LITTLE ROCK — A bill intended to tighten school attendance under Arkansas’ school choice law advanced in a House committee Tuesday.

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LITTLE ROCK — American Spirit Wear/Perry Productions announced plans Tuesday to open a production and manufacturing facility in Booneville.

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UALR Chancellor Joel Anderson sent a note around to the campus about a recent robbery. Perfect pitch. For nearly all of us — every minute, every day, everywhere — the odds are small that we’ll be victims of crime. You can be smart, alert and careful without living in constant fear.

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The Think Tank’s obsession with The West Wing continues. Actors Bradley Whitford, Martin Sheen and Richard Schiff were in Washington, D.C. today to promote union organizing legislation known as the Employee Free Choice Act. The three in action:

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On the jump, some details on key committee meetings tomorrow on energy legislation still alive — one to provide weatherization rebates, the other a much broader initiative aimed at system-wide conservation. From Bill Kopsky of the Arkansas Public Policy Panel:

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SPRINGDALE — Executives at Harrison-based First Federal Bancshares will forego annual raises for the second straight year, while CEO Larry Brandt has voluntarily taken a 10 percent pay reduction in 2009, according to a proxy filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday.

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ON THE TABLE: Cookbook author up to her old sneaky tricks

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Baked desserts for the Passover Seder are challenging. With the exception of matzo, flour products, grains and leavening agents are not allowed. So a delicious bread pudding is out of the question, right?

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