Bottom line from Mayor Stodola this a.m. in his address at City Hall: Revenues down 6 percent. Holding our heads above water thanks to the infusion of millions in state funds to lure private business and federal Recovery Act funds for police, roads, neighborhoods. State of the City addresses are never particulary titillating, but politicos in [...]

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I was just about to pack up my computer and head to the airport. For three weeks, Gerard and Leslie and David and Lindsey and Doug will be picking up slack for me here. Don’t hesitate to write or call them. And they’ll be checking my e-mail, too. But I can’t let this slide. The Little Rock [...]

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LITTLE ROCK — Residential customers of Entergy Arkansas will see an even bigger drop in electric rates than previously projected, the company said today.

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Students and scientists have broken ground on a new school garden that organizers hope will help teens get healthier – and get along better.from Channel 7

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Entergy Arkansas is now predicting a 15 percent drop in residential rates this summer, against an earlier forecast of 10 percent.

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More, much more, from Democratic candidate Ben Ponder on the still unscheduled debates for candidates in the Democratic primary race for 1st District Congress to succeed Rep. Marion Berry.

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In what is arguably the nastiest negative attack yet in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, Sen. Blanche Lincoln has accused Lt. Gov. Bill Halter of being addicted to prescription drugs. The Huffington Post has a copy of the mailer. Last week I exchanged e-mails with a friendly Lincoln supporter about the Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll. [...]

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The Arkansas Parole Board has unanimously rejected the clemency request of a death row inmate convicted of killing a De Queen woman in 1993.from Channel 7

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Two big announcements came down in the GOP primary for the 2nd congressional district. The first was that Rep. Eric Cantor, the No. 2 GOP in the U.S. House, is in Little Rock today for a fundraiser for Tim Griffin. The event is being held at the Capital Hotel and hosted by Curt and Chucki [...]

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Entergy Arkansas said that its residential customers will see “a more significant drop in electricity rates than originally projected.” Company officials announced today that even if the company is granted the full increase in base rates that it has requested from the Arkansas Public Service Commission, Entergy’s residential customers will still experience an overall decrease in [...]

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