Arkansas Blog

Surprise. The House Intelligence Committee concludes that Donald Trump put his interests above those of the country.

Trump, impeachment and schools are among the topics of today's news roundup.

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today ordered another hearing on a claim that Jacksonville police used excessive force against Charles Jackson, who was unhappy with a local tire business.

November state tax collections continued a trend of an increase over the same month last year and ahead of the forecast on which the state budget is set.

Meet Thomas Ultican, a retired physics and advanced math teacher, who's taken up study and criticism of the school privatization movement. He writes today, in-depth, about the wealthy men and Republican governor who have the Little Rock School District in their crosshairs.

Gov. Asa Hutchinson, in an interview with NPR, says to no one's surprise that he doesn't think the impeachment inquiry has produced evidence of obstruction by Donald Trump in his obvious effort to coerce a foreign country to investigate a political rival and refusal to cooperate with the inquiry.

Columnist Paul Krugman notes a correlation between life expectancy and political leanings in U.S. states. Not good for Arkansas.

After months of sometimes rancorous controversy, the Jonesboro City Council has finally named a street for the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. KAIT TV reports.

Today's video leads with impeachment and mockery of Donald Trump and related political developments in Arkansas. The line is open.

Buddy Rhoads, who acquired Big Frank, a giant meat smoker built for the late Jennings Osborne and who uses it as Osborne did to cook barbecue for charity events, reports that somebody stole the cooker from his home over the weekend.

Today's video: Impeachment, Hunter Biden and Hog football.

Tonight at Parkview High School, from 6-7:30 p.m., the Little Rock School District will hold the first of two community meetings to hear public input before deciding between three zoning options. Let's talk about the competing proposals.

Little Rock attorneys for Hunter Biden in the paternity case pending against him in Independence County have asked to withdraw as his counsel in the case.

Hunter Yurachek's stealth flights become a Twitter meme for the Hog athletic director.

A former FBI lawyer trashed by Donald Trump decides to speak out.

The open line.

Why shouldn't Donald Trump try to influence a foreign election? Russia helped him.

I was encouraged to learn that polling shows a majority of Arkansans, despite this being Trumpland, believe global warming is happening.

An open line as I watch the Iron Bowl.

A SWAT callout and a bite fight were reported by police agencies today.