As hard as it might be to believe, Arkansas is struggling to polish off the Western Illinois Leaternecks in baseball action today at Baum Stadium. Despite a 6-2 in the eighth, the Diamond Hogs committed two errors which led to five runs for Western Illinois. So now, instead of sitting in the comforts of my [...]

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Governor Beebe expressed support today for the draft plan for lottery scholarships that we put out this past week.  From talking with the Governor myself, I know he appreciates our conservative…

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SPRINGDALE — The nation’s largest chicken processor, Pittsburg, Texas-based Pilgrim’s Pride, plans to close three more plants, eliminating 3,000 jobs in the next three months. About 700 jobs will come from the El Dorado plant as it and operations in Douglas, Ga., and Farmerville, La., will be idled. Another 430 chicken farmers in these three [...]

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My party’s over. …. except, to say that ACLU filed its brief today objecting to the state’s attempt to dismiss the challenge of Act 1, which prohibits adoptions by unmarried couples. Need 50 pages or so of reading?

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You can catch The Think Tank on “The Sunday Buzz with Bill Vickery” this Sunday from 9:00 a.m. to noon on 103.7 FM. in Arkansas. Duplicitious as it may be, Mr. Vickery’s invited me to participate for the entire three hour program.  There’s no telling what we’ll talk about for that long.  Another reason to [...]

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The editorial board of the Arkansas Democrat Gazette encourages Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe to think before agreeing to take the stimulus money. They argue, “Note to Governor Mike Beebe: Arkansas is competing for new industries with states like Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and Georgia. States that would just love to have that Caterpillar plant and a lot [...]

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“Commercial banks in Arkansas – all based in the state except for a handful of savings institutions – earned $64 million in the fourth quarter last year, compared with a $28 million loss in the fourth quarter of 2007, according to Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. statistics released Thursday,” reports the Arkansas Democrat Gazette. My apologies, but [...]

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French President Nicholas Sarkozy has devised a plan to “bailout” the newspapers of France. He intends to invest around 600 million ero ($765 million) by doubling government advertising in print and online editions, tax breaks for delivery services and a free one-year subscription for teenager’s on their 18th birthday. Sounds attractive, doesn’t it? Writing in The [...]

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Who is Carol Allen?  If you live in Arkansas chances are that you receive her daily weather updates via e-mail. Her predictions, which arrive early in the afternoon, precede the evening weather forecasts. Carol provides her readers with detailed weather information and commentary on everything from her fear of rain to tornadoes to the Los [...]

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Here is the weekly radio address for Friday February 27, 2009: Post from: Robbie Wills Post from: Robbie Wills

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