A crowd of around 75 supporters gathered together at Whole Hog Café in Little Rock to hear local businessman Scott Wallace as he kicked off his campaign for Congress. His pastor Bill Elliff from the Summit Church in North Little Rock opened up with prayer and his finance chairman Martha McCaskill introduced Wallace saying that [...]

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All eyes were on Syracuse last night as Gov. Mike Huckabee spoke at an awards dinner for the Conservative Party of New York. The dinner was only miles away from New York’s 23rd Congressional District where Conservative Party nominee Doug Hoffman is in a three way race for the seat. Many of the Conservative leaders within the Republican Party, [...]

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Stephen Meeks, brother of Congressional Candidate David Meeks, will announce on Friday, October 30, 2009 his candidacy as a Republican for Arkansas State Representative district 47. This district covers parts of Faulkner, Conway, and Van Buren counties.  This seat is currently held by Democrat Rep. Eddie Hawkins of Vilonia who is up for re-election for [...]

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced this afternoon that the Senate Health Care Bill will include provisions for government run insurance (public option.) The details are still forthcoming but apparently the provision will allow for states to opt out of the program. Sen. Reid indicated that he believes he can obtain the support from all [...]

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I was out last week but somehow Arkansas politics survived without me and even saw several events unfold. U.S. Senate candidate Gilbert Baker hired former Press Secretary to Mike Huckabee Alice Stewart to as his Deputy Campaign Manager / Communications Director. After hauling in over half a million dollars, more than five times the amount of [...]

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Lately, I have been distracted from Arkansas politics by a race over a thousand miles away. Upstate New York’s 23rd Congressional District has turned into one of the most important races for the future of the Republican Party. The outcome of this race will have an important impact on whether Republicans will choose to be [...]

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Begin with the premise that officials in the Southeastern Conference are dedicated men who love the game of football and turn in an honest day’s work for an honest dollar each and every time they enter one of the grand stadiums around the league.

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It’s hard to explain the chagrin we felt as we read and heard about the incidents that led to charges of sexual harassment and cancer-related discrimination that Sherwood police detective Beverly Hughes said she experienced within the Sherwood Police Department.

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The burglary-kidnapping that resulted in the death of Ward resident Kasi Myers leaves several questions unanswered.

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North Little Rock Mayor Patrick Hays has his critics, and we’ve been among them at times.

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