SPRINGDALE — A Bentonville firm that only is two years old is ready to spread into new countries to teach small- and mid-sized suppliers how to do business with Wal-Mart.

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LITTLE ROCK — Gasoline prices are starting to drop, just in time for the July Fourth holiday and summer vacation.

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LITTLE ROCK — Southwestern Electric Power Co. on Monday petitioned the Arkansas Supreme Court to review the state Court of Appeals’ decision last week to deny a permit for a proposed coal-fired power plant in Southwest Arkansas.

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Since the biggest race in Arkansas next year appears to be a Democratic primary for Secretary of State, some are looking ahead to 2014, where many are talking about the Democratic primary for the gubernatorial race in that election year. The Swing State Project takes a look, authored by an anonymous Arkansas Democrat.

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Van Buren attorney Kevin Holmes announced today that he will run for State Representative District 66 as a Republican.  The current representative is Republican Rick Green who is termed limited and is rumored to be considering running for the State Senate District 19 where he will likely face a hotly contest Republican primary. In the [...]

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There are a couple of interesting things about this national blog post. First it analyzes the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in the Ricci case from New Haven, Conn., yesterday. Most of the political talk is that, by 5-to-4, the court reversed nominee Sonia Sotomayor. Right-wingers say this means she is unfit to serve, which would [...]

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The next Vanity Fair issue, for August, will contain this article on Sarah Palin by Todd Purdum, a former reporter for The New York Times and the husband of former Bill Clinton spokesman Dee Dee Myers. It’s long and somewhat repetitious, but at times interesting and altogether most unflattering. I understate on the latter. I would get [...]

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Kevin Holmes of Van Buren announces he will run for Arkansas House of Representatives in District 66. Holmes, a Republican, is an attorney and member of the Crawford County Quorum Court. The seat is currently held by Republican Rep. Rick Green, who is term limited. Full news release from Holmes at jump. HOLMES ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY FOR STATE [...]

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