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The battle for ethics
Remember Regnat Populus, the committee formed to push an ethics reform law onto the 2012 election ballot? On account of a late start — and a huge failure by a private firm hired to canvass for signatures — the group gave up on making the ballot this year.
It was a good week for the Arkansas Times Craft Beer Festival
It was a bad week for the Arkansas Times, Jerry Cox and the Little Rock Police Department.
Drug test policies in state's 10 largest school districts
Many Arkansas districts randomly drug test middle and high school students who participate in sports or other extracurricular activities. The reasoning behind these tests, according to school handbooks, is twofold — mixing drugs and physical activity endangers the health of students, and students who wear school jerseys are ambassadors, representing the school rather than themselves. A positive test typically means suspension from athletics or other extracurricular activities.
From the web
In response to an Arkansas Blog post, "Republicans ready to bring DC gridlock to Arkansas," about Republicans' willingness to consider Medicaid expansion in Arkansas only if their conditions, including applying co-pays and drug-testing, are met.
'PopUp' event brings future to South Main
t's not a festival, Friday and Saturday's "PopUp Main Street" event, though it will be festive, with music, food and vendors of stuff. Its main purpose, though, is to test an idea.
On line
Voters wait in line to vote early Monday. Lines streched long as record numbers of people turned out to vote early.
Without the All American Red Heads, there would be no WNBA
The Arkansas-rooted professional team showed the world that women belong in basketball.
Follow the white rabbit
The Observer is, of course, a chronicler of all things strange and wonderful, but stuff does slip off our back burner and fall behind the stove from time to time — even the oddest of things. So it is that we forgot to tell you in recent weeks about seeing a large, white rabbit roaming the wilds of Stifft Station.
Bullying of Latinos in LRSD addressed
Study, article in Times prompt gathering.
Columns
To Hell with you
You'll recall him as the ex-Bro. ex-Gov. CheezWhizaholic, always with his hand out grasping for additional earthly treasures to lay up, now hired Murdoch throat and bass guitar in a Xian rock band that, if it isn't named the Fox Dicks, ought to be. His latest gig has been helping mainstream Republican rape apologists get elected to high public office.
GOP suppresses 'job creators'
Two terrible events can befall a cherished economic theory. Someone can actually put it into action to see if it works, or impartial economists can employ regression analyses and other refined academic tools to see how the idea performs in the real world.
Icon, go on
"There are periodic rumors and reports that Mr. Romney's campaign is dabbling with the idea of buying advertising buys in Minnesota, but he and Republican-aligned groups have spent almost nothing there."
Arkansas should dump some lt. gov, state treasurer
I rarely buy arguments that a smaller government is a better government, but the ongoing investigation into questionable investment practices in the office of Martha Shoffner, Arkansas's Democratic state treasurer, reminds us that there are a few places where some governmental shrinkage would create a smarter way to do government in the early 21st century.
No forced mixing
ome rather horrifying proposals for Arkansas government have been made this election year — restore slavery, execute disobedient children — and one of the scariest is that to merge a public, tax-supported institution, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, with a church-owned institution, St. Vincent Infirmary.
Predictions borne out
As Hurricane Sandy bore down on the east coast, I confess feeling an odd sense of excited foreboding.
Election won't change key issues
We went to press this week before the polls closed. But I can safely predict that a change in the partisan balance in the Arkansas legislature, if Republicans triumph, won't have a dramatic effect on some of the most important issues of the day.
Entertainment
Arkansas AIDS walk turns 10
Honoring the fight against the disease has changed dramatically in Arkansas.
Wussy to Stickyz
Plus, the return of The Dangerous Idiots
The Wailers come to Revolution
Plus, The Lost Bayou Ramblers, 'Dancing Into Dreamland,' ComiCon-way, Lee DeWyze, 'Beethoven & Blue Jeans' and Eugene Robinson at Bless the Mic.
Bright spots: Cobi Hamilton and Dennis Johnson
No sense wasting more valuable column inches this week on the grotesquerie that was Arkansas's homecoming game against Tulsa, which the Hogs somehow failed to lose. This plodding, 4-5 team isn't going to play a 13th game this season, and if it does, rejoicing will hardly be warranted anyway.
RZA brings da ruckus
But not much else in 'Man with the Iron Fists.'
A Bond best
Director Sam Mendes adds grit to franchise.
Dining
Yes, Newk's
NLR chain does sandwiches, salads right.
Cartoons
Red state spex
'See the election as conservatives see it'
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Re: Food Feedback Friday: going Greek and rocking tacos
The Flossie's funnel cakes at riverfest are out of sight great this year. Much better…
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on May 25, 2013
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Re: Viva la open line
"25-May 1970 Conway teacher Mildred Downs fired for "teaching second graders to protest," specifically that…
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Re: Walton Arts Center contemplating amphitheater move to Rogers
Ted Nugent will feel much more at home in Benton County.
- on May 25, 2013
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