Lawmakers and the Governor can check very little off their to-do list nearly two months into the legislative session.

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Talk about a waste of government time and paper, not to mention outrageous. Rep. Justin Harris, the West Fork Republican and heir apparent to Mark Martin in that strange political corner of Arkansas, has already made headlines for his government-financed church school (which might offer to service to undocumented children) as he inveighs against government spending [...]

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Arkansas quarterback Ryan Mallett will be out on the field in Indianapolis tomorrow, showing off his arm to NFL representatives during his workout day at the NFL Combine. The NFL Network’s Michael Lombardi, a former NFL executive, predicted yesterday Mallett will have the most impressive arm among quarterbacks throwing the ball this week. That’s something Arkansas fans [...]

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Because (1) I feel the need to lighten things up around here, (2) I just had a great meal there while my kids had a great time playing, and (3) this week they made possibly the greatest advancement in the history of condiment delivery since the invention of the plastic packet, I give you the [...]

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If  you have turned on the news in the past week, you likely have seen Mike Huckabee somewhere.  He has a new book out this week so he is continuing his extended strip tease as to whether he will actually run for President.  The whole dialogue of  “I very well may” run and that it is [...]

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Today is the first day that Lieutenant Governor Mark Darr has taken over as acting governor for the state since he was elected.  Gov. Mike Beebe is in Washington, DC for a meeting of the National Governor’s Association. But don’t look for any photos of Darr posing behind the governor’s desk today.  As a small [...]

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In case you have wondered what former Speaker Robbie Wills has been up to, he has been busy lobbying hard on behalf of the loan sharks of Arkansas.  Max Brantley has the details. It is a complicated bit of legislation but the current bill – SB568 – is the first step in raising the interest rates for low [...]

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Although the current House Speaker was only officially elected a little over a month ago, the race has already picked up for the next Speaker for the 2013 legislative session.  Several names have been thrown around both on the Democratic and Republican side of the aisle. As the new robust minority of Republicans look ahead, [...]

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Interesting blog post today from content partner Roby Brock. He caught up with newly minted Democrat Party of Arkansas Will Bond to discuss redistricting.  Bond took the opportunity of one of his first interviews after being elected to shoot down an idea from the state Legislative Black Caucus. As reported by the Arkansas Democrat Gazette [...]

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Herman Cain, former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza and possible Republican President candidate, was in Little Rock today to speak to conservative event hosted by Americans for Prosperity.  Addressing a crowd of a few hundred, Cain told them to “hold fast to your dreams.” He discussed what he believe are three of the pillars of American [...]

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