It has been over a week since I have posted about the U.S. Senate race and almost a month since I have mentioned Card Check.  So State Sen. Gilbert Baker helps me out today by giving me a story that combines both. According to an AP story, a group called Save Our Secret Ballot in Arkansas [...]

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SPRINGDALE — Swine flu concerns have curbed U.S. pork exports to Mexico as much as 8 to 12 percent in recent days, according to the U.S. Meat Export Federation.

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SPRINGDALE — Strength in the defense and medical sectors contributed to $72.21 million in third quarter sales for St. Louis-based LaBarge Inc.

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SPRINGDALE — Three companies depending on Bentonville-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc. for 10 percent or more of annual revenue reported earnings Thursday.

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Looks like President Obama will have a supreme court appointment to make.  Supreme Court Justice David Souter is planning to retire at the end of the current court term.  From NPR: The vacancy will give President Obama his first chance to name a member of the high court and begin to shape its future direction. At [...]

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The weekend column schedule: Saturday — Public health insurance competing with private insurers? You mean like private bookstores and public libraries, public links and country club golf courses? Sunday — What a real fiscal conservative would do in the state Senate when GIF came up. National, Sunday elsewhere and Monday here — In a cozy small tent with [...]

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BENTONVILLE — Test results show seven of the 12 “probable” cases health officials sent to the state lab are negative for swine flu, said Mike Dixon, Benton County’s emergency management department deputy director.

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FAYETTEVILLE — A jury was selected late Thursday afternoon to hear a lawsuit claiming arsenic from chicken litter caused cancer in Prairie Grove. Four weeks have been set aside to hear the case.

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FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas put another $50 million in the governor’s “quick-action closing fund” for recruiting industry at a time when other states are draining such funds to balance their budgets, the Senate chairman of the Joint Budget Committee said Thursday.

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BENTONVILLE — The Benton County Jail mistakenly released two inmates this week, authorities said. Deputies realized the errors within minutes and both were returned to custody quickly.

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