Committee aims to toughen Arkansas ethics law Arkansas Times (blog) The Democrat-Gazette's annual article on legislative expense reimbursements is a good takeoff for what could be good news on the ethics front — a campaign for an initiated act to stiffen Arkansas ethics laws. The DG article noted that legislators, ...
Note to Christo: Don't Start Hanging the Fabric Yet New York Times Anti-Christo forces, led by a group that has dubbed the project, and the name of their organization, “Rags Over the Arkansas River,” or ROAR, said that moneyed interests and state politicians were pushing a project that would mostly benefit outsiders.
Dewhurst touts conservative record, but tea party's not impressed Austin American-Statesman It's a challenge for Republican officeholders across the country who are trying to win the support of tea party activists: Political experience, once an asset, is now a liability. Conservative critics say that Dewhurst has followed rather than led on ...
She The People Washington Post (blog) Melinda Henneberger (@MelindaDC) anchors She the People, a forum for women writing on politics, culture and news. @ 1PatriciaMurphy : Surprises for Romney last night? Talking about that on @CNN at 8:10 am-- tune in! @ helena_andrews : I can't even get ...
Mormons grapple with media attention during Romney run Kansas City Star And there is disagreement among Mormons on how aggressively the faithful should defend their faith in the context of a political campaign. So far, church officials in Salt Lake City have cautiously approached invitations to debate critics of the faith, ...
Attorney To Seek Greenwood District Court Judge Position Fort Smith Times Record A native of Mena, Hamby is a graduate of Mena High School and holds a bachelor's degree in political science from Henderson State. He graduated from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville School of Law in 1988. In addition to being elected as ...
Arkansas Politics Jury awards state rehab whistle blower $110000 Arkansas Times (blog) It's an agency of state Rehabilitation Services, a division of the Arkansas Workforce Education Department. Means said he was fired by Robert Trevino, director of Rehabilitation Services, because he had complained for months to a variety of people ...
Special Report: Bloomberg reloads in push for gun control Reuters New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino will be sitting on a couch touting an issue most politicians avoid like the plague: gun control. The two mayors, whose local teams face off in the big game, are making the pitch for Mayors ...