I’m running low on fuel after watching over the smoke pit overnight at our church’s annual Turkey Smoke at the Henry Farm here in Texarkana. I clocked out at 6:20 am and made it up here to the Capitol for the monthly Legislative Council meeting by 9:00. Good: I got to smell 110 [...]

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Yesterday, Robbie was honored with the governorship for a day since Governor Beebe, Lt. Governor Halter, and Senate Pro-Tem Johnson were all out of the state. He’s governor today, too.

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I spoke to the Sunrise Rotary yesterday on health care reform legislation in Washington and how it could affect states before speaking at the Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Breakfast. Both events were at Williams Memorial. Here’s a pretty scary red eye pic from the second breakfast: Politics and barbecue Big Jake’s Barbecue is in the [...]

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I better tread lightly here, cause King will probably cast some spell over me if I take this too far. I’ve seen a bump in traffic since his latest book titled “Under the Dome” hit the shelves, so all is not lost. Still, I oughta file suit (or at least send a strongly [...]

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I’m honored to host the Arkansas Fallen Firefighters’ Memorial on the grounds of my downtown building. About 30 fire and ladder trucks from both sides of the state line paraded down State Line Avenue with the crane and statue this afternoon here in Texarkana. We had firefighters from both sides of Texarkana, Genoa/Pleasant [...]

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I started Texarkana-native Richard Arnold’s biography on the flight here to DC yesterday. Great book, and included is a flyer from his failed ‘66 campaign for U.S Congress against David Pryor (pictured below). I note that the return address on the flyer is 300 State Line Avenue in Texarkana, which is my current [...]

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I’m here in DC for 24 more hours for a whirlwind DLC fellowship program. I’m part of the inaugural class of the Democratic Leadership Council fellows, and this is the last session in the three year program (posts from 2007 in Little Rock, 2008 in New Orleans). DLC CEO Bruce Reed is now [...]

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Thank you dad , and all other veterans, for the sacrifices you made for this country. Dad in Vietnam Paternal Grandfather Maternal Grandfather The Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Day ceremony will take place at 11:00 a.m. this morning in the 2nd floor rotunda of the State Capitol.

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I am proud to be named in the 2009 issue of the Mid-South Super Lawyers for Arkansas, Mississippi, and Tennessee. It’s my first appearance in the publication, and I’m listed alongside my brother Jeff, who’s making his second appearance.

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I’m in court in southern Louisiana today and am about to tackle a dish of fried eggs over jambalaya to get ready for this trial. Gotta love Louisiana. The Tiger fans down here are really giving the SEC refs the business over a couple of calls during Saturday’s game against Bama. Back home, I [...]

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