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Re: Mineral Springs schools — fiscal distress, but heckuva football field
- Absolutely. Ask Ron Mathieu who used $40,000 of your dollars to put Little Rock Airport…
- Posted by mudturtle
- on May 23, 2013
Re: Tom Cotton's attack on the Constitution
- Well mountaingirl, maybe the good folks who elected Cotton will come to their collective senses…
- Posted by Vanessa
- on May 23, 2013
Re: Driver charged in Cantrell Road traffic death
- How about a trial first, HG? If it took seven months to investigate, that tells…
- Posted by Doigotta
- on May 23, 2013

Tom Cotton's attack on the Constitution

Several people sent links this morning to yet another odd performance by U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton, already distinguished by his opposition to replenishing to country's disaster aid money unless it can be taken out of some other recipient's hide.
Mineral Springs schools — fiscal distress, but heckuva football field

Thanks to Clinton vet Ben Mays, a former member of the state Board of Education and a long-time critic of Arkansas school districts that spend execessively on athletics, for this nugget.
Gus's Fried Chicken lives up to the hype

Gus's in the River Market brings incredible chicken to Little Rock.
Intruder arrested on Governor's Mansion grounds

From the State Police: Arkansas State Troopers assigned to the Executive Protection detail arrested an individual on the grounds of the Arkansas Governor’s residence this morning.
Stickyz Stage moves to the east side

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.

The Damien I Know - The Architect and the Inmate

Public for the first time, the woman who married Damien Echols discusses their relationship
Make a pilgrimage to Pho Vietnam in Fort Smith

For the vegetarian banh mi sandwich.
'A Loss of Roses' a stunner

Before last Friday night, the saddest, most "depressing" Depression-era story I had read was Horace McCoy's "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" However, after watching The Arkansas Repertory Theatre's opening performance of William Inge's "A Loss of Roses," I can attest that this play is as rough and unflinching as that Depression-era tale, or any other.
TV producer Bryant Huddleston disinvited as Imboden Ark., high school graduation speaker because he's gay

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.
Loy Mauch update: The Republican rep is on record on slavery, too

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.