Remember all that talk two weeks ago about Blanche Lincoln’s amendment to the estate tax? She said she was taking care of farmers and small business. Liberal detractors said she was taking care of the mega-rich Waltons.  Whatever. It matters not. Forget it. The budget bill passed yesterday leaves the estate tax where Obama wanted it and [...]

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UCA Interim President Tom Courtway announced today that UCA will honor all scholarship offers made by the university admissions office to prospective students for the upcoming school year.  Seems to make sense.  What doesn’t make sense is the need for the statement in the first place.  Courtway’s announcement came in response to letters sent by [...]

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An advance man on President Obama’s security team who traveled to Mexico before the president is believed to have … guess what? … swine flu. Washington Post has story; administration quick to say the president didn’t pick anything up on April trip there. The president was in Mexico for less than 24 hours en route [...]

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Arkansas coach Dave Van Horn must have liked what he saw Wednesday from junior pitcher T.J. Forrest. On the Southeastern Conference’s coaches conference call Thursday, Van Horn said Forrest would return to pitching this weekend after resting last weekend.

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LITTLE ROCK — Two provisions of a tort reform law the state Legislature passed six years ago are unconstitutional, the Arkansas Supreme Court ruled today.

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Another plug for the Arkansas Times Reader’s Poll. You can vote for all sorts of things, including Best Local Blog. Just sayin’.

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Oh, heavens, Arkansas may have lost its coveted status as a “safe haven” from the dreaded swine plague, according to this 40/29 report from Benton County claiming a dozen “probable” cases of the much-hyped flu in our beloved northwest corner. Our day of reckoning has arrived…. …or has it? State health officials say no swine flu [...]

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… Circuit Judge Willard Proctor testified before the Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission, which is holding a hearing into 11 charges of ethical misconduct against the Pulaski County judge. Proctor told the commission that the Cycle Breakers Inc. non-profit and the Cycle Breakers program he administers from his courtroom "mirrored" one another, and that he’d [...]

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Test results show seven of the 12 cases health officials sent to the state lab are negative for swine flu, said Mike Dixon, Benton County emergency management department deputy director. Test results on five other cases may be released Friday.

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