Muscular blogging — where some reporting and fresh information are added to the usual stew of opinion and aggregation — is spreading. A quick survey:
Are legislators double-dipping on per diem by claiming multiple roundtrips to NWA when they are making only one? Arkansas Family Coalition.
Is it wise to pass out corporate welfare without clawback provisions to recapture some of the money given businesses that fail to deliver? People’s Tribune, working off an assist from Pat Lynch.
Why can’t Arkansas Republicans get along? Arkansas Watch.
Why not cocktails for the Political Animals Club? Brummett Blog.
Why not citizen blogging in the education committee of the legislature? Complete with info obtained under FOI request. Rabble 101
Beebe at news conference says $400 million of surplus could go to school facilities. Talk Business.