Steve Brawner takes a look at how one Arkansas high school made a quantum leap in test scores between black and white students.

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Another Arkansas consumer survey reinforces shaky confidence in the economy.

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Beebe’s pick for a new higher education chief is drawing criticism.

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Bloomberg reports that lawmakers in both houses of the New Jersey state legislature have passed an outright ban on the gas drilling process known as hydraulic fracturing. We’ve reported on the possible dangers associated with the practice. There has been no official effort to stop hydraulic fracturing in Arkansas. New Jersey lawmakers have apparently decided [...]

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It’s been interesting to listen to Republicans yowl on Twitter and elsewhere about the closure of the Yarnell’s ice cream business. A local Republican blogger wondered whether government had stepped in to try to save the company. The Koch mouthpieces at Americans For (billionaires’) Prosperity, too, seemed to blame the closure on failure of [...]

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A fair amount of attention has been given to handling of a negligent homicide charge against Benjamin Swindoll, 21, in a 2009 traffic death and subsequent alcohol-related offenses. Last December, Judge Marion Humphrey declined, for procedural reasons, to revoke a suspended sentence in the traffic death case though Swindoll had subsequently been arrested on another [...]

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Ragupathy Kannan, a biology professor at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, presented a program about his travels Wednesday at the Fort Smith Public Library.

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Local police officials say they will be on the lookout over the July 4 weekend for those who violate in-city fireworks ordinances.

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TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – The challenger who is trailing by seven votes in the disputed race for principal chief of the Cherokee Nation said Wednesday he’s formally requesting a recount.

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