Chris Heller, the attorney for the Little Rock School District who has told federal court that open-enrollment charter schools are threatening desegregation efforts in Pulaski County, today provided school board members and the superintendent with data his office has collected supporting his position.
The information includes enrollment and test data (here, [...]
Roby Brock at Talk Business notes recent poll results showing a bit of a slip in the popularity numbers for Gov. Mike Beebe. The governor saw a slip in his approval ratings, all the way down to 71 percent. His favorable rating in July was 77.
Central Arkansas Water commissioners voted this morning to approve a lease-purchase agreement of 917 acres, the Winrock Grass Farms property owned by Jay DeHaven and investors, for between $3.4 million and $7.4 million. The state has appropriated $4 million, Game and Fish will kick in $1 million toward the property, [...]
In the first trial to be brought challenging the practice of extraordinary rendition, an Italian judge has convicted 23 Americans, 22 of them CIA agents, in the kidnap of suspected terrorist Mustafa Osama Nasr (Abu Omar). Nasr was taken from Italy to Egypt, where he says he was tortured.
None of [...]
Because of declining state revenues, the state Health Department is cutting money that would have been spent on the trauma system's emergency services, salary for trauma system staffers, the Arkansas Community Health Centers and charitable clinics.
Gov. Beebe last week instructed the department to cut its budget $3,631,885. Of that, $1,803,620, to be split between [...]
UPDATE: Opening statements got underway at about 2:05 p.m. Prosecuting attorney Larry Jegley began by giving a very detailed description of the horrific nature of the crime, describing the crime scene. He said an emergency room physician would later testify to the extent of Pressly's injuries. Jegley' [...]
In addition to yesterday's fatal shooting of the southwest Little Rock man who police said was threatening his grandmother with a knife was a second, but non-fatal, shooting incident, over a half pound of marijuana.
Police said Shawn Burton, 28, of 9001 Tanya Drive came out from a closet, where he'd been' [...]
Thomas Hudson, the Little Rock man who helped fire fighters rescue a woman and child from a submerged vehicle after heavy rains in Little Rock last week, issued this release. In it, he questions the use of the term "hero" to describe him and calls on others to help [...]
The Huffington Post reports that former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush will debate at Radio City Music Hall in February. The debate is part of a series that pairs liberal and conservative thinkers and is called "Minds That Move The World." Tickets, which go [...]
Arkansas's first Powerball drawing will be tonight. You can watch the drawing tonight on KARK Channel 4 at 10:00 p.m. Drawings will be on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Tonight's jackpot is $66 million.
For those of you who have a particular interest in the lottery, you should pick up a good read [...]
Republicans won back governor's seats in New Jersey and Virginia yesterday. An omen for a hellacious -- or hellish (depending on your political point of view) -- 2010 election cycle?
Maybe, but do look to that nationally watched special congressional election in upstate New York. So sorry Jack-o. The Club for [...]
