Lu Hardin’s light sentence, some juicy politics in commissions you don’t usually hear from, the new lawsuit aimed at the Arkansas legislative reimbursement scheme and more are up for discussion this week. Download [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

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LITTLE ROCK — Members of the Arkansas Judicial Council voted today to ask Gov. Mike Beebe for money to help judges avert furloughs of court personnel around the state.

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Cheryl Bing liked what she saw from her North Little Rock Lady Charging Wildcats on their first long road trip of the year.

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The final outcome was OK, and the closing moments were exciting, but that was about it for North Little Rock coach Brad Bolding after the Wildcats’ 34-31 victory over the Russellville Cyclones in the 7A/6A-Central Conference opener.

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Brian Chilson A BRIDGE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY: Clinton family does the honors. I can’t remember the last time the entire Clinton family — the former president, the secretary of state and their daughter Chelsea — were together in Little Rock. But there they were today, on a brilliant early fall afternoon, strolling across the new 21st century [...]

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Arkansas judges are meeting this afternoon to discuss a money shortage in the fund that pays their administrative assistants, the people who manage dockets, handle phones and do other duties. The developing shortage, which nobody has yet explained, could mean a 17 percent cut in their pay the rest of the year if money isn’t [...]

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Undoubtedly encouraged by my remarks that he towers over the current field (of midgets), Mike Huckabee is reportedly telling unnamed confidantes that he might get in the presidential race after all. The web frenzy lasted until 3:11 p.m. CDT when Huck appeared on his home channel, via the Neil Cavuto show. From Huffington Post: “I do not [...]

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Dr. Kelly Dean Shrum, who once practiced in Pine Bluff ob/gyn, has received a probationary sentence for providing women with a birth control device not approved for sale in the U.S. by the FDA but making claims for payment for the similar Mirena brand IUD. He was assessed $279,000 in restitution and forfeitures and ordered [...]

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Robert Birdsong, 68, of Little Rock was fatally injured shortly before 10 a.m. Thursday when his motorycycle slid into a turning car in the 2100 block of North University Avenue. Little Rock police said Birdsong, who lived nearby on Hawthorne and was southbound, tried to stop when a northbound station wagon driven by Nancy Jackman, 33, [...]

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UNHAPPY: Agency head says landlord Richard Mays (left) and tenant Bill Walker (right) weren’t happy about tough negotiating on real estate deal. I wrote yesterday about a new state lease agreement by which a division of the Arkansas Department of Career Education Department, headed by Bill Walker, will occupy an expanded building at 525 W. Capitol [...]

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