Newspaper transformation
Forty-six years ago this week I visited Little Rock in hopes of getting a job at the Arkansas Gazette. Then-Managing Editor Robert Douglas was friendly, but said (with good reason) that I was a little green.
Hope and change LR
While I was away, Frank Scott Jr. won a historic victory in a runoff with Baker Kurrus to succeed Mark Stodola as Little Rock mayor.
A real mayor
Baker Kurrus is trying to brand himself as an agent for change as mayor of Little Rock, but labors under a handicap.
How red are we?
Election results in Arkansas were discouraging for Democrats and progressive voters.
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For the teachers and for Kurrus
Events in the Little Rock School District prompt me to say more about the Little Rock mayor's race in favor of Baker Kurrus.
Time to vote
Early voting has begun and most of the choices are easy on my ballot.
In the news. Or not.
Some recent news, not all fit for immediate print in the state's largest newspaper.
Talking ethics
A state Senate committee this week began firming up new ethics rules to govern members. Call me wary.
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The private prison swamp
State Sen. Joyce Elliott (D-Little Rock) last week exposed a plan to begin privatizing Arkansas prisons without going through the legislature. Smells like a swamp to me.
Outrage roundup
So many provocations, so little space.
Moving deck chairs
Governor Hutchinson has promised to soon reveal his ideas for "transforming government" — a reorganization aimed at reducing the number of departments that report to the governor.
Throw the bums in the legislature out
Jon Woods, the former state senator, got a whopping 18-year federal prison sentence last week from Judge Timothy Brooks, who described Woods' criminality as "grotesque" and "depraved."