Arkansas Blog

A reminder of the Ecclesia state funding scandal.

This and that and the open line.

Another big increase in reported deaths.

Legalizing recreational marijuana in Arkansas would have an economic impact of $2.36 billion and create 6,400 jobs over five years, according to an economic impact study commissioned by Responsible Growth Arkansas, the sponsor of an amendment that would legalize cannabis for adults 21 and older.  

Blake’s involvement in securing the contract for his new employer does not break any laws. But the dishonesty about that involvement supplies ammunition to the Scott administration’s detractors, who frequently complain about a lack of transparency in city government.

Misdemeanor charges over officials failure to report abuse allegations.

Reports are coming in about an active shooter situation at the St. Vincent North medical campus, 2215 Wildwood Ave. in Sherwood. We will update when information becomes available.

As libraries and the books and many other services they offer to the public come under increasing attack, a major library defunding measure appears likely to be on the November ballot in Northeast Arkansas.

Late-arriving numbers show a rise of 26 deaths.

Schools' external windows and doors would be numbered to help authorities when responding to emergencies such as active shootings, under a recommendation the Arkansas School Safety Commission adopted Tuesday.

Jeremy Hutchinson offers an explanation for the delay in his sentencing in bribery case.

The discussion reportedly concerned City Attorney Tom Carpenter, who KATV reported has been accused of using racial slurs.

A woman named Sharon Stallings turned in petition signatures today to cut the library's millage funding in half, from two mills to one mill.

The board passed a resolution last week to include information about safe gun storage in student handbooks, and to send home letters in Spanish and English about steps adults can take to better protect kids from our nation's gun violence epidemic.

California governor aims to raise $100,000 for Chris Jones.

Although they accumulate more than a million words, both volumes of “Down From the Hills” constitute albums more than they do memoirs. They are packed with hundreds of illustrations and photographs of the governor on almost every public occasion, including one of him wielding an axe in the woods when he joined a Highway Department crew in 1963 to trim a road right-of-way near Huntsville.

Friends were few and far between -- and unattractive at that -- in today's Senate punishment of Sen.Alan Clark.

The mayor reportedly has a personnel bone to pick.

Senate president supports change to require three members to initiate an ethics complaint.