I heard this on NPR this morning and wondered if Jason Rapert would trade fracking for seven or eight of the world's biggest breweries.

Another state treasurer in corruption probe

Speaking of former Treasurer Martha Shoffner, accused of taking kickbacks for steering huge sums of state bond business to the broker making the payments: Here's another former state treasurer ensnared in a public corruption case, Tim Cahill of Massachusetts.

Beebe to announce treasurer pick Wednesday

When I went to Conway this morning to film a segment of "Arkansas Week," I asked Matt DeCample of the governor's office whether a decision was coming today on Gov. Mike Beebe's appointment of someone to serve out Martha Shoffner's term as treasurer.

Rock Candy

Saturday: Trout Fishing in America, March Against Monsanto and more

Trout Fishing in America performs Saturday at The Auditorium in Eureka Springs.

Saturday To-Do: 7th Street Underground Festival

Jab Jab Suckerpunch plays the 7th Street Underground Festival Saturday.

Saturday To-Do: Collective Soul

Collective Soul plays at Magic Springs Saturday.

Eat Arkansas

Food Feedback Friday: going Greek and rocking tacos

Time to feedback on what you've been eating this week. Let us know what's got you drooling.

Chew on this: Cuban burrito from Baja Grill

The time commitment required to park yourself at the feet of Baja Grill, it will be well worth your effort. Take a seat on their ample outdoor seating while the weather is still permissive, and bask in the glow of burrito brilliance.

Gus's Fried Chicken lives up to the hype

Gus's in the River Market brings incredible chicken to Little Rock.

Eye Candy

Paper, Scissors, Little Rock: coming to River Market district

Do-it-yourself crafting studio, gifts and more.

Bauhaus show, symposium Friday at AAC

Photographs, architectural plans, furniture and a talk by design experts.

LaToya Hobbs at Hearne Fine Art

"Beautiful Uprising" reception tonight, talk by artist Saturday.

Columnists

Max Brantley

The crash of Martha Shoffner

My overriding emotion about the fate of state Treasurer Martha Shoffner is sadness. /more/

Ernest Dumas

Syrian war: Iraq redux

Americans are instinctively wiser than their leaders when it comes to foreign policy, at least until their emotions are manipulated to support mindless war. /more/

Gene Lyons

Three non-scandals

Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear, when every jackleg news organization in Washington — that is, virtually all of them — was feeding out of Kenneth Starr's soft little hand like a Shetland pony. /more/

Dining Review

Slide into Slim Chickens

May 23, 2013

Arkansas-born Slim Chickens does wings and tenders fresh and fast. /more/

Dining Search

A&E Feature

Stickyz Stage moves to the east side

May 23, 2013

by Robert Bell

After a couple of years of local and rising national acts playing in the Stickyz Music Tent underneath the Broadway Bridge, the venue-within-a-venue will make a move east this year from the tent to an outdoor stage near the Clinton Presidential Center. /more/

Movie Reviews

Little Rock Film Festival's downtown debut a success

May 23, 2013

by Lindsey Millar

Little Rock Film Festival's downtown debut a success

If anyone was skeptical of the Little Rock Film Festival's move away from a cineplex in Riverdale to downtown Little Rock and North Little Rock, surely their doubts were assuaged after this year's fest. /more/

Cover Story

Ready for Riverfest

May 23, 2013

by Robert Bell

Good times start rolling Friday. /more/

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Arkansas Reporter

Sister who opposed Faubus dies

May 23, 2013

by Roy Reed

Bonnie Lou Faubus Salcido publicly called out her brother for blocking the integration of Central High. /more/

Editorials

Misquoted

May 23, 2013

There's embarrassment in the young gubernatorial campaign of state Rep. Debra Hobbs of Rogers. Announcing her candidacy last week, Representative Hobbs said "I feel like this is what God wants me to do." But sources close to God say that He gave her no encouragement and was at most indifferent to her campaign. /more/