TalkBusiness/Hendrix has new numbers out, this time on the Dem primary in AR-01: In the latest Talk Business-Hendrix College Poll, conducted on Tuesday and Wednesday April 24-25, 2012, 497 likely Democratic primary voters in Arkansas’ First Congression... »
Yes, absolutely. The New York Times editorializes today in favor of a national database on political ad spending. Federal law now requests stations to open books on spending, but it is a laborious process. A national database would make all the spendin... »
A strong campaign in opposition has produced some encouragement that North Carolina voters might defeat an anti-gay marriage constitutional amendment. As happened in Arkansas, the amendment is about far more than "marriage," but about ending any sort o... »
The Thursday line is open. Final words: * TRIBUTE TO LEVON HELM: Gov. Mike Beebe has ordered state flags to fly at half-staff Friday in tribute to Levon Helm, the Marvell native musician who died last week. * ONE MORE REASON REPUBLICANS HATE OBAMACARE:... »
Last week, a survey of Republican voters in south Arkansas stated their overwhelming opposition to an increased tax on individuals making more than $1 million annually. Democrats in Arkansas feel quite differently. Pres. Obama and Congressional Democra... »
SUPPORTS CHILD SERVICE CUTS: Sen. Missy Irvin.We clip and paste, you decide: * CUTS IN CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAMS: In a report on these, comes the following: State Sen. Missy Irvin, R-Mountain View, chairman of the Senate Interim Committee on Chil... »
FEWER LIKE HIM: Rep. Mike Ross laments decline of Blue Dogs.The defeat of Blue Dog Democrats in Pennsylvania congressional primaries by more liberal Democrats is seen in this New York Times article as a sign of more polarization in Congress. It says th... »
The Magnolia City Council has approved Mayor Parnell Vann’s appointment of Kim Newell of Magnolia to the position of city treasurer. »
