Arkansas Blog

It was a long day for the folks in Pulaski County Judge Cathi Compton’s court on Thursday as the Dennis Rainey trial continued. The 12-member jury heard from three witnesses who showed photos of Rainey’s land overlooking Lake Maumelle, dug into the tedious details of various appraisal procedures and talked internal communications at Central Arkansas Water.

Before the commission approved River Valley's permit, the commission's attorney accused an opposing lawyer of unprofessional conduct and said his actions were highly unusual.

Attorneys representing a group of public school advocates fired back at the state today in a lawsuit that has temporarily halted implementation of Gov. Sarah Sanders' signature K-12 education overhaul.

The state attorney general's office said a motion to disqualify the office from representing state agencies in a marijuana case is frivolous and meritless.

Pizza D is in a celebratory mood today.

The combination of Razorback student mascots Big Red, Sue E. and Pork Chop (and our live Russian boar, Tusk VI) are some of the best in the school spirit business. But you should also know that Arkansas has a very strong yet undersung mascot game at the high school level — just as worthy of your pride.

Getting there.

Baby Fred the tiger is described as "energetic and playful" with an "innate zest for life."

Standing up for trans rights has been worth the legal trouble, Colburn Clark said.

Medical marijuana sales were up through the first four months of the year, according to information from the state Department of Finance and Administration released this week.

Whether a border crisis is actually happening remains to be seen, but Gov. Sanders isn't letting this opportunity to attack Biden, whip up xenophobia and grab national headlines go to waste.

Seed provenances, like tomato futures, can be murky.

In his May 23 resignation letter, Gentry Wahlmeier alluded to the conflict that would arise if someone unsuccessfully challenged an item in the county library, for example, and then appealed the decision to the Quorum Court, which he also advises.

The state Medical Marijuana Commission will consider for the third time today NEA Full Spectrum's request to move to Jonesboro at today's meeting. The commission will also consider whether to renew River Valley Relief's cultivation permit.

This week's surrendered newborn is reportedly the third left in the Benton box since it was installed in 2019.

Travis Napper, director of tourism for the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism, is leaving the job.

Arkansas gets brief but unflattering attention in "The revolt of the Christian home-schoolers," an extensive piece in Wednesday's Washington Post.

The three-day criminal trial for Dennis Rainey, an evangelist and pal of Huckabee who is accused of damaging more than 100 trees to improve his backyard view of Lake Maumelle in 2021, started Wednesday.

Heartbreaking.