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.
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Most Occupy Little Rock protesters decamp; some plan protest
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.
Obama administration opposes bill to grant medal to slain Ark. soldier
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.
Unused solar panels featured in on-line ad campaign
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.
ARKANSAS NEWS BUREAU
Rucker named Veterans Affairs director
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.
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Coalition opposes casino, medical marijuana initiatives
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.
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Congress reauthorizes Export-Import Bank
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.
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Pregnant woman collapses at police station, dies; husband arrested
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.
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Appeals court tosses lawsuit over state hospital patient’s suicide
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.
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New proposal keeps old Broadway Bridge as pedestrian walkway
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
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UPDATE Ross: Won’t run for governor in 2014
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.
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Nolan Richardson III, son of ex-Arkansas coach, dies
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.
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UPDATE Three school districts added to fiscal distress list
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.
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State Veterans Affairs director out
14 May 2012
LITTLE ROCK — The head of the state Department of Veterans Affairs has stepped down, Gov. Mike Beebe’s office announced today.
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Harry King
Athletes’ discipline up in the air
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.
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