At the top of my list of priorities for Arkansas are two bedrock goals: finding the best ways to expand our state’s economy and continually advancing standards of achievement in education. We focus on economic development because good jobs provide the foundation for strong, safe, and prosperous communities, and on improving our schools because [...]

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At the top of my list of priorities for Arkansas are two bedrock goals: finding the best ways to expand our state’s economy and continually advancing standards of achievement in education. We focus on economic development because good jobs provide the foundation for strong, safe, and prosperous communities, and on improving our schools because [...]

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, JULY 30, 2010 CONTACT: AARON SADLER aaron.sadler@arkansasag.gov (501) 682.0517 RELIEF FROM DEBT RELIEF LITTLE ROCK -Debt Relief, Debt Settlement, and Debt Negotiation companies. Their ads claim that they can reduce or eliminate your unsecured debt, particularly your credit card debt. Yesterday, the Federal Trade Comm…

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LITTLE ROCK — After posting a $32.5 million net loss one year ago, Metropolitan National Bank has pared its quarterly setbacks significantly.

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LITTLE ROCK — Home Bancshares has bought two more failing banks in Florida: Coastal Community Bank of Panama City and Bayside Savings Bank in Port Saint Joe.

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Nicky Bacon was a true hero — not a Hollywood hero or a wannabe who tried to amplify his war record.

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As much as we respect the right of the members of the Pulaski County Special School District to be wrong in their treatment of teachers by snubbing the teachers union, we cannot condone throwing good money after bad in one legal battle after another fighting a losing cause.

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With a new superintendent beginning soon, the future should be rosy for the Pulaski County Special School District. But, stakeholders’ actions in the past few years have come home to roost.

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Journalists love words. It follows then, that we adore our dictionaries. A dictionary is a powerful book. It opens the door to the world of words and contains the seeds for a harvest of vast knowledge.

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This week’s heavy snow that followed forecasters’ prediction of a light dusting brings out the child in us. In some cases that’s good, but in others it isn’t.

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