FOI unearths St. Vincent draft proposal for UAMS combine

Joann Coleman, a civic activist who's been closely following the proposed UAMS-St. Vincent services merger, has unearthed yet another interesting document from her series of FOI inquiries.
- by Max Brantley
- Jun 20, 2013
Former Faulkner County administrator plea bargains theft case

Log Cabin Democrat: Former County Administrator Jeff Johnston pleads guilty to misdemeanor theft. Receives 12 months probation, $1,000 fine.
- by Max Brantley
- May 30, 2013
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Re: FOI unearths St. Vincent draft proposal for UAMS combine
- Holy shit.
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- on June 20, 2013
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- rc, seems that most people mourn Gandolfini's passing rather than Slim Whitman's. At 90 years…
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- on June 20, 2013
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- on June 20, 2013

Judge Griffen reports on recuperation from bike accident

Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen, injured in a bicycle accident last week near his home, sent me an update this morning from his iPad.

Damien Echols' statement on plea deal

Damien Echols, freed from Death Row in today's West Memphis Three plea bargain, released the following statement today: To all my friends and family, my attorneys and advocates, and to those of you from every corner of this earth who have stood beside us these long years, please know that I will forever be indebted to all of you for helping me to become a free man. Each and every day I was the beneficiary of acts of kindness and humanity from people of all walks of life, of all ages, nationalities, religions and political persuasions.
Mike Huckabee's $3 million home

Mike Huckabee, who left Arkansas, where he built the platform for his media success and which, incidentally, has an income tax, is putting down expensive roots in a beach development in Walton County, Fla., east of Destin — a $3 million home.
The Damien I Know - The Architect and the Inmate

Public for the first time, the woman who married Damien Echols discusses their relationship
A long way to fall

Fort Smith police and federal agents investigate Ron Fields, once one of Arkansas’s most distinguished prosecuting attorneys
John Rogers owns more photos than anyone, anywhere

Over the past three years, his Rogers Photo Archive in North Little Rock has been on a buying spree, purchasing the vast photo morgues of 11 great (and greatly cash-strapped) American newspapers, including the Chicago Sun-Times, The Denver Post, the Boston Herald and The Detroit News.