LITTLE ROCK — Seven bills designed to consolidate and improve the various college scholarships the state offers were approved Monday by the Senate.

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Times Record Staff A small craft advisory for the Arkansas River in Arkansas has been issued by the Army Corps of Engineers, according to a news release.

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LITTLE ROCK — A House panel endorsed a bill Monday to re-establish a state task force on racial profiling, after the sponsor removed provisions that would have funded video cameras for law enforcement.

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Today’s election a dead heat between Dem businessman and GOP State House Minority Leader With Kirsten Gillibrand’s (D) appointment to the U.S. Senate to replace Hillary Clinton, the nation’s only competitive U.S. House race (in the seat she vacated) will be decided today. Democratic newcomer Scott Murphy has taken a slight lead over NY State [...]

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I read a sad story yesterday in The New York Times about college admissions. Apparently colleges are taking a more favorable look at wealthier applicants, or those that can pay full tuition. “If you are a student of means or ability, or both, there has never been a better year,” said Robert A. Sevier, an [...]

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I re-read Kane Webb’s column from Sunday. The Buy/Sell stuff is always great. He puts a buy on newspapers, naturally. And, of course, I agree. But he makes an interesting side note about the advantages of the newspaper: “. . . and nary a naughty word-not even in the Letters section. As the father of [...]

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In an article about a mysterious fireball in the skies above the U.S. East Coast that is believed to have been caused by parts of a Russian Soyuz rocket, an official was quoted: Chester said that U.S. Space Surveillance Network had not yet confirmed that this was the case, but said that he was "99 and [...]

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Word comes down that Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe has put the brakes on the increased fees on milk because “he’s found a better way to prop up the state’s ailing farmers,” reports Seth Blomeley in today’s Arkansas Democrat Gazette. Instead of the fee, Mr. Beebe wants to get milk money by tapping a little-used $20 [...]

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We’re down to 11 bills on the active calendar in House Judiciary. In other House committees, 18 bills remain on the active calendar in House Revenue & Tax, including a bill to clarify that sales tax is not levied on produce sold at farmers’ markets (fiscal impact is ~$150,000 annually). House Transportation is [...]

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