The line is open. A final few words: * CAIN’S COMMENTS: After first disavowing all knowledge of any complaints, Herman Cain has now developed an alibi that there might have been one baseless complaint. His tale is at variance with a human resources officer interviewed by Politico. Fox News is giving him the sympathetic platform. Forget [...]

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LITTLE ROCK — A conservation group filed a federal lawsuit today seeking a halt to natural gas drilling in the Ozark National Forest.

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LITTLE ROCK — Gov. Mike Beebe today named a Camden lawyer to the bench in southern Arkansas.

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Is the effort to shut down Backpage.com's adult services ads censorship? I posted before on the effort by attorneys general around the nation, including Arkansas’ own Dustin McDaniel, to force the online classified operation Backpage.com to shut down their “Adult Services” ad section. That section features ads for escorts, body rubs and other things that just sound amazing. However, [...]

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A meeting of the Sebastian County Election Commission scheduled for 8 a.m. Tuesday has been canceled and rescheduled for 10 a.m. Nov. 7 at the Parker Annex, 40 S. Fourth St.

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LITTLE ROCK – Governor Mike Beebe today announced the following judicial appointment: Searcy W. Harrell, Jr., Camden, as Circuit Judge for the Fourth Division of the 13th Judicial District. Appointment expires December 31, 2012. Replaces Judge Susan Hickey. Governor Mike Beebe also announced the following appointments to boards and commissions: Antonio Abad, Maumelle, to the Arkansas [...]

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Goddard United Methodist Church in Fort Smith hosted its sixth annual Truck or Treat event Sunday.

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FRACKING TERRITORY? Lawsuit objects to gas drilling. The Ozark Society has sued to stop gas drillling in the Ozark National Forest until an adequate environmental impact statement has been completed. Federal agencies haven’t adequately considered impact on endangered species, roadless areas and wild and scenic rivers, the suit says. The suit asks for a preliminary injunction against further [...]

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Arkansas pays its state legislators a salary that figures out to less than minimum wage, and they have found ways to get around it.

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There’s a great article in this morning’s Wall Street Journal by Ashby Jones, and I don’t say that only because it profiles Ted Frank, the brilliant, handsome fellow who sends me a paycheck every month. It’s about the Center for Class Action Fairness, the public interest legal program where I serve as senior counsel. Here’s what we do. The [...]

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