Steve Brawner
The importance of choosing our choices
May 13 2012
If you want to understand one reason why politics is becoming increasingly partisan, look no farther than May 22.
LITTLE ROCK — Ordered by city officials to clear out of the site they have been occupying since October, protesters with Occupy Little Rock began taking down their tents today but said some members planned to hold one last protest at the site Wednesday morning.
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said today it opposes legislation being considered this week by the House that would grant a Purple Heart to an Arkansas Army soldier shot to death in 2009 outside a recruiting center in Little Rock.
LITTLE ROCK — Unused solar panels installed two years ago outside the State Library with $550,000 in federal stimulus are featured in a national conservative group's online ad campaign to expose government waste.
15 May 2012
LITTLE ROCK — Gov. Mike Beebe today named a retired colonel in the Arkansas National Guard as director of the state Department of Veterans Affairs.
15 May 2012
LITTLE ROCK — Anti-gambling groups today announced formation of a coalition to oppose a pair of proposed constitutional amendments to authorize casinos in Arkansas.
15 May 2012
WASHINGTON — The Senate overwhelmingly approved reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank on Tuesday overcoming objections from free market purists who see it as corporate welfare.
15 May 2012
LITTLE ROCK — A pregnant woman was killed by her husband and her unborn child was life-flighted to a Little Rock hospital Tuesday, Fort Smith police said.
15 May 2012
LITTLE ROCK — A federal appeals court today upheld a federal judge’s dismissal of a lawsuit filed by the daughter of a woman who committed suicide while an Arkansas State Hospital patient.
14 May 2012
LITTLE ROCK — Little Rock and North Little Rock would be served by two Broadway bridges — one for traffic and one for pedestrians — under a construction alternative state highway officials presented t
14 May 2012
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Mike Ross, D-Prescott, announced today that he will not run for governor next year as had widely been expected.
14 May 2012
TULSA, Okla. — Police in Tulsa say Nolan Richardson III — the son of former Arkansas and Tulsa basketball coach Nolan Richardson — has been found dead in his home.
14 May 2012
LITTLE ROCK — The state Board of Education today classified the Alpena and Bismarck school districts, along with the Drew Central School District in Monticello, as fiscally distressed because of declining fund balances.
14 May 2012
LITTLE ROCK — The head of the state Department of Veterans Affairs has stepped down, Gov. Mike Beebe’s office announced today.
May 13 2012
If you want to understand one reason why politics is becoming increasingly partisan, look no farther than May 22.
May 16 2012
LITTLE ROCK — A stress-free transition period is not in the cards for the man who left Fayetteville in charge of Arkansas’ special teams and returned 100-plus days later to oversee the entire football program.
