http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2013/02/18/westerman-effort-to-clean-up-revenue-cap-fails Comments On: The legislature rolls on: Westerman effort to clean up revenue cap fails by Max Brantley en-us Copyright 2013 Arkansas Times. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Arkansas Times readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Arkansas Times. robert@arktimes.com (Arkansas Times Webmaster) Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:01 -0500 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:45:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by RYD]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:38:15 -0600 Arkansas Times
This is exactly the situation that we have today with all the anti-abortion bills in the legislature. In a very revealing article in the Democrat-Gazette Sunday, the advocates of those bills admitted that they knew the bills ran counter to the current law of the land, but they were deliberately trying to force a new court test, hoping that the Supreme Court would change its position. I ask all Arkansas voters who are not foaming-at-the mouth, hopeless anti-abortion warriors, such as my state Senator, Cecile Bledsoe, whether this is responsible legislation? I will answer my own question by saying, of course it is not. A responsible legislator does not pick fights that he knows he can not win. The anti-abortion warriors should know, by know, that Roe and Casey are the law of the land, and the Supreme Court is not going to overrule them. So, the bastards are playing politics, and nothing more. Is that responsible legislating?
Posted by plainjim]]> Mon, 18 Feb 2013 20:39:50 -0600 Arkansas Times
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward."
Posted by ButWhoCares]]> Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:14:03 -0600 Arkansas Times outside a Planned Parenthood Clinic to end abortion!
Posted by ButWhoCares]]> Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:08:37 -0600 Arkansas Times
This is the future. Mississippi will have a much better telecom infrastructure than Arkansas when AT&T shuts down their copper wireline network. Mississippi's state government was much smarter than Arkansas's about wireline utility quality-of-service.

Senator David Johnson got the quality-of-service provisions abolished from Arkansas utility statutes. He is described as 'progressive'.
Posted by radical centrist]]> Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:54:03 -0600 Arkansas Times
There are Benedictines at Subiaco but most protestant ministers actual knowledge of church history wouldn't come anywhere near the historical background of Father Tribou or Richard Dixon at LRU/UALR. But I am betting that Altes doesn't really want a balanced world religion history course. And most the "literature" value is in the Old Testament which also has some of the most violent, gory, and sexual parts of the Bible (but I bet they want to skip those part).
Posted by couldn't be better]]> Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:39:30 -0600 Arkansas Times
Heard a KUAF report at end of last week. Two Year college programs have a 69% incompletion or dropout rate. Four year colleges not so many. UA has the highest number of entering students graduate.

Speaking of lottery numbers. While the scholarship lottery has lost gross revenues (down from $100 mil to $84 million per yr) seems the horse and dog tracks are making out like bandits:

ELECTRONIC WAGERS OFF TO FAST START IN 2013: The latest statistics released by the Arkansas Racing Commission show that casino-style gambling at Oaklawn and Southland are off to a fast start in 2013. Hot Springs-based Oaklawn posted January EGS wagers of $79.877 million, a 22% increase from January 2012. West Memphis-based Southland totaled $148.262 million in EGS wagers in January 2013, a 13% uptick from the previous year.
--Talk Business, today
Posted by eLwood]]> Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:22:22 -0600 Arkansas Times
Related note: Did I see somewhere that ALEC's minions across the nation are pushing bills to mandate teaching a 'balanced' view of global warming, i.e., scientists are wrong, just like evolution? Any word on such in Ark?
Posted by Bulkington]]> Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:17:20 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Norma Bates]]> Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:08:17 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by couldn't be better]]> Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:46:16 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by arkdemocrat]]> Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:38:16 -0600 Arkansas Times
Pure posturing. School districts already have that ability, along with any other religious book. The Supreme Court stated plainly public schools "may sponsor the study of religion but may not sponsor the practice of religion.." It went on to say schools "may expose students to all religious views but may not impose any particular religious view on its students." It's obivious the function of the schools is to educate students about all religions, not convert students to any one religion.

That's what the Altes of this nation can't stand.
Posted by Cato]]> Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:20:19 -0600 Arkansas Times