LITTLE ROCK – Coretta Scott King was remembered in Arkansas on Tuesday as a passionate humanitarian and loyal keeper of her husband’s legacy. The widow of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., died Monday. She was 78.Arkansas NAACP Director Dale Charles praised Mrs. King for continuing the work of her husband, who was [...]

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LITTLE ROCK – A state advisory committee Tuesday awarded more than $822,000 to companies involved in 15 separate underground storage tank gasoline cleanup operations across Arkansas, including the Holsum Baking Co.’s Pine Bluff facility.A spokesman for the Arkansas Petroleum Storage Tank Advisory Committee said cleanup of the underground gasoline and diesel fuel at the facility [...]

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LITTLE ROCK – Until today, any criticism of the state’s effort toward improving school facilities received a quick response from Sen. Shane Broadway.“Wait until we get the master plans,” Broadway, D-Bryant, often repeated.The deadline for Arkansas’ 252 school districts to submit facility master plans is today. And Broadway, for one, is glad the wait is [...]

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WASHINGTON — Rep. Mike Ross, D-Prescott, entered the 2006 election year with $522,474 in his campaign bank account. Ross, running unopposed so far for a fourth term in Congress, reported raising $421,946 in political donations last year, according to a report filed Tuesday with the Federal Election Commission. Ross collected $119,500 in individual contributions [...]

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WASHINGTON — President Bush’s emphasis in his State of the Union speech on reducing the nation’s dependence on imported oil by investing in alternative fuels and nuclear energy drew a mixed reaction Tuesday night from Arkansas lawmakers. “I liked what I heard when he talked about energy,” said Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark. “I look [...]

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WASHINGTON — Heading into the 2006 election year unopposed so far, Rep. John Boozman, R-Rogers, this week reported $258,912 in his campaign coffers. Boozman, serving his third term in Congress, reported raising $161,262 last year, according to a report filed Monday with the Federal Election Commission that detailed campaign expenses and donations for the [...]

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LITTLE ROCK – There is a four-letter word for a kicking-screaming, ranting-raving Stan Heath.It is S-H-A-M.If he tried to change his spots, Arkansas players would see right through him. No matter what people think he should be doing on the sideline, in-your-face confrontations are not his style.It’s like asking Texas Tech coach Bobby Knight to [...]

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Being in the middle can be a lonely place. As it relates to Sen. Mark Pryor and all the hullabaloo surrounding the space between his announced “no” vote on Samuel Alito’s confirmation and his decision not to push for a judicial filibuster, which would have forced a major showdown in the august body, I would [...]

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FAYETTEVILLE – A plane ride to a Lincoln Day Dinner in Cleburne County was not a campaign trip, state Sen. Jim Holt said Tuesday, countering an ethics claim that he should have reported the trip as a contribution.Washington County Justice of the Peace Paul L. Graham of Farmington filed a complaint with the state Ethics [...]

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LITTLE ROCK – Springdale rapper Al “Papa Rap” Lopez told a crowd of about 630 middle school students Tuesday to “think before you stink.”The message was part of a new anti-smoking campaign targeting the growing Hispanic community in the state.“Smoking is not cool,” Lopez sang to the students. “If you smoke, nobody is going to [...]

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