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• Conspiracy theorists

  Back in 2000, I interviewed Rev. Jerry Falwell on camera in connection with a documentary film of "The Hunting of the President," which Joe Conason and I wrote.

• Raw feelings in the Arkansas Justice Building over workload, pay

  Strained relations between the Arkansas Supreme Court and the Arkansas Court of Appeals broke into public view this week. I expect more to come.

• Virgil, quick come see

  There goes the Robert E. Lee. But the sentiment that built the monument? It's far from gone.

• Real reform

  Arkansas voters, once perversely skeptical of complicated ballot issues like constitutional amendments, have become almost comical Pollyannas, ratifying the most shocking laws.

• The health of a hospital

  The Medicaid expansion helped Baxter County Regional Medical Center survive and thrive, but a federal repeal bill threatens to imperil it and its patients.

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• Resignations submitted by director and two staff lawyers at Alcoholic Beverage Control

  Gary "Bud" Roberts turned in his resignation today as director of the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Division, a spokesman for Gov. Asa Hutchinson confirms. Two other ABC attorneys have also submitted letters of resignation.

• Thursday open line and the news roundup

  Here's the Thursday open line. Also: news and comment.

• Huckabee departs Fox for religious network

  Mike Huckabee is departing Fox for Trinity Broadcasting Network, where he'll have an hour-long weekly talk show filmed in Nashville. TBN describes itself as the world's largest Christian network.

• A modern mercantile for downtown

  The storefront at the corner of Clinton, Cantrell, Markham and Cumberland (can there be any other intersection anywhere like it?) has brown paper covering the windows and a sign saying LEASED, so we asked Moses Tucker realtor John Martin what gives.

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  • Based upon past history, I'll predict spineless a$$a will put somebody TOTALLY UNQUALIFIED into this…

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  • on May 25, 2017

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  Pictures at an execution

  Photos taken Thursday night by Brian Chilson and David Koon, at Cummins Prison in Grady, the State Police barricade away from the prison and in front of the Governor's Mansion, before and after the execution of Ledell Lee.
  

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