Jan. 27 — The Carlisle Public Library will be having toddler time at 10 a.m.

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Someone is shooting cattle in eastern Lonoke County. Possibly, it is a case of mistaking cattle for deer, though that would mean someone is hunting illegally at night, and using firearms meant for small game — leaving the likelihood of wounded deer slowly dying.

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The Texarkana Gazette editorializes on the the state’s reimbursement to counties for housing our inmates in this morning’s paper. As has been discussed this week, Governor Beebe told sheriffs that they should lobby us to come up with the $10 million or so to get all counties reimbursed for holding our inmates. Many [...]

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Local efforts for international investmentsClick play on the console below: Arkansas has foreign offices in Tokyo and Beijing, and several other states have offices in Taipei, Hong Kong, and other cities across Asia (and other parts of the world) for purposes of economic development. Governor Beebe will travel to Cuba next week to look at [...]

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Governor Beebe declared a State of Emergency this morning in response to the ice and snow already in the state, and accumulations are expected to continue. The declaration carries with it up to $20,000 from the Governor’s Disaster Fund for the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management to supply additional support and resources if needed. With road [...]

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Wills to kick off congressional bid today Speaker Robbie Wills will officially kick off his bid for the open congressional seat being vacated by retiring Congressman Vic Snyder today. The event will take place at Pickles Gap at noon. Side note on 1st District candidates The New Orleans Times Picayune is reporting this morning that Congressman Joseph [...]

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It’s long since been sold out, but Governor Beebe will be the featured speaker at today’s Political Animals Club at the Governor’s Mansion. With all that’s going on in Arkansas politics, should be a good meeting.

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The Lincoln for Senate campaign caused a stir that ultimately reached national tv last night because of a broad and vague press release that stated as follows: For planning purposes, be advised that Senator Blanche Lincoln will make an important campaign announcement tomorrow morning, Tuesday, January 26, via the campaign’s Twitter feed: twitter.com/blanche4senate. By the 8:00 pm [...]

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The second of three sitting Democratic congressmen in Arkansas has announced his retirement effective at the end of this term. On January 15, 2nd District Congressman Vic Snyder announced that he would not seek reelection. This morning, 1st District Congressman Marion Berry announced that he also will forego another election for the U.S. [...]

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I’m sure no one’s noticed that this blog has been on autopilot for about three months while I worked overtime here at the office in order to get caught up and put back some extra resources before the upcoming double whammy: the fiscal legislative session and the upcoming primary on May 18. We’re really [...]

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