With the legislative session finished, Congressional redistricting done (sans Finger), and only state legislative redistricting and whatever drama it brings still on the table, the Arkansas Election Line — a joint project of BHR, Talk Business, and The Tolbert Report…
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We're Gettin' The Band Back Together!
And, by “band,” I mean “Arkansas Election Line.” Content partner and King Of All Media Roby Brock had me and Jason Tolbert on Talk Business last night, where we listed the bills we were happy to see fail — UNSHOCKING…
Ides of March Gallimaufry
When the soothsayer told Julius Caesar to “beware the ides of March,” she wasn’t talking about him getting stabbed fiftyleven times. Your English teacher lied to you. The soothsayer was cautioning Caesar and anyone else who would listen that some…
ABC, As Easy As 1-2-3 (Or 90% of $900K)
When I wrote the first post about Rep. Justin Harris and his daycare, Growing God’s Kingdom (“GGK”), I purposefully kept the post focused entirely on the money received and not the propriety of the money itself. As the story has…
BHR's Response to Paul Ryan's Response to the SOTU address
Prior to tonight’s SOTU address, content partner and general instigator Roby Brock challenged me and Jason Tolbert. I was to find three positive things about Rep. Paul Ryan’s response, and Tolbert was to find three positives about President Obama’s speech.…
Rep. Mayberry To Propose Unconstitutional & Hypocritical Law?
As first noted by Jason Tolbert, Rep. Andy Mayberry (R-27) plans to propose a law, the “Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act,” which would ban all abortions after 20 weeks’ gestation based on certain scientific studies suggesting that this is…
End of Week Miscellany
“I thought you had the day off yesterday.” “I did! I went in to pick up my check, came home, my supervisor called me about four o’clock. Told me he got me on tape, doing a link dump.” King of…
Fred Smith A Slam Dunk In House Seating Vote
Content partner Jason Tolbert has done a great job of following the Fred Smith story via various news outlets. First, there was the story by Michael Wickline regarding a theft lawsuit filed against against Smith by the Chicot County (AR)…
AR-State House: Republicans Heavy On Two Committees
Per Roby Brock: Republicans picked up big numbers in the House Transportation and House Revenue and Tax committees. The GOP garnered 11 members on Transportation and 12 members on the 20-member Tax committee. Those developments present a scenario for contentious…
AR State Sen: Committees
Content partners Roby Brock and Jason Tolbert have a rundown of yesterday’s committee assignments in the Senate. Joint Budget – Sen. Gilbert Baker, chair; Sen. Percy Malone, vice-chair Revenue & Tax – Sen. Larry Teague, chair; Sen. Michael Lamoureux, vice-chair…