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Month: July 2010
AR-Sen: Lincoln "Welcomes" Obama
Earlier today, Jason Tolbert tweeted: Pres. Obama will be in Missouri today to raise money for Carnahan for Senate http://bit.ly/bqN3Oq Will he come to Arkansas for Sen. Lincoln? Well, while we don’t know if President Obama will, it seems that…
AR-01: Causey Raises Over $400K In Second Quarter
Via a press release from the Chad Causey camp: JONESBORO- Through a competitive six-way primary and hard-fought runoff election, Chad Causey raised over $416,000 dollars for the second quarter of 2010, building on the strong momentum the campaign started in…
HCR: Dumas Spells Out AR Benefits
A funny thing happened on the way to the ultimate destruction of Arkansas that Timmy! Griffin, et al., predicted from the health care reform bill: some people actually took the time to explore just how Arkansas will benefit. Maybe only…
HCR: Reform Bill To Tax Wounded Veterans For Prosthetics? Not Really.
If you follow GOP talking points at all, you might have heard that the healthcare reform bill is imposing a tax on users of prosthetic limbs and that, despite benevolent attempts by Republicans to the contrary, Democrats even voted not…
Econ 101: Arkansas Starts Fiscal Year In The Black
It may be a few days old now, but this hasn’t gotten near enough press in my opinion. Despite a tumultuous economy nationwide, Arkansas is faring well. Over the past 12 months, Governor Mike Beebe made two budget cuts, slashing…
Econ 101: How Dare You Give Away Lemonade, You Fiscally Irresponsible Small Children?!?
If you’ve ever read her column, you know that Terry Savage was just DYING to tell this anecdote about needlessly browbeating some young girls about their lemonade stand. The three young girls — under the watchful eye of a nanny,…
Reality Check: Republicans Tell Jobless To Go Snipe Hunting
I was working in my yard this past Saturday when I overheard my one Republican neighbor talking on his cellphone. (Aside: I really need to get some batteries for my headphones.) The conversation turned to Congress’ failure to extend unemployment…
In The Blogs: FMLA Extended To "Non-Traditional" Families
Move over, Ozzie and Harriet. According to Talk Business (citing Tod Yeslow at MWSGW), the Dept. of Labor has expanded the definition of “son” or “daughter” under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) so as to include “families in the…
SCOTUS: Gun Decision Not As Broad As You've Probably Been Told
I hope to have more on the decision in the near future, especially Clarence Thomas’s surprising Fourteenth Amendment discussion in his concurrence, but I wanted to get a couple thoughts out on last week’s McDonald v. City of Chicago, 561…