Arkansas unemployment rate steady at 3.8 percent
How bad is Little Rock? Not so bad our cover story this week makes clear. But bad stuff happens even in lovely Little Rock.
Category Archives: Little Rock, AR
The Latest: Goodson, Sterling advance in Supreme Court race
An Arkansas Supreme Court justice and an attorney backed by an out-of-state Republican group are advancing to a runoff in a race for a high court seat that was marked by outside attack ads. Justice Courtney Goodson and Department of Human Services Chief Counsel David Sterling were the top two candidates in the heated three-person race in Tuesday's non-partisan judicial election.
Democrats Pin Hopes On US House Seat In Arkansas Election
Democrats in central Arkansas will choose the party's nominee for a Republican-held U.S. House seat the party believes it has a chance to reclaim this fall, while a state Supreme Court justice is seeking re-election in a campaign that's marked by an onslaught of attack ads from an out-of-state group. The Arkansas Secretary of State's office hasn't predicted how many of the state's 1.7 million registered voters will cast a ballot in Tuesday's primary and nonpartisan judicial election.
2 House hopefuls list underserved as focus
Two Democrats say they're vying for the House District 36 seat for the same reason: to fight for the state's underserved population. Businessman Darrell Stephens, 44, is challenging incumbent Rep. Charles Blake, 35, who is running for his third two-year term.
A year after ‘Obamacare’ vote, Democrats see election cudgel
In this March 25, 2015, file photo, Arkansas state Rep. Clarke Tucker, is seen at the state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark.
Hutchinson, Morgan list guns, tax cuts among priorities in Republican contest
Jan Morgan often calls Gov. Asa Hutchinson "a big government, tax-and-spend, establishment progressive," in her bid to defeat the governor in the May 22 Republican primary election. Morgan's depiction of Hutchinson "always brings a smile to my face.
Gun range owner files to run for Arkansas governor
Gun range owner Jan Morgan talks to reporters on Monday, Feb. 26, 2018, at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark. Morgan filed paperwork to run against Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson in the state's May primary.
Rolling market to visit LR area that lost grocery store
Operators of a mobile farmers market are stepping in to try to fill some of the gap left in a Little Rock neighborhood after the area's only grocery store closed this month. One of the owners, Chad Evans, said Friday that the store was unable to negotiate a favorable lease with the building owner.
Capitol news in brief
Jenae Green and Vanessa Torres of C-SPAN show visitor Michelle Gibson some of the interactive features aboard the C-SPAN tour bus during its stop Tuesday at the state Capitol. Gov. Asa Hutchinson touted Arkansas' economy and state budget in an appearance Tuesday on C-SPAN, but said Washington will have to find its own solution to federal deficits.
The Dancin’ with Bart Hester Edition
The Little Rock Police Department's decision to fire a black recruit for using a racial slur in an old social media post, the state of UAMS, a constitutional initiative and Tom Cotton - all covered on this week's podcast. "Blaze," the new bio-pic-ish feature film about cult singer/songwriter and Arkansas native Blaze Foley, and its star, Little Rock native Ben Dickey, are earning critical praise after the new film debuted Sunday at Sundance.
GOP-leaning states line up to require work for Medicaid
Penister does not favor a work requirement in order to receive Medicaid because of the varyi... . Medicaid recipient Thomas J. Penister, of Milwaukee, responds to a question during an interview Friday, Jan. 12, 2018, in Milwaukee.
BA-BOOM. FBI Launches a New Investigation of Pay-to-Play By the Clinton Foundation
Back in January 2016, there were reports that the FBI, based on emails recovered during the investigation of the Clinton email scandal, had opened a "public corruption" investigation on the Clinton Foundation. If you are sentient being, you were not shocked about the words "corruption" and "Clinton foundation" appearing in close proximity to one another.
NLC Elects Mayor Mark Stodola as 2018 President
November 18, 2017 - Mayor Mark Stodola of Little Rock, Arkansas, was elected president of the National League of Cities today at the organization's 2017 City Summit in Charlotte, N.C. Stodola, who has served as Little Rock mayor since 2007, will lead the nation's largest and most representative membership and advocacy organization for cities and their leaders. He was elected by the membership to serve a one-year term and will lead NLC's advocacy, education, research and membership activities.
Brummett online: Democratic rebirth
Jonathan Crossley is a happening thing in Little Rock education. And now he conceivably represents a happening thing in Arkansas Democratic politics.
Clinton allies look forward to reunion
A quarter-century after unseating an incumbent Republican president, the masterminds behind Democrat Bill Clinton's successful 1992 White House bid are returning to Little Rock this week to celebrate their achievement. The former Arkansas governor, who had dreamed of the presidency for decades, will be making the journey, along with his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Arkansas court grants inmate’s bid to halt execution
In this on Oct. 4, 2017, frame grab from video, Arkansas death row inmate Jack Greene appears before the state parole board at a prison in Varner, Ark. Greene is scheduled to die Nov. 9, 2017, but his lawyers are arguing that he is severely mentally ill and that, as a result of that, he sticks strands of tissue into his ears and nose to the point that they become bloody.
American Airlines to fly nonstop route between LR, D.C.
American Airlines will begin daily service between Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport beginning April 3, officials at Arkansas' largest airport said Monday. "Nonstop service to [Reagan National], which has been heavily requested by both business and leisure travelers, is essential to connecting Arkansas to the nation's capital," said Ronald Mathieu, executive director at Clinton National.
In 1981, she became the first female Supreme Court justice
On September 25, 1957, nine black students who'd been forced to withdraw from Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, because of unruly white crowds were escorted to class by members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division. In 1775, American Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen was captured by the British as he led an attack on Montreal.
‘Little Rock Nine’ members mark school’s 1957 desegregation
22, 2017, at the Clinton School of Public Service in Little Rock, Ark. From the left are... .
In 1953, lawyers argued over ‘separate but equal’
In this May 17, 1954, file photo, George E.C. Hayes, left, Thurgood Marshall, center, and James M. Nabrit join hands outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., after justices declared in the Brown v. Board of Education decision that separate but equal schools for black children were unconstitutional.