Judge David Burnett was hobnobbing Ciao Bacci yesterday evening at what appeared to be a fundraiser for his state senate campaign when a few unexpected guests arrived. Three members of Arkansans Take Action showed up in "Free the West Memphis Three" t-shirts and approached Burnett with video cameras in hand. They asked the judge if he would answer a [...]

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Springdale Har-Ber has named Adam Simmons its new boys basketball coach.

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Ari Berman, writing for The Nation, posts on their blog a feature on state Sen. Joyce Elliott who is running for the 2nd congressional district seat being vacated by Rep. Vic Snyder. In the post Ms. Elliott admits that race is playing a factor. “There are people who are absolutely convinced that it’s impossible for me [...]

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This is a rant I mentioned earlier that I have now had time to think about and decide to publish. I’ve written a column Sunday that’s not about Blanche Lincoln and Bill Halter — it’s about sex — and a couple of newspaper editors thanked me, not on account of its being about sex, I don’t [...]

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Now comes word that the city of Little Rock has moved that tired ol’ stone that had languished all these years on the grounds of City Hall to a spot down by the river. It’s part of the excavation project that has been taking place off and on for months at the foot of the Junction Bridge. In an [...]

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Thanks for the mention from the Wall Street today in their “Political Diary” (subscription required.) From their report… Two weeks ago, Blanche Lincoln was leading Arkansas Lt. Gov. Bill Halter by 13 points in her Democratic Senate primary. A new Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll finds her margin shrinking to only eight points. Mr. Halter’s campaign is buttressed by [...]

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While much focus has been on the two major parties this election cycle, quietly several independent candidates have been gathering signatures. Twenty-three candidates filed with the Secretary of State as independent candidates. In order to appear on the ballot, they must submit petitions signed by registered voters with varying numbers based on the office they [...]

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A poll today from Daily Kos backs up what I have been saying - the Democratic primary is a toss up. The poll has Halter only eight points back up from twelve points back about a month ago in the same poll. “Other” which is D.C. Morrison also gained a point to 7 percent and there are [...]

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Former Arkansas resident Mike Huckabee has been busy lately making news across the country. Now that he is no longer local, it is difficult to keep up but I try my best. Down in his new home state, he weighed in on the speculation that Florida Gov. Charlie Crist may give the Republican Party the ole [...]

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The Arkansas Election Line – a joint project with Talk Business with Roby Brock and Blake Rutherford of Blake’s Think Tank – are making two ratings changes this morning in the First Congressional District. In the Republican Primary, we are moving this from “Leans Crawford” to “Safe Crawford.” Jonesboro businessman Rick Crawford has been in the [...]

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