During last week’s emergency meeting of the Pulaski County Special School District board, new board member Tom Stuthard of Jacksonville moved to go into executive session because he said he had some things he wanted to say to board members in private and not “out here for everyone to hear.”

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The new version of the Pulaski County Special School District board is changed, but not necessarily for the better.

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The new version of the Pulaski County Special School District board is changed, but not necessarily for the better.

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When I hear “Take Me Out to the Ballgame,” sung by Carly Simon on the soundtrack of “Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns,” I am moved in different ways.

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FORD’S MYTOUCH: Driving to distraction? Interesting column by Maureen Dowd this morning on her visit to Ford Motors to see its new inventions to load car dashboards with the means to run iPods, handle texts and emails and more. In theory, the company is devising ways to operate such devices safely while never losing the growing [...]

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Thanks to several who sent notes last night about the death of Jon Fitch, the former state senator who was director of the state Livestock and Poultry Commission. Roby Brock reports. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

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HUMANITARIAN LOAN SHARK: Jason Rapert Jason Tolbert’s blog did an item the other day on the loan shark bill being pushed by former House Speaker Robbie Wills, now a lobbyist. Four months ago, Arkansas voters set the consumer interest limit at 17 percent. Now come legislators, barely 100 days later and led by Republican sponsors who invoke [...]

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At this time of year, Americans are preparing to file their tax returns. It is important for Arkansans to utilize every available resource in filing both state and federal 2010 tax returns. Our taxes allow the government to provide services to the people of our Nation and our State. The majority of state tax [...]

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LITTLE ROCK — Following an election cycle that saw the governor and many state legislators elected on pledges to cut taxes, supporters of a plan to boost highway funding face a challenge in pushing for tax increases.

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LITTLE ROCK — A regular at the Kentucky Derby, the Hot Springs native who works in the Northeast inquired about perspective on the Southwest Stakes.

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