Hopefully, everyone either has electricity or is in the process of getting it restored after several days without it. (I was ecstatic to pull into my neighborhood after covering Arkansas’ win over Alabama last night to see that the other houses had their lights on again.)   For those lucky enough to have electricity, check out the [...]

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LITTLE ROCK — The college basketball polls are danged near irrelevant.

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Dick Armey is in town next Tuesday to rally against the Tobacco Tax on behalf of FreedomWorks, a Washington D.C. think tank.  He’ll also raise some money for the Republican Party of Arkansas.  This is, of course, a logical tactic against the healthcare package: bring in a politician from Texas to tell us Arkansans how we [...]

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Today, the Republican National Committee will meet in Washington, DC to elect their officers. Even though the candidate I had supported, Chip Saltsman dropped out of the race today, there is still no consensus on who will win. The Washington Post’s blog The Fix has a good wrap up of where the candidates now stand. [...]

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FAYETTEVILLE — Twenty-three nights had passed since Arkansas last won a game. The 23 nights “felt like eternity” to freshman forward Michael Sanchez. The 23 nights translated to plenty of sleepless nights for coach John Pelphrey, who commented the Hogs had “been on 12 (wins) for a while.”

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FAYETTEVILLE When it was finally clear Arkansas was going to hold on and snap its four-game losing streak, Arkansas assistant coach Rob Evans put his arm around Rotnei Clarke and patted the guard on the back.

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FAYETTEVILLE Arkansas’ athletic department made some last-minute changes prior to Thursday night’s game against Alabama because of the ice storm that hit Northwest Arkansas earlier this week.

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Max Brantley outs me for taking time for lunch with several members of the House staff at the Capitol Hotel Bar and Grill.  He neglected to mention he was lunching at a secluded table with a certain high-ranking elected official keenly interested in the Lottery bill I’m working on.  Is this what he got for being [...]

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Wow.  There  are a lot of Red Herrings swimming around the capitol, trying to muddy the water about HB 1204 ( Tobacco Tax).  Some are laughable, some require serious rebuttal.  Here are 10 of the “greatest hits” against the healthcare package, with my brief responses.   10.   This Tax Might Pay For Abortions!! – Whaaaa???  I’m quite sure after [...]

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Lt. Gov. Bill Halter will join Gov. Mike Beebe on tomorrow’s flyover inspection of ice storm damage in north Arkansas, according to an an e-mail received minutes ago. OK. The state’s chief executive will be accompanied on a fly-around by the guy who’s supposed to take over if there’s an emergency. They’ll ride in a helicopter. Over [...]

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