LITTLE ROCK — State Lottery Director Ernie Passailaigue said today he believed he had approval from the Lottery Commission when he granted compensatory time to upper-level lottery employees — approval commissioners said they never gave.

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LITTLE ROCK — The federal government has awarded $7.3 million in stimulus money to Windstream Corp. to expand high-speed Internet access and other services to more rural Arkansas communities, the company said today.

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We’ve got a bit of men’s basketball news to pass along this afternoon. Arkansas strength and conditioning coach Kelly Lambert, who has worked with the Razorbacks basketball program for seven seasons, is moving on to the NBA. Lambert has been hired by the Memphis Grizzlies as a strength and conditioning coach. Lambert was not available for comment [...]

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (September 30, 2010) – The two candidates running for Lieutenant Governor joined the incumbent this morning to announce that the state office will launch a statewide initiative encouraging Arkansans to exercise often, eat their fruit and vegetables, and live a healthy life. The reward-based nutrition and fitness effort, titled “Your Heart Is [...]

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Arkansas Right to Life PAC released their 2010 Voter Guide for the general election. They include pretty much every federal and state candidate in Arkansas including write-in candidates. What they ask the state legislators is usually a pretty good indication of what thier legisative agenda will be in the upcoming session. This year in addition to the basic [...]

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Who is a lobbyist and who isn’t? What’s a procedural vote and what isn’t? There are plenty of semantics to sort through on the campaign trail.

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Windstream Corp. will get $7.3 million to build out broadband in rural Arkansas thanks to a stimulus grant.

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We all know the Arkansas basketball program scored big yesterday, when East Poinsett County High guard Rashad Madden made a verbal commitment to the Razorbacks during a ceremony at his school. It gave coach John Pelphrey four verbal commitments (which are non-binding) in his 2011 class. Not only that, it gave the Razorbacks four highly touted [...]

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Remember earlier this week when Mark Ingram said the Razorbacks were being a “little dirty” late in Saturday’s game? Ingram isn’t the only Alabama player speaking out about it. Defensive lineman Marcell Dareus had something to say about Arkansas offensive lineman Wade Grayson after the guard took, what he believed, was a cheap shot during the game. [...]

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LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday set Oct. 21 for oral arguments in a lawsuit challenging a proposed interest rate amendment as supporters defended the measure that would increase consumer costs for in-state loans.

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