Word comes in that Republican Prissy Hickerson of Texarkana, who chaired the Arkansas Highway Commission under Gov. Mike Huckabee, is considering a run for the state House of Representatives in District 1, the seat currently held by term-limited House Majority Leader Steve Harrelson. (Harrelson’s running for state Senate.) Hickerson says she’s been talking to people about [...]

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I’m here at the Fayetteville Clarion as the Political Animals Club of Northwest Arkansas wraps up its morning program, where Sen. Gil Baker and Rep. Bruce Maloch provided a legislative update and inside analysis on the 2009 legislative session. Both serve as co-chairs of the Joint Budget Committee, so they both provided some inside [...]

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New Hampshire Speaker of the House Terie Norelli, whom I’m acquainted with  through our service on the State Legislative Leaders Foundation board of directors, hinted that this was on the way. …

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New Hampshire Speaker of the House Terie Norelli, whom I’m acquainted with  through our service on the State Legislative Leaders Foundation board of directors, hinted that this was on the way. …

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I get criticized a lot, legitimately one time in a dozen or thereabout.  This is not that time: At his vibrant and popular Arkansas Times blog, the inimitable Max Brantley kindly posts my morning column, as he generously does nearly every time I write a column, which is five occasions a week. This column today simply observes and [...]

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Not much going on here in Arkansas, other than Rep. Richard Carroll’s switch fromthe Green Party to the Democratic Party.  While we’re all waiting for something exciting to happen,…

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Not much going on here in Arkansas, other than Rep. Richard Carroll’s switch fromthe Green Party to the Democratic Party.  While we’re all waiting for something exciting to happen,…

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In the space of 12 hours, I’ve received two different communications complaining about the lack of information about how the city of North Little Rock plans to spend its federal stimulus money. I can’t claim any knowledge of the issue, but my correspondents complain of lack of a website, public meetings or communication from City Hall. One of [...]

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