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3 hrs ago | The Washington Monthly

Tom Cotton and Guilt By Blood

If, like me, you've been watching the meteoric rise of Rep. Tom Cotton , who has been lavishly touted as the Next Big Thing by many conservative opinion-leaders, this item from HuffPost's Zach Carter earlier this week was an eye-opener: Rep.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Tom Cotton, Arkansas

7 hrs ago | KARD

Medical Marijuana Ballot Title Rejected for 3rd Time

For a third time, the Arkansas Attorney General has rejected the popular name and ballot title proposed by medical marijuana advocates.

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Related Topix: Marijuana, Arkansas

Fri May 24, 2013

The City Wire

Veteran support

Editor's note: Opinions, commentary and other essays posted in this space are wholly the view of the author .

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Related Topix: Arkansas, Life, Veteran Affairs, Long Term Care, Health

Deseret News

Common Core State Standards attract controversy across U.S.

Though 45 states and the District of Columbia adopted the core, and several states are already implementing them, there are signs of back-pedaling in several states.

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Related Topix: District of Columbia Government, Washington DC, Florida, Florida Government, US Politics, US News, Bobby Jindal, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Governors, Arkansas

The Daily News Journal

Bloomberg gun group zeroes in on Mark Pryor

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's gun-control group is launching a new ad campaign aimed at Democratic Sen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Mark Pryor, US News, Democrat, Arkansas

The City Wire

TV ad connects Pryor vote to Gwatney murder

A group called "Mayors Against Illegal Guns" is out with a new TV ad today which steps up their criticism of U.S. Sen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Mark Pryor, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Arkansas, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Michael Bloomberh

Arkansas Times

Food Feedback Friday: going Greek and rocking tacos

The weather is heating up, but it's clear that the central Arkansas food scene is just as hot.

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Related Topix: Arkansas, Life, Greek Cuisine

Fox 23

OHP: person operating boat was under influence in Grand Lake crash

A preliminary report on a northeast Oklahoma boat crash that killed two University of Arkansas students says excessive speed, driver inattention and alcohol use contributed to the accident.

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Related Topix: Oklahoma, University of Arkansas, Arkansas

KSLA-TV Shreveport

Inspection to require lane shift in Hot Springs

The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department says traffic in the westbound lane of Highway 70 will shift to the shoulder.

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Related Topix: Arkansas

Thu May 23, 2013

Arkansas Times

Details emerge on Arkansas 'private option' for Medicaid expansion

The House and Senate Public Health committees met today to hear updates on the "private option" plan for expanding healthcare coverage.

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Related Topix: Arkansas, Healthcare Law, Law, Medicaid, Health, Health Insurance

The City Wire

Universities approve tuition hikes, reject gun option

The University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees on Thursday approved tuition and fee increases of 3.5% for the University of Arkansas and the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith.

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Related Topix: Arkansas, University of Arkansas, Fort Smith, AR, Arkansas Tech University, Ozark, AR

Benton Courier

Ark. to submit 'private option' waiver in August

Arkansas Medicaid officials say the state will submit its request to use federal money to purchase private insurance for thousands of low-income residents by August.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Medicaid, Health, Arkansas

Daily Kos

Iowa, Maine struggling over Medicaid expansion

One Republican governor has finally given up his opposition to expanding Medicaid under Obamacare, while another is steadfastly fighting his legislature, vetoing an expansion bill.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Medicaid, Health, US News, Arkansas, US Governors, Paul LePage

Arkansas Times

Supreme Court says 1979 Cornish hen theft makes sheriff ineligible to serve

The Arkansas Supreme Court today reversed a lower court and said Searcy County Sheriff and Collector Kenny Cassell's 1979 conviction on a federal misdemeanor theft charge for stealing Cornish hens from a Tyson's interstate shipment made him ineligible to hold office.

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Related Topix: Arkansas, Criminal Defense Law, Law

The City Wire

Arkansas' broadband health

Editor's note: Opinions, commentary and other essays posted in this space are wholly the view of the author .

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Related Topix: Arkansas, Medicaid, Health

Wed May 22, 2013

Arkansas Online

Illness risk increases as temps rise

As temperatures rise and summer draws near, sports practices head outside, but with those skyrocketing temperatures, the risk of heat-related illnesses increases.

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Related Topix: Arkansas

Examiner.com

Monument to first Gulf War veterans proposed in Senate

Legislation to allow a monument to those who served in the first Gulf War was introduced in the Senate on Tuesday, May 21.

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Related Topix: Life, Veteran Affairs, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator John Boozman, US House of Representatives, John Boozman, Representative Joe Donnelly, Democrat, Arkansas, Washington DC

ArkansasMatters

Arkansas Governor Sends State's Thoughts, Prayers to Moore, Oklahoma

Governor Mike Beebe is reaching out to the Oklahoma town reeling from a deadly and destructive tornado that struck Monday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Arkansas, Mike Beebe, US Governors

Tue May 21, 2013

USA Today

More severe storms forecast in central USA

Dark clouds gather above a destroyed home in Moore, Okla., on Tuesday. More storms are forecast to hit parts of the central USA later Tuesday and into Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Weather, Texas, Arkansas, Tornado, Natural Disasters, Oklahoma Government, Oklahoma

In-PharmaTechnologist.com

Hikma is Latest Firm to Stop Drugs Being Sold for Lethal Injections

Following the actions taken by Teva and Hospira in blocking the use of the anaesthetic propofol in capital punishment in March, Hikma Pharmaceuticals has issued a statement objecting to the use of its injectable drug phenobarbital being used by the Arkansas Department of Corrections.

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Related Topix: Solfoton, Phenobarbital (generic), Medicine, Arkansas