National television exposure is commonplace for the University of Arkansas’ sports teams in Fayetteville, but it’s noteworthy when one of the university’s satellite campuses gets its time to shine.  The University of Arkansas at Monticello will be featured in an upcoming national advertising campaign from “kgb,” a question-answer service designed to answer any question by texting it to [...]

LITTLE ROCK — Dustin McDaniel will argue a lost cause on national television this evening. Make that a lost case. Arkansas’ Attorney General is to appear on CNN at 6:30 p.m. to defend U.S. Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s 2007 ruling in favor of the city of New Haven, Conn., in a lawsuit by white firefighters filed [...]

David Meeks of Conway, who formed an exploratory committee earlier this month, announced today his candidacy to run against Democratic incumbent  U.S. Rep. Vic Snyder to represent Arkansas’ 2nd district. Meeks, whose work includes teaching at a charter middle school for inner-city youth and as a project manager for Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Florida, [...]

Minnesota Governor and rumored presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty is in Arkansas today to speak at the Republican Party of Arkansas’ Governor’s Dinner this evening at 7. Pawlenty will be the keynote speaker and will discuss both local and national political issues, according to a news release from the state GOP. He also will present the “Hi, [...]

  Political analyst and Clinton White House top aide Paul Begala will be the keynote speaker at this year’s Democratic Party of Arkansas Jefferson-Jackson Dinner.   The party’s annual dinner will be held July 24 at Alltel Arena.   Begala was a senior strategist for Bill Clinton’s first presidential campaign and is credited with defining Clinton’s agenda as president. [...]

Former Arkansas Gov. and Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is slated to speak today at the Southern Baptist Convention in Louisville, Ky. Huckabee, now a talk show host for Fox News, is scheduled to speak at 2:45 p.m. CST. You can listen to his address here.

Steve Floyd, deputy director of the state Department of Higher Education, is retiring after 12 years with the department. Floyd is officially retiring June 30, but Friday was his last day at work, according to a department news release. The release quotes Floyd as saying, “I’ve got a lot of outside interests I intend to pursue and [...]

Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel announced today he has co-authored a letter expressing opposition to reinstating a federal ban on assault weapons — something President Obama has said he will not seek. McDaniel says he and Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott co-wrote a letter, signed by 21 other state attorneys general, informing U.S. Attorney General Eric [...]

State Sen. Gilbert Baker today thanked crisis pregnancy care center workers for their service to Arkansas families. “You serve families typically that are in crisis situations, and you serve those families from a strong pro-life (position), meeting the needs of children and moms, dads, boyfriends, whatever,” Baker, R-Conway, said during a ceremony in the Senate chamber. Baker, [...]

The organizers of the April 15 “tea parties” around the state say they will hold another event Monday from 5:30-8:30 p.m. at Little Rock’s River Market Amphitheater to promote fiscal responsibility in government. Speakers are scheduled to include state Rep. Dan Greenberg, R-Little Rock, and Dave Elswick, program director and on-air host of radio station KARN.