Archive | August, 2010

Obama controls his narrative

Barack Obama was born in a foreign nation as part of a genetic experiment, raised a Muslim and brainwashed by radicals. Think X-Men meets Malcolm X.

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College football — Week 1

Thank goodness it’s football season. Like many of my fellow Southerners, I love this time of year. More than 400 people showed up today at the Embassy Suites in Little Rock for the season’s first meeting of the Little Rock Touchdown Club. Former Texas Tech head coach Mike Leach was an entertaining speaker. But I [...]

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Lincoln defends agricultural disaster aid

Lincoln defends agricultural disaster aid

LITTLE ROCK — A recent spate of editorials in the national press knocking U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln’s efforts to secure $1.5 billion in disaster aid for farmers shows how the East Coast media misunderstands the importance of agriculture, Lincoln said today.

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AG sues Georgia roofing company

AG sues Georgia roofing company

LITTLE ROCK — Attorney General Dustin McDaniel on today filed a lawsuit against a Georgia home repair company, alleging the business defrauded numerous Arkansas homeowners who signed up for repairs after their homes sustained storm damage.

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HP to pay $55 million to settle federal lawsuit

HP to pay $55 million to settle federal lawsuit

LITTLE ROCK — Hewlett-Packard Co. agreed today to pay $55 million to settle claims that it paid kickbacks to companies so they would recommend its products to federal agencies, the U.S. Justice Department said.

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AG: Lawmakers can grant counties local option for nonpartisan elections

AG: Lawmakers can grant counties local option for nonpartisan elections

LITTLE ROCK — The Legislature has the authority to give individual counties the option to enact an ordinance providing for nonpartisan elections, an option cities already have, Attorney General Dustin McDaniel said today.

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ASP releases identity of I-30 wreck victim

ASP releases identity of I-30 wreck victim

LITTLE ROCK — A man who died in a crash on Interstate 30 was identified today by Arkansas State Police. Jeremy Royal, 30, a resident of Ben Lomond, Ark., died Aug. 18 at the Stringtown community (Hot Spring County.)

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MCDANIEL FILES SUIT AGAINST ROOFING COMPANY

LITTLE ROCK — Attorney General Dustin McDaniel today filed a consumer protection lawsuit against American Shingle and Siding, Inc., an Atlanta-based home repair company accused of defrauding dozens of Arkansas homeowners. The complaint filed in Pulaski County Circuit Court against the company and its owners states that American Shingle sent its sales staff door-to-door to sell [...]

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Governor Beebe’s weekly column and radio address: Education Tour Begins in Arkansas

As a new school year began, Arkansas was honored this week to host U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. He chose to launch his Back to School tour at Little Rock’s historic Central High School, and also visited Hamburg Pre-K and the University of Arkansas at Monticello. I was pleased to share with [...]

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Arkansas Minority Health Commission Announces New Awareness Campaign

In a new media awareness campaign, the Arkansas Minority Health Commission seeks to increase the awareness of Sickle Cell Disease. The Face Sickle Cell campaign, launching September 1 in commemoration of National Sickle Cell Awareness Month, uses television and the web to make a statement that we must “Face” Sickle Cell together. Three 30-second spots will [...]

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