Two of Arkansas's congressmen voted to expel George Santos, one voted not to, and one voted "present." Three of them issued statements afterward, explaining their votes.
The Atlantic reports on a study predicting how the changing climate will be felt in years ahead. Example: By 2080, New York's weather will be more like that in Jonesboro, Ark.
Little Rock City Director Ken Richardson, who's been crusading unsuccessfully for a de-emphasis of marijuana enforcement by city police, sends news from New York city on pot enforcement: Tickets for users. Why not?
The same day Arkansas discussed its inadequate public defenders commission, New York was settling an ACLU lawsuit over the failure to provide adequate legal defense. A harbinger?
Not suitable for some places of employment, but time was you could get a cheer from most Arkansans at anything that so robustly put down the Lone Star state.
As we swelter through day after day of triple-digit heat index readings, it's been slightly entertaining to see the heat prostration on national TV networks and newspapers over the East's heat wave.