Lt. Gov. Bill Halter says he hopes an agreement he signed on Arkansas" behalf with China"s third-most-populous province can eventually lead to a sister-state relationship that would help Arkansas sell products to what is expected to become the world"s largest consumer market.from Channel 7

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Lt. Gov. Bill Halter says he hopes an agreement he signed on Arkansas" behalf with China"s third-most-populous province can eventually lead to a sister-state relationship that would help Arkansas sell products to what is expected to become the world"s largest consumer market.from Channel 7

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Another reason to avoid cocaine: About a third of it in the U.S. is tainted with a livestock deworming drug, article by AP’s Jon Gambrell says.

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U.S. Rep. Mike Ross just now spoke and took questions on health care at the Clinton School of Public Service. He was informed, informative, authoritative, pragmatic, measured, commanding at times, centrist and occasionally populist, weak only on specifics of how we actually will rein in health care costs. Yes, he said, greater reliance on living [...]

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We’ve got a little added “What We Learned” bonus this afternoon. In addition to the press conference highlights, we’ve got plenty of nuggets worth discussing on Arkansas’ depth chart. I haven’t been able to type it all in, yet, but want to go over a couple of highlights: • We mentioned De’Anthony Curtis at FB in the [...]

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By popular demand: Nevada’s pugnacious Sen. Harry Reid has sent ill wishes to the major Las Vegas newspaper (owned by Little Rock’s Stephens Inc.). The newspaper’s publisher, Sherm Frederick, who oversees a number of papers in Arkansas, has responded in a column that characterizes Reid as a bully.  In short: One of the country’s most powerful politicians doesn’t like [...]

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Just got back to the office after Arkansas’ game week press conference. Paul Petrino was filling in for Bobby Petrino, who was down in Little Rock speaking to the Kickoff Club. We also got a chance to catch up with RB Michael Smith, QB Ryan Mallett and DE Jake Bequette. Lots to go over. So let’s [...]

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Maybe I missed this over the weekend. But a Memphis TV station says the city hall in tiny Jericho, near Marion, is still surrounded by crime scene tape. It was put up after the town fire chief was shot in court by a police officer. Fire chief’s son got a ticket. And it went from [...]

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I’ve been getting a few emails, calls, and such about this Harry Reid character in the Senate and his comments about my former and beloved employer, Stephens Media, where I worked for the Arkansas News Bureau as recently as July. The Senate Majority Leader apparently hopes that the flagship paper of Stephens Media, the Las [...]

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