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While technology continues to change our everyday lives, the State of Arkansas is also using it to keep our communities safer. The Arkansas Crime Information Center has recently launched a new online system that will help state officials and local law-enforcement protect our children, neighborhoods and communities. Known by its acronym, CENSOR, this new system [...]

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While technology continues to change our everyday lives, the State of Arkansas is also using it to keep our communities safer. The Arkansas Crime Information Center has recently launched a new online system that will help state officials and local law-enforcement protect our children, neighborhoods and communities. Known by its acronym, CENSOR, this new system [...]

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Is this thing on? Testing, Testing…. is a post from: The Arkansas Project

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Just consider this the all-day, all-night open line. As I mentioned, I’m in Kansas City, one of my favorite cities in part because of old memories of riding the train up from Louisiana with my dad every summer to watch the Kansas City A’s. The video is a small taste of Darcus Gates, singing an appropriate song [...]

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Good story in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette today that reports that cumulative spending by lobbyists appeared to be down this year during the Arkansas legislative session, at least judging by official reporting forms. I don’t believe it and the story provides plenty of anecdotal evidence to support my cynical view. Spot-checking some people who should have turned [...]

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New York Times reports on the many ways Republicans are working across the country — including in Arkansas — to throw up impediments to voting. Photo IDs. Shorter early voting periods. Tight restrictions on voter registration drives. (The League of Women voters is giving it up in Florida, apparentlhy.) It’s the modern-day version of Jim Crow [...]

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The line is open. If it’s happening, I don’t know it. I’m at Kansas City hotel. A HUGE crowd of Widespread Panic followers just checked in for their show down the street at local arena. Looks like the fans just rolled in from Little Rock. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

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Here’s a slideshow of scenes you might have missed at Riverfest. More later from Brian; send yours, too, if you want to add to the fun. Update: We’re having technical problems, apparently. Will try to get them fixed. Update 2: Click on the permalink to see the slideshow. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

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The New York Times reports this morning that exploring the Texas shale for oil (as opposed to gas) could increase U.S. oil supplies by 25 percent, with fewer risks than off-shore drilling presents. Nothing is perfect. (But don’t ask the Arkansas Legislative Shale Caucus to believe the downside:) The technique, also called fracking, has been widely used [...]

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