I'm taking advantage of the short week to try and get caught up on a few things. I'll finish out the week in Baton Rouge watching the Hogs play LSU. Here's a pic of yesterday's event honoring fallen firefighters here in Texarkana:[...]
I'm taking advantage of the short week to try and get caught up on a few things. I'll finish out the week in Baton Rouge watching the Hogs play LSU. Here's a pic of yesterday's event honoring fallen firefighters here in Texarkana:
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. [...] 
I spoke to the Sunrise Rotary yesterday on health care reform legislation and its potential effect on states before speaking at the Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Breakfast sponsored by Harvest Texarkana and Randy Sams. Both events were at Williams Memorial. Here's a pretty scary red eye pic [...] 
I'm here in DC for 24 more hours for a whirlwind DLC fellowship program. I'm part of the inaugural class of the centrist Democratic Leadership Council fellows, and this is the last session in the three year program (posts from 2007 in Little Rock, 2008 [...] 
Thank you dad , and all other veterans, for the sacrifices you made for this country.
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.' [...] 
We kicked off activities for Veterans Day with our annual parade here in Texarkana over the weekend. As they always do, the Veterans Council put on a well organized event. Here I am with Stacey Binning and her son Thomas. 
Arkansas needs one more win to become bowl eligible after beating South Carolina 33-16 in Fayetteville today.
A September fire that occurred in downtown Texarkana resulted in the razing of Barry’s Jewelers. Here's the pic of the remains of the 100 block of East Broad just a few feet from the state line:
There was another good crowd at Monday night's fish fry in honor of area law enforcement agencies at the Lafayette County Fairgrounds. What started out as a small get together down at Walker's Creek has turned into a event that draws the governor and hundreds others annually. [...] 
I'm just a few hours out from hopping on the bus and heading over to Staten Island to battle 40,000 other runners for the start of tomorrow's race. The rain cleared out tonight, and the temperatures should be perfect. I'm here at the Millenium Broadway with Arkansan' [...] 
I'm appointing Rep. Tracy Pennartz (D-Fort Smith) to the current vacancy on the District Court Resource Assessment Board (Word document). This slot is to be appointed by the House Judiciary Chairman.' [...] 
By next October, all positions at the DeQueen Husqvarna plant will be consolidated with the Nashville, Ark. operations of the company. About 600 workers at the De Queen facility will be affected, and the De Queen plant will remain open as a warehouse for raw and finished [...] 
If you're in central Arkansas, stop by the home of Graham Catlett on the 17th floor of the Tower Bldg in downtown Little Rock after work today. We're having a campaign meet and greet there and will have plenty of food, drink, and Arkansas [...] 
State public option opt-out proceeds in U.S. Senate
For the second time in 48 hours, I'll be flying to Mississippi in the morning. I have a trial in Vidalia, Louisiana, which is just across the Mississippi River from the Natchez airport. Because of a campaign function here in Texarkana tomorrow night, I'm not chancing driving [...] 
If I hear that Hotty Toddy chant once more in the next 15 years, it'll be too soon. Outside of Rep. Clark Hall, who was sitting two rows above me, I was surrounded by the Ole Miss faithful. I was hoping this would be the first in' [...] 
The City of Texarkana, Arkansas has applied for $24.5 million for frontage roads along I-30 and I-49 and other connectors in the area. Other cities to apply for these funds are Bella Vista and West Memphis. Here's more from today's Democrat-Gazette. [...] 
Most candidates are out gathering support for their campaign, and I'm no exception. I have three events lined up in six days, and I'll spend one of them out of the district in central Arkansas next week, thanks to Vic Snyder, Robbie Wills, Graham Catlett, and 28 [...] 
I made it down a soggy road to Magnolia in time to hear Senator Larry Teague address the Southwest Arkansas Area Agency on Aging at its annual meeting. About 120 showed for the luncheon, and topics of interest included the recent budget cuts and the upcoming annual [...] 
AT&T announced a substantial upgrade of its 3G mobile broadband network in Texarkana today with the deployment of additional wireless spectrum in the 850 MHz band. As a result of this upgrade, we ought to experience better 3G wireless connectivity, performance and enhanced in-building wireless coverage. The [...] 
It's an unusual week to have Archie Manning address an Arkansas crowd in light of Ole Miss being on the Razorbacks' schedule this Saturday, but he gave a great address today at the Statehouse Convention Center as part of the Anne Hickman Lectureship series for Arkansas Children's [...] 
People from Howard County and around Arkansas gathered last night in Nashville, Arkansas to pay tribute to Parker Westbrook, one of the state's great historians. Parker worked for my grandfather in DC, and we serve on the Pioneer Washington Restoration Foundation together. I spoke, as did AG' [...] 
After some recent speculation, the governor's office says the state will officially cut the budget by $100 million after seeing a drop in state revenue. We've seen reductions in revenue on all fronts, not just sales tax collections. Who'll see the largest cuts? The departments of Correction,' [...] 
I posted a slowpoke 23:30 at yesterday's Race for the Cure 5K, and I let a few folks beat me, all of whom are having a lotta fun with it. My running partner David posted a 20:11, which was just 8 seconds off his personal record. My' [...] 
I'm 16 days out from the New York Marathon. I'm running this particular marathon on November 1 with "Fred's Team" in an effort to raise awareness (and money) for prostate cancer. Fred's Team is named for Fred Lebow, running legend and creator of the [...] 
I was proud to receive the Justice Award last night at the Little Rock Doubletree from the Arkansas Prosecuting Attorneys Association. Prosecutor Marcus Vaden received the Prosecutor of the Year award. Other legislative awardees included Sen. Steve Faris and Reps. Davy Carter, Nathan George, Bubba Powers, and [...] 
It's not quite Chamber of Commerce weather down here, but the Parks & Tourism Commission is meeting here today. Commissioner Debbie Haak is chairing the meeting currently taking place here at the fairgrounds, and we'll go on a tour of downtown Texarkana at 11:30.' [...] 
Rep. Rick Green passes along word that the scholarship lottery will pay off its first $100,000 scratchoff winner. It was sold at a Van Buren convenience store. [...]
