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Elections have consequences
Elections have consequences, employing a now-overworked (for its suddenly being so obvious to so many) phrase in responding to a…
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Why Little Rock isn’t yet like Washington
We’re one month into the era of divided government in Arkansas, where the Legislature is controlled by Republicans and the…
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Act locally think nationally
As has been recently noted, positive things seem to be sprouting up around town. In the last three days readers…
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Ordinance on scrap metal dealers gets second reading at Monday city council
A proposed ordinance to strengthen the city’s rules concerning purchases made by scrap metal dealers and recyclers in Pine Bluff…
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Correction
Jerre George is with the Southeast Arkansas Regional Planning Commission. The agency was incorrect in Wednesday’s edition of The Commercial.…
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Arkansas cattle numbers decline faster than the national trend
LITTLE ROCK — The number of beef cattle in the U.S. declined for the seventh straight year, and the rate…
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House briefed on $1.1 billion steel mill project
LITTLE ROCK — Management strength and a competitive market were key reasons why the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System decided to…
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Medicaid director: Reason for lower projected shortfall unclear
LITTLE ROCK — The recently lowered projection of Arkansas’ Medicaid shortfall for the next fiscal year cannot be wholly attributed…
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Attorney General: Avoid common sweepstakes scam
LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas consumers are once again the targets of a common scam in which con artists pose as…
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Stewart lands at Ouachita
WHITE HALL — Joseph Stewart, The Commercial’s Southeast Arkansas Defensive Player of the Year from White Hall, signed his letter…