

The first of what’s sure to be many legal challenges of new laws passed by the Arkansas General Assembly, Davy Carter opting not to run for governor, the environmental movements coalescing around the Mayflower oil spill cleanup and the factory hog farm in Mt. Judea in the Buffalo River watershed and bike lanes on South Main in Little Rock — all covered this week. Plus, Max endorses Barnhill strawberries (available at Kroger!) and Lindsey plugs the Little Rock Film Fest and the promise of Vine.
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The tech park's decision to hit the reset button, why Arkansas hospitals charge wildly different rates for the same procedure, the scandal that introduced the country (and me) to the town of Imboden, Arkansas — all covered on this week's edition.
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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.
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A Republican even crazier than Nate Bell, the last vetoes of the session, the latest outrage from Tom Cotton and Bloomberg versus Pryor — all covered on this week's podcast.
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The passage of Medicaid expansion and the final days of the Arkansas General Assembly, Nate Bell on Twitter, Mike Ross’s moderate message and Mark Pryor’s gun votes — all covered on this week's edition. Plus, Max endorses pizza and Lindsey makes another plug for the Heritage Hog Roast.
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Prop 8 and DOMA and the Arkansas General Assembly and Sen. Mark Pryor shameful responses where, the fight over voter ID, media criticism of the Democrat-Gazette, the morality of Republican tax cuts, Big River Steel, new numbers on expansion and the latest on the potential merger between UAMS and St. Vincent — all covered on this week's edition. Plus, Max endorses our Hog Roast and Lindsey plugs time capsules (sort of).
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*MORE PUB FOR JASON RAPERT: Gawker, via the Digg Tumblr, tweaks Sen. Jason Rapert's for his Twitter background. To be fair, getting Sen. Rape to show up requires just the right browser window size. The larger the browser window the more the background displays.
*DAVY CARTER LIKES GUNS: House Speaker Davy Carter said earlier in the week he opposes to a bill that would allow open carry of handguns in Arkansas. At his press avail today, the Speaker responded to further questions on the topic:
Look, I’m a Lee county guy that grew up hunting and fishing, and I’ve got a chain in the back of my truck, and I had a concealed carry permit... To suggest that I’m some kind anti-Second Amendment legislator is just absurd. I commented about the open carry question. I haven’t read the bill. Initially my thoughts went to what I said. Y’all ask me stuff every day when people file bills. Good, bad, or indifferent I always tell you what I think. That’s just part of it. That bill will go through the process…. I’m one of a hundred members here, we’ll see what the membership wants to do on it. That doesn’t bother me. People in this state want somebody to tell them what they think regardless of all this party stuff. I’m going to tell you what I think. if it makes Democrats mad or Republicans mad, I don’t care. People in the state deserve better.
*NO PODCAST: Feel bad welching on my promise last week to soldier on uninterrupted without Max, but I was mostly alone in the office this afternoon. Hearing me interview myself wouldn't have been any fun. We'll try to return next week.
*GITZ TAKEDOWN: Props to Evin Demirel at Sporting Life Arkansas for granting my unexpressed wish that someone would offer a rejoinder to Bradley Gitz's even-more-retrogade-than-usual column on Monday in the D-G on the sissification of football. Yup, only "girly-men" are concerned about the longterm effects of concussions suffered during football.
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