‘NO ANARCHIST’: Occupy Little Rock protester Mac Miller (handcuffed arms raised) objects to City Director Lance Hines’ description of OLR as anarchists. ON GUARD FOR ANARCHISTS: LR Director Lance Hines. I’ve written before that City Director Lance Hines got the Occupy Little Rock eviction movement going by complaining about the unslightly appearance of their tent camp at [...]

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As average U.S. retail gas prices continue moving lower, Arkansas travelers hitting the road on the Memorial Day weekend should expect congested highways, crowded hotels and an occasional overbooked vacation destination. According to AAA’s annual Memorial Day travel survey, 34.8 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home this holiday weekend beginning May 25, [...]

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As average U.S. retail gas prices continue moving lower, Arkansas travelers hitting the road on the Memorial Day weekend should expect congested highways, crowded hotels and an occasional overbooked vacation destination. According to AAA’s annual Memorial Day travel survey, 34.8 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home this holiday weekend beginning May 25, [...]

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A seasoned traveler who almost missed a plane sends a photo of what he encountered at 6:30 a.m. this morning at Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport. As you know, this line bends back on itself multiple times once it reaches the screening area. I don’t care what anyone else says. The situation is far worse [...]

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BOTTOM FIVE: Tim Griffin brings up rear in level of his remarks. Have you seen the stories about the Sunlight Foundation’s study of Congress? The one that showed, based on Congressional Record entries, that the grade level of members’ remarks has declined by a full grade, to the 10th-grade level, in seven years, thanks particularly to [...]

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I quit early Tuesday, preferring not to peak through my fingers at the conclusion of the horror show. So the mopup: * IT WAS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE: Early returns showed moderate (in the Republican context) candidates leading several hotly contested state Senate primaries in Northwest Arkansas, though it had become apparent before I quit [...]

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The League of United Latin American Citizens has decided to challenge the Little Rock School Board’s recent redrawing of school board zone boundaries. The map diminished the influence of the district’s growing Latino population to the advantage of three of the four black members of the Board, who voted together for the map 4-3. An e-mail [...]

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There were a number of influential state legislative and judicial races settled on Tuesday. In the only statewide race besides Presidential primaries, the Arkansas Supreme Court race between Court of Appeals Judge Jo Hart and Raymond Abramson went to Hart. Hart, who lagged Abramson in fundraising, did mount an effective TV advertising strategy and her name appeared [...]

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There were a number of influential state legislative and judicial races settled on Tuesday. In the only statewide race besides Presidential primaries, the Arkansas Supreme Court race between Court of Appeals Judge Jo Hart and Raymond Abramson went to Hart. Hart, who lagged Abramson in fundraising, did mount an effective TV advertising strategy and her name appeared [...]

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The surprise of the night was the strong showing of Prosecutor Scott Ellington in the First District Congressional Democratic primary. Ellington held above 50% for most of the evening leading his two rivals Rep. Clark Hall and Gary Latanich. Hall, who led the primary race in fundraising, trailed in second place nearly 10 points behind Ellington. The [...]

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