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Tuesday, Little Rock voters face a slate of judicial choices , nearly all contested by people not currently in public office. So today comes a small hue and cry for some discussion on a couple of seats important to the city in which new judges will be elected. One is the race for environmental court, contested by Ryan Allen, Mark Leverett, Slocum Pickell and Gary Sullivan. The ot...
Arkansas Daily Blog - 4:47 p.m.
The state lottery campaign , Lt. Gov. Bill Halter's creation, says the Bailey Family of Little Rock has contributed another $55,000 to the cause, on top of $300,000 in initial seed money. They've been essentially the sole source of support for the effort and they have declined to discuss at any length with us their interest, beyond statements that they like the idea. If it makes the ballot...
Arkansas Daily Blog - 1:06 p.m. - 2 clicks 
The state Supreme Court heard oral arguments today on the lawsuit arguing that the Little Rock School Board's buyout of former Supt. Roy Brooks' contract was an illegal expenditure of tax money. My witness says the justices' questions sounded favorably disposed to the school district's arguments that 1) it was a legal resolution of a contract dispute within the discretion of the board&nbs...
Arkansas Daily Blog - 10:54 a.m. - 4 clicks
Whitewater rears its head again. Hillary. Rose Firm. Billing records. Webb Hubbell. Washington Times. Nothing really new here from my point of view, but I suspect others might differ....
Arkansas Daily Blog - 10:54 a.m. - 5 clicks
Sen. Sue Madison and Attorney General Dustin McDaniel are both ready to try again on legislation to make first offense animal cruelty a felony, something 40 other states have managed to accomplish. But the Arkansas Farm Bureau and the likes of Rep. Chris Thyer continue as roadblocks to moving the state out of the medieval era. Thyer's straw man yesterday: "If I'm riding my horse in my ...
Arkansas Daily Blog - 6:16 a.m. - 7 clicks
I'd missed that the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System was the lead plaintiff in the shareholders lawsuit over the collapse of Countrywide Financial . Article doesn't say how big a bath ATRS took. A judge has ordered officers and directors to answer the complaint about insider trading and other mismanagement. Arkansas Business has order here . UPDATE: I now have the figures on ATRS' inves...
Arkansas Daily Blog - 6:16 a.m. - 7 clicks
The Pulaski County clerk's office is moving into the 21st century with on-line filings. Through no fault of Clerk Pat O'Brien, a great deal of public record is, however, being withheld from online access by a misguided judicial edict. There's no reason access to public records should be limited to those with the workday time, means and physical ability to get to the courthouse. In...
Arkansas Daily Blog - Wed 1:47 p.m. - 10 clicks
