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Friday, January 4, 2013

Week in Review Podcast The Intransigent Republicans Edition

Posted by Lindsey Millar on Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 4:34 PM

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Terrible votes from Arkansas’s congressional delegation, Medicaid expansion, the latest in the coming Arkansas gubernatorial race, the upcoming legislative session, a surprise legal settlement in North Little Rock and more — all covered on this week's podcast. Plus, Max endorses an article about elementary-level football in Texas in Texas Monthly and I plug a profile of George Saunders in the New York Times magazine.

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Guns and the governorship: Asa Hutchinson continues to front for NRA

May 17, 2013

by Max Brantley

In for a penny .... Asa Hutchinson, the Republican gubernatorial candidate, seems happy to be indelibly branded as the NRA's front man on guns as the calendar rolls toward the May gubernatorial primary. /more/
Massive resistance to Obamacare produces results

May 16, 2013

by Max Brantley

Sarah Kliff at the Washington Post's Wonkblog disputes those who think serial votes by the U.S. House against Obamacare are meaningless political theater. /more/
State gets $5.1 million for Medicaid in settlement over adulterated drugs

May 14, 2013

by Max Brantley

Attorney General Dustin McDaniel has announced that Arkansas will get $5.1 million, including federal matching funds, for its Medicaid program as part of the $500 million settlement of a lawsuit against Ranbaxy, a drug manufacturer in India that provided subpar generic drugs. /more/
Morning report: Leaks, guns and welfare kings

May 14, 2013

by Max Brantley

The morning roundup: * WHEN WILL REP. TOM COTTON PRAISE OBAMA'S JUSTICE DEPARTMENT? Republican mouthpieces are howling about the news that AP reporters' phone records were gathered by the Justice Department in an apparent investigation of leaks about a Yemen-based terrorist plot to bomb an airliner. /more/
Debra Hobbs to enter Republican race for governor

May 13, 2013

by Max Brantley

I posted a note the other day that indicated state Rep. Debra Hobbs of Rogers was giving prayerful consideration to a run for governor. /more/
It's not just geography that matters in Arkansas GOP primary

May 9, 2013

by Jay Barth

In a blog post last week, I made the case that geography no longer creates a clear barrier to the Republican nomination for a candidate from outside of Northwest Arkansas like House Speaker Davy Carter. /more/
High on the hog — and guns — open line

May 4, 2013

by Max Brantley

Winners in the Hog Roast. Asa Hutchinson speaks to NRA. Gun nuts argue that open carry now legal in Arkansas. /more/
Who wants to be a U.S. senator?

May 4, 2013

by Max Brantley

The New York Times reports this morning on the wave of retirements from the U.S. Senate and a lack of clamor from people anxious to join the filibuster-frozen body. /more/
TGIF line is open

May 3, 2013

by Max Brantley

It's Friday. You're on. /more/
The Do You Remember Robbie Wills Edition

May 3, 2013

by Lindsey Millar

Merger negotiations between St. Vincent and UAMS, non-partisan elections, the race for the Republican nominee for governor and more — all covered on this week's show. /more/
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Friday, January 4, 2013

Week in Review Podcast The Intransigent Republicans Edition

Posted by Lindsey Millar on Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 4:34 PM

Speaking of...

In for a penny .... Asa Hutchinson, the Republican gubernatorial candidate, seems happy to be indelibly branded as the NRA's front man on guns as the calendar rolls toward the May gubernatorial primary. /more/

Sarah Kliff at the Washington Post's Wonkblog disputes those who think serial votes by the U.S. House against Obamacare are meaningless political theater. /more/

Attorney General Dustin McDaniel has announced that Arkansas will get $5.1 million, including federal matching funds, for its Medicaid program as part of the $500 million settlement of a lawsuit against Ranbaxy, a drug manufacturer in India that provided subpar generic drugs. /more/

I posted a note the other day that indicated state Rep. Debra Hobbs of Rogers was giving prayerful consideration to a run for governor. /more/

In a blog post last week, I made the case that geography no longer creates a clear barrier to the Republican nomination for a candidate from outside of Northwest Arkansas like House Speaker Davy Carter. /more/

Winners in the Hog Roast. Asa Hutchinson speaks to NRA. Gun nuts argue that open carry now legal in Arkansas. /more/

The New York Times reports this morning on the wave of retirements from the U.S. Senate and a lack of clamor from people anxious to join the filibuster-frozen body. /more/

It's Friday. You're on. /more/

Merger negotiations between St. Vincent and UAMS, non-partisan elections, the race for the Republican nominee for governor and more — all covered on this week's show. /more/

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More by Lindsey Millar

The private option, tax cuts, school choice, voter ID, Big River Steel, the political impact of a Republican majority in the legislature, the governor's race, the tech park and delay tactics in the Lake Maumelle watershed — all covered this week.

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Re: Remember Jon Hubbard? He hasn't mellowed

Re: Friday finish — An oldie but goodie for legislature? A rebuttal for Tom Cotton

Re: Remember Jon Hubbard? He hasn't mellowed

Remember Jon Hubbard, the former Republican legislator from Jonesboro whose views proved too extreme for voters in 2012, though not for the Republican Party of Arkansas?

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

If left to the Republican Party, there'd be no National Labor Relations Board to look after employee rights in the workplace.

PS — It's a bogus quote. PPS — Nate Bell defends Hitler citation.

Public for the first time, the woman who married Damien Echols discusses their relationship

For the vegetarian banh mi sandwich.

Our news partner Channel 4 has a news story that deserves repetition in full. More national headlines for the small people of Arkansas should follow directly.

Perhaps U.S. Rep. Tim Griffin might want to reconsider his earlier decision not to include Republican Rep. Loy Mauch on the list of Republican candidates he'd asked not to use his campaign contributions, having read some of what they'd written.