Cars were lined up at 2 a.m. this week for the opening of the International House of Pancakes restaurant on Maumelle Boulevard.
Cars were lined up at 2 a.m. this week for the opening of the International House of Pancakes restaurant on Maumelle Boulevard.
They just don’t get it The response of the Pulaski County Special School District trustees to the district being placed in fiscal distress is indicative of how it got there in the first place — extravagant spending, lack of financial control and being out of touch with reality.
During last week’s emergency meeting of the Pulaski County Special School District board, new board member Tom Stuthard of Jacksonville moved to go into executive session because he said he had some things he wanted to say to board members in private and not “out here for everyone to hear.”
The new version of the Pulaski County Special School District board is changed, but not necessarily for the better.
The new version of the Pulaski County Special School District board is changed, but not necessarily for the better.
When I hear “Take Me Out to the Ballgame,” sung by Carly Simon on the soundtrack of “Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns,” I am moved in different ways.
Sen. John Boozman and I are talking about his co-sponsorship of the Buffet Rule Act of 2011, a bill by Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., that would allow citizens to donate money to the federal treasury to reduce the national debt.
I had a great opportunity this past week to make a trip abroad to China as part of a delegation on behalf of the National Lieutenant Governor’s Association. I and the Lt. Governors of Alabama, Alaska, Iowa, Nebraska and Minnesota all traveled together for the trip. I enjoyed getting to know some of [...]
Frustration over the handling of various contracts by Arkansas’ colleges and universities may finally bring some consensus among legislators over the operation of higher education.
Thirty-two months. That’s how long it’s been since President Obama signed the 2009 American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (more commonly known as the economic stimulus bill) into law.
