • Arkansas inks 24 on signing day
    FAYETTEVILLE - Arkansas’ football program signed 24 players to the class of 2012 on Wednesday. The Razorbacks signed 12 players on offense and 12 on defense. As of Wednesday afternoon, the class was ranked No. 20 nationally by Scout.com, with six S…
    - 6 days ago, 1 Feb 12, 2:33pm -
  • Green-Beckham signs with Missouri
    FAYETTEVILLE - Dorial Green-Beckham, the consensus No. 1 rated football recruit in the country, signed a national letter of intent to play at Missouri on Wednesday at his high school in Springfield, Mo. The 6-foot-6, 220-pound wide receiver had sever…
    - 6 days ago, 1 Feb 12, 9:25am -

ArkansasSports 360

  • ArkansasSports360.com Wants Your Vote for Best Public Golf Course in Arkansas
    ArkansasSports360.com is soliciting your input on the best public golf courses in the state. Rank your Top 10 golf courses based on design, playability and upkeep, and the results will be published in March in the newest Executive Golfer issue.
    - 13 hours ago, 6 Feb 12, 3:00pm -
  • Q and A With Razorback Recruiting Coordinator Tim Horton
    Last Thursday night, ArkansasSports360.com columnist Jim Harris visited in-depth with Arkansas recruiting coordinator Tim Horton about the Razorbacks' most recently signed recruiting class. Horton discussed his overall feelings about the class, the s…
    - 13 hours ago, 6 Feb 12, 2:53pm -
  • Chenal Country Club to Host Southern Am Tournament
    The country club made the announcement Monday. The tournament regularly attracts more than 700 entries before it's pared down to 168 players.
    - 16 hours ago, 6 Feb 12, 11:50am -
  • Guest Blog: Hall of Fame Night Shines on State's Treasures
    I am constantly reminded that Arkansas is the Natural State. Spending time outdoors in places like Petit Jean and the Buffalo River is perfect proof that this slogan is well justified for our small state. Friday night I learned that you could be rem…
    - 17 hours ago, 6 Feb 12, 10:55am -
  • AP: Manning Gets MVP, Leads Giants Past Patriots In Super Bowl
    Take that, Brady. You too, Peyton. Eli Manning is the big man in the NFL after one-upping Tom Brady and leading the New York Giants to a 21-17 victory over the New England Patriots in Sunday's Super Bowl — in older brother Peyton's house, at that.…
    - 1 day ago, 5 Feb 12, 9:28pm -
  • UALR Trjoans Clip Louisiana-Monroe 70-66
    D'Andre Williams scored 21 points, grabbed six rebounds and dished out four assists in helping Arkansas-Little Rock defeat Louisiana-Monroe 70-66 Saturday night. UALR (11-13, 8-2 Sun Belt) built a game-high 11-point lead with 5:34 remaining, but Loui…
    - 2 days ago, 5 Feb 12, 7:59am -
  • Seattle Avenges December Loss To Arkansas State, Beats Red Wolves 75-69
    Cervante Burrell scored 15 of his season-high 24 points in the first half to help Seattle defeat Arkansas State 75-69 on Saturday night. Aaron Broussard, Louis Green and Sterling Carter scored 10 points each for Seattle (6-13). The Redhawks have won…
    - 2 days ago, 5 Feb 12, 7:57am -
  • South Stumbles on Offense, North Pulls Away for 24-19 All-Star Classic Win
    The South All-Stars, which included 13 Southeastern Conference players and a dozen competitors from Arkansas colleges, seemed comfortably in control early, but long drives began bogging down into field goal tries, and the North capitalized to take a…
    - 2 days ago, 4 Feb 12, 7:10pm -

Arkansas Online - Sports

  • recentMissouri holds on, avoids letdown
    Sandwiched between an emotionally charged victory against archrival Kansas and a top-10 showdown with first place on the line, No. 4 Missouri faced a test of its focus.
    - 5 mins ago, 7 Feb 12, 3:39am -
  • recentSEC report
    Kentucky tries to run SEC table With Kentucky hanging on to No. 1 for a second consecutive week and blowing through the SEC with little resistance, the possibility of the Wildcats running through the SEC unbeaten looms.
    - 11 mins ago, 7 Feb 12, 3:33am -
  • recentShields used to opposing fans’ jabs being on nose
    Steve Shields said he knows what to expect when he coaches the UALR men’s basketball team at Louisiana-Lafayette on Thursday.
    - 13 mins ago, 7 Feb 12, 3:31am -
  • recentSide-by-side
    A look at the New York Giants’ record under the leadership of Coach Tom Coughlin, with Eli Manning at quarterback:
    - 15 mins ago, 7 Feb 12, 3:29am -
  • recentNFL notes
    STEELERS Report: Haley next OC PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers will hire former Kansas City Chiefs Coach Todd Haley to be their offensive coordinator, according to an ESPN report.
    - 16 mins ago, 7 Feb 12, 3:28am -
  • recentSecond thoughts
    Gisele no model of decorum Tom Brady and the New England Patriots couldn’t capture a fourth Super Bowl title Sunday, and a comment from Mrs. Brady didn’t make things any better.
    - 18 mins ago, 7 Feb 12, 3:26am -
  • recentOff the wire
    BASEBALL Rockies acquire Guthrie The Colorado Rockies acquired veteran right-hander Jeremy Guthrie from the Baltimore Orioles on Monday.
    - 20 mins ago, 7 Feb 12, 3:24am -
  • recentState sports briefs
    FOOTBALL ASU hires new defensive assistant Arkansas State hired Dean Jackson as an assistant coach Monday on Coach Gus Malzahn’s defensive staff, according to a release from the school.
    - 22 mins ago, 7 Feb 12, 3:22am -