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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.
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.
After paying out more than $20 million to over 20,000 former Marlboro Lights customers, a $45 million Arkansas settlement fund has $2.2 million left over, money that must be spent on public service. The settlement was paid last year to end a 14-year-old lawsuit against the Marlboro Lights manufacturer over how the cigarettes were marketed in Arkansas.
WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE? Nothing, is the answer. The Big Dam Bridge attracts many visitors, just as a trail from Little Rock to Hot Springs, nixed Tuesday night by Republican county officials, would do.
House Speaker Jeremy Gillam put forward a blueprint Tuesday for how the chamber would go about filing articles of impeachment, as lawmakers continue to consider using such powers against a Pulaski County judge. The proposed rules are long overdue, Gillam said, regardless of the current impeachment discussions.
Arkansas' push to resume executions after nearly 12 years with an already compromised plan to put eight men to death over 11 days is in limbo after a judge blocked the use of a lethal injection drug a supplier says officials misleadingly obtained and the state's highest court halted the execution of one of the first inmates who had been scheduled to die. A federal judge could further upend the plans, with a possible ruling on Saturday on whether to halt the executions over the inmates' complaints about the compressed timetable and the use of a controversial sedative in the lethal injections.
Arkansas' already compromised plan to execute eight men by the end of the month appeared to unravel Friday, with a judge blocking the use of a lethal injection drug and the state's highest court granting a stay to one of the first inmates who had been scheduled to die. This undated file photo provided by the Arkansas Department of Correction shows Bruce Earl Ward, who has been scheduled for execution April 17, 2017.
Boeckman is a former Arkansas judge accused of giving lighter sentences to defendants in exchange for nude photos and sexual act... . FILE - Joseph Boeckmann is shown in this 2004 photo provided by the Wynne Progress.