Reaction is swift and mixed to the compromise reached last night by Sen. Lincoln on her derivatives bills but two things are clear – (1) she had to compromise key elements of her provision to get the bill passed and (2) her efforts led to tighter regulation of derivatives trading by the financial markets. “As Chairman [...]

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Details are still coming in but the Washington Post is reporting that Sen. Lincoln agreed to a compromise on her derivatives provision in the financial reform bill after insisting for weeks that she would not.  The Conference Committee hammered out the final details in the wee hours of Friday morning.  From the Washington Post… The final [...]

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Democratic nominee for the Congress in Arkansas’ Second District State Sen. Joyce Elliott spoke to a packed Political Animals Club crowd at the Governor’s Mansion in Little Rock today. “I want to start by letting you know I am absolutely not running against Washington, any pinhead can do that,” opened Elliott much to the crowd’s delight. [...]

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The Political Animals Club of Little Rock met today and last week to hear from Second Congressional District candidate Democrat Joyce Elliott and Republican Tim Griffin.  While there, attendees and guests voted on the best and the worst campaigns of the 2010 primary season. No surprise that Joyce Elliott and Tim Griffin made number one and [...]

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LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas is in a good position as a tough fiscal year draws to a close, the state’s top finance official said Tuesday.

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About 30 Crawford County residents met in Van Buren Tuesday to discuss the creation of a county humane society.

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LITTLE ROCK – At least two groups pushing proposed constitutional amendments say they plan to submit petitions to the secretary of state’s office Friday, the deadline for turning in signatures to get

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Fort Smith Deputy City Administrator Ray Gosack has been a busy man the last couple of days.

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LITTLE ROCK – Ray Hobbs, longtime chief deputy director of the state Department of Correction, was named director of the system Tuesday.

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Greenwood Police Chief Keith Jackson, along with 259 other law enforcement executives, graduated from the FBI National Academy Program at Quantico, Va., on June 18.

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