On Sunday, President Donald Trump announced an extension of the federal social distancing guidelines to April 30, an effort to continue curbing the spread of COVID-19, or the novel coronavirus. The move adds an additional month to the administration’s original…
A Little Rock monument of more than 30 years is set to expire. The Little Rock Club will close permanently on March 31. The announcement of the decision to close came on Friday in a message to the club’s membership,…
By Dustin Jayroe | Photo by Jamison Mosley For Arkansas Democrats, Blue Waters Are More Than a ‘Hop, SKIP and a Jump’ Away What once was a comfortable stable for the Democratic Party has turned into anything but, with reports of depressing…
by Dustin Jayroe Hundreds of thousands of Arkansans flocked to the polls over the past two weeks, each casting ballots for both the national presidential primary and a number of local races. The top of the ticket presented voters with…
by Dustin Jayroe As we turn the page on 2019, another chapter awaits — one destined politically to be as eventful and historic as any year in recent history. A presidential election year, 2020 is bursting at the seams…
Roger Mangham is coming back to Arkansas and joining the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC) as its newest deputy director. Mangham was the director of conservation programs for The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in Arkansas from 2006-2016, before moving to…
by Dustin Jayroe State Senator Joyce Elliott (D) is officially running against Rep. French Hill (R) in the 2020 race for Arkansas’ 2nd District in the U.S. Congress. Elliott currently serves in the Arkansas Senate for the 31st District,…
by Dustin Jayroe The former mayor of New York and 2020 presidential hopeful, Michael Bloomberg, filed on Tuesday to appear on the Democratic primary ballot in Arkansas. Bloomberg was greeted off the 2nd-floor elevator lobby of the State Capitol…
by Dustin Jayroe “I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.” – Thomas Jefferson On Oct. 9, 1997, the third episode in the ninth season of “Seinfeld” first…
by Dustin Jayroe Former Political Star Dustin McDaniel Excelling in Private Practice The largest casualty, of course, was the state Democratic Party, which itself dominated local and state politics for more than 100 years and with rare exceptions accounted for…