WASHINGTON — Unlike some other Senate Democrats, Arkansas senators on Monday said they wanted to learn more before forming an opinion about appeals court judge Samuel Alito, President Bush’s latest nominee to the Supreme Court. Bush named Alito to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O’Connor days after White House counsel Harriet Miers withdrew her nomination [...]

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday took a closer look at a claim of price discrimination and a 69-year-old antitrust law at the heart of a dispute between a Fort Smith truck dealership and a truck manufacturer. Justices appeared split on the notion of competition when it comes to how specialty vehicles like dump [...]

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Gunner DeLay, local lawyer and frequent politician, strolled into the Fort Smith Athletic Club where I sat watching the live telecast of Patrick Fitzgerald’s news conference. From the clubhouse television screen, the no-nonsense special counsel from Chicago was explaining the indictment of Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff. Scooter Libby was charged with lying [...]

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LITTLE ROCK – An 18-page advertisement supplement featuring Arkansas as a first-rate place to do business will run in the Nov. 14 issue of Forbes magazine, which landed at newsstands nationwide on Monday.The advertising campaign is a partnership between the Governor’s Office, the state departments of Economic Development and Parks and Tourism and a group [...]

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LITTLE ROCK – Democrat Bill Halter, who has expressed interest in running for governor next year, has raised more than $500,000 for his potential campaign, according to exploratory committee contribution reports filed Monday.“I am thankful for the terrific support and encouragement shown by many friends and colleagues,” Halter said in news release.Bud Jackson, Halter’s campaign [...]

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ST. LOUIS – Used to the football in his hands and the media in his face, Matt Jones is in a different world.Sunday afternoon, he stood in the Jacksonville dressing room to answer questions from an Arkie in town for an update on the former Razorback quarterback and a Little Rock-based television twosome. Most of [...]

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court today will hear arguments in the case of a Fort Smith truck dealership that claims it paid more than its competitors for vehicles manufactured by Volvo. Volvo Trucks North America, Inc., contends it did not discriminate against Reeder-Simco GMC, Inc., of Fort Smith by [...]

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A Gallup Poll released midweek showed that President Bush would lose right now to a Democrat, and do so rather badly. A Democrat would get 55 percent, according to this survey of more than 1,000 Americans last week.What a waste of phone banks.That Bush would lose to a generic Democrat is meaningless. That’s because there [...]

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LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas and Alabama have a leg up on LSU in the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference because the Razorbacks and the Crimson Tide play Kentucky on the road.Think about it. The team to beat in the SEC every year under Tubby Smith, the Wildcats win on the road more often than [...]

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WASHINGTON – The House this week approved legislation that would take away lawyers’ licenses if they file more than three frivolous lawsuits within the same judicial district. Lawmakers approved the bill 228-184 in an effort to curb what advocates termed as “meritless claims” which crowd court calendars and raise insurance premiums. Supporters said such lawsuits [...]

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