Martha, My Dear: Hold your head up, you silly girl, look what you've done! The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s Mike Wickline continues his fine tradition of digging into the tangled web of state Treasurer Martha Shoffner’s campaign finances (subscription required). What a horrible mess they are! The latest beef on Shoffner is that she accepted a $10,000 check from New [...]

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On October 29 in Little Rock, a disagreement between an off-duty cop and a civilian at the upscale Ferneau restaurant erupted into a full-scale brawl—and a few days later, a lawsuit. The victim alleges police brutality. Nobody who wasn’t at the restaurant could have any idea what actually happened—except that a spectator videotaped the incident. The [...]

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Oh, Arkansas state government officials! I suppose we must credit you for your commitment, given how unflagging you have been in your efforts to shove Obamacare down our throats. Latest exhibit: Monday’s state-sponsored forum  (“Health Care Reform: A New Hope”)  at Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock, hosted by the state Surgeon General Joe Thompson and the Arkansas [...]

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NO PEDESTRIANS ALLOWED: A so-called “crosswalk” at City Hall. A reader asked where to begin in city government with complaints about lack enforcement of traffic laws protecting pedestrians as they cross city streets. An edited excerpt of her e-mail: Two people have been hit by cars downtown recently and one by a bus. One was hit just [...]

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LITTLE ROCK – With stores opening as early as Thanksgiving night this year, the holiday shopping season is officially off and running. Before Arkansans rush to purchase gifts for all the people on their lists, Attorney General Dustin McDaniel has a tip to make sure holiday giving doesn’t turn into a hassle: check the retailer’s [...]

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The Alotian Club — Warren Stephens’ golf oasis in western Pulaski County — will host the prestigious Western Amateur golf tournament in July 2013. The Western Amateur, which will host its 111th tournament at Alotian, has showcased many of golf’s greatest talents. Previous winners include Jack Nickalaus, Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Curtis Strange, Andy North, Ben [...]

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The Alotian Club — Warren Stephens’ golf oasis in western Pulaski County — will host the prestigious Western Amateur golf tournament in July 2013. The Western Amateur, which will host its 111th tournament at Alotian, has showcased many of golf’s greatest talents. Previous winners include Jack Nickalaus, Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Curtis Strange, Andy North, Ben [...]

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LITTLE ROCK — A new study ranks Arkansas 17th among the states in spending on youth smoking prevention and helping people quit.

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We reported back in mid-October on a new initiative to ramp up capital lending in the Arkansas Delta when we noted micro-lender ACCION’s foray into the state. Today, company leaders made it official with the opening of two locations in North Little Rock and Helena-West Helena. ACCION Arkansas, an extension of ACCION Texas Inc., is a non-profit [...]

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PROTECT IP/SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo. There they are, your United States Congress, and they are going to stop online piracy NOW! Ah, and yet…The terrible Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is lurking in the U.S. House of Representatives, and its Senate companion, the also terrible PROTECT IP Act (Preventing Real Online Threats [...]

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