It was a smart move on the part of the Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau to be one of the sponsors of last night’s taping of the NBC “Holiday on Ice” special at the Verizon Arena in North Little Rock. Right there next to the ice was a banner promoting the website www.LittleRock.com. It will be seen [...]

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My political intuition tells me that Sen. Blanche Lincoln will vote for the motion to proceed on the Senate Health Care Bill when it comes to the floor tomorrow. I thought I would go ahead and take a crack at what her statement will be following her vote. Keep in mind this is totally from my [...]

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North Little Rock Alderman Cary Gaines, who represents Ward 3, has resigned from the City Council. He confirmed to me last week that he faced federal investigation related to the indictment of an accused Cabot bookmaker and drug dealer who was also accused of trying to influence Gaines to steer city business to an unnamed contractor to generate [...]

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Columnist Joe Conason, in Little Rock this week to follow Bill Clinton for a coming book, dipped into senatorial politics and found an incumbent U.S. Senator, Blanche Lincoln, looking weak rather than thoughtful. He found pressure from Lt. Gov. Bill Halter and a free health clinic and a not-thinly-veiled bit of advice from Clinton, whose [...]

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Rock Candy, our entertainment blog, has details on cancellation of Billy Joel/Elton John concert at Verizon Arena. Says here that FBI is taking a look at a cop’s Tasering of an Ozark girl, 10, who refused to talk a shower. Jordan Johnson tweets and twitpics that students at the Clinton School of Public Service (above) are getting some words of wisdom from a [...]

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State Supreme Court Justice Annabelle Clinton Imber has retired, leaving a position for Gov. Mike Beebe to fill by appointment for a year until an election in 2010. How’s this for an intriguing candidate for that appointment — Bill Bowen, retired lawyer, banker, gubernatorial chief of staff, UALR law school namesake? He’s a spry 86. The governor’s office [...]

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I’ve written about Memphis before. It’s a city where I spent a lot of time in my job with the Delta Regional Authority and a city I’ve always enjoyed visiting. It’s a city blessed with that great location on the Mississippi River and a fascinating history. It also has been a city cursed in recent decades [...]

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If my email inbox is any indication, then tomorrow’s vote on the health care bill is huge. Democrat Majority leader Harry Reid has scheduled a test vote for his health care bill for 7:00 CST Saturday night. The bill was unveiled late Wednesday night. The Saturday night vote is the earliest a procedural vote can take [...]

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