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Medical Care group endorses Medicaid expansion 8 Aug 2012 | 12:26 am
Add the Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care, a nonprofit group that works on Medicare and Medicaid issues, to those endorsing Arkansas’s decision to expand Medicaid under the federal Affordable Care ...
Union Rescue gets $200,000 grant toward new mission 8 Aug 2012 | 12:25 am
OLD MISSION: Union Rescue hopes to replace this building, which the city wants to use for homeless center. The Sturgis Foundation has given $200,000 to the Union Rescue Mission to help with its $3 mil...
Dumas: Republican attack on regulation ‘asinine’ 8 Aug 2012 | 12:25 am
TIM GRIFFIN: Looking out for special interests, not the ‘sunburned sons of toil,’ Dumas writes. Ernie Dumas this week examines the dishonesty in political candidate use of the “jobs” issue. Like: Sayi...
Tom Cotton: Too busy to talk about 2014 8 Aug 2012 | 12:25 am
TOM COTTON: 24/7 for the 4th District. It is a mark, sadly, of the state of affairs this year that political buzz among insiders is a whole lot more about giant races looming in Arkansas in 2014 — gov...
Politics and the single woman 8 Aug 2012 | 12:25 am
The New York Times focuses today on the political leanings of what it describes as one of the country’s fastest growing demographic groups — single women. They lean Democratic, surveys suggest, but th...
Monday, Monday 8 Aug 2012 | 12:25 am
Another week begins and another line is open. Final words: * SAVE THE NEIGHBORHOODS: The Coalition of Greater Little Rock Neighborhoods today released a letter urging the Little Rock Technology Park A...
Report: LR vets’ home needs $7.5 to $10 million in repairs 8 Aug 2012 | 12:25 am
REPAIRS NEEDED: A state estimate puts the cost of fixing the Veterans Home in Little Rock at up to $10 million. I’ve received a copy of the assessment by the Arkansas Building Authority of the conditi...
So-called liberal media favor Romney in coverage 8 Aug 2012 | 12:25 am
4thestate.net Yet another media analysis blows up the myth of the liberal media (as seen on Romenesko). Survey says: Republican voices quoted more often. More negative remarks toward President Obama. ...
Hate crime statute upheld in Arkansas case 8 Aug 2012 | 12:25 am
The 8th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals today upheld the conviction of Frankie Maybee, convicted of joining in harassment of Latinos at an Alpena convenience store in June 2010 and eventually causing a ...
Stephens Inc. joins effort to recapitalize Knight Capital 8 Aug 2012 | 12:25 am
Stephens Inc., the Little Rock financial house, is a participating in the $400 million bailout of Knight Capital Group, the market maker that suffered catastrophic losses because of a software failure...
