ROGERS – Women voters want their communities and homes to be safe from terrorists, and that is the most important single campaign issue for them, according to speakers at a women’s rally Wednesday in Rogers for President Bush.Featured speaker was Deena Burnett, widow of Tom Burnett, who died Sept. 11, 2001, after organizing fellow passengers [...]

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LITTLE ROCK – The state Court of Appeals on Wednesday reversed two Workers’ Compensation Commission decisions and ordered new hearings for the determination of benefits for the injured workers. The rulings were among several decisions made by the court on Wednesday, the last day for rulings until the court’s summer break ends the last week [...]

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Gov. Mike Huckabee went off last Thursday, but returned Friday. That’s his pattern, spouting in-your-face rhetoric then back-pedaling to a responsible position. What happened was that he invited some of the folks from our Stephens Media Group newspapers to the Governor’s Mansion for lunch. He does this from time to time with various news organizations. [...]

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LITTLE ROCK – U.S. District Court Judge Bill Wilson told attorneys representing former basketball coach Nolan Richardson and the University of Arkansas on Wednesday that he hopes to announce a decision in the case next week.“He said his law clerk … who is helping him with the decision has been ill,” said UA attorney Jeff [...]

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LITTLE ROCK – Talking to basketball recruits about staying near home and going to class, Wes Flanigan will speak from the heart.That personal touch should make him quite a salesman as the new assistant coach at Arkansas-Little Rock.A graduate of Little Rock Parkview and the Gatorade High School Player of the Year, Flanigan was not [...]

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LITTLE ROCK – The smallest of Arkansas’ 308 school districts resisted until the end, but as of today 57 are history, save a successful court challenge. The state Legislature for the first time has forced districts with fewer than 350 students to join with neighbors to help create a more efficient education system. The [...]

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LITTLE ROCK – The Arkansas State Bank Department on Wednesday named Luther Guinn as its new deputy bank commissioner, replacing longtime employee Don R. Clark.Guinn, who began his career with the department as a financial examiner in 1980, will take over his new position on Feb. 5, 2005. Clark will retire on Jan. 31, after [...]

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Events at home and abroad dictate that inventory must be taken. General consensus in these changing times is something of a moving target. Nonetheless, here it goes.President George W. Bush: He is where many predicted – locked in a close race with his Democratic opponent. This president’s successes and failures aren’t being gauged by events [...]

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LITTLE ROCK – Whether it’s football first or forgiveness, many believe the University of Georgia should have given defensive back Michael Grant another chance.A conduct review subcommittee of a faculty admissions committee turned thumbs down on Grant, one of the best athletes in the Bulldogs’ 2004 class. A football player with a fondness for track, [...]

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LITTLE ROCK – Gov. Mike Huckabee answered the call of replacing his first appointee to the state Game and Fish Commission Tuesday by naming John Benjamin of Glenwood to the panel.Benjamin, owner of the Interstate Batteries distributorship in West Arkansas, replaces Lester Sitzes of Hope, whom Huckabee appointed to the commission in 1997. [...]

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