U.S. Rep Mike Ross, D-Prescott, honored former state legislator James Jordan of Monticello and former Navy SEAL Jeremy Wise of Virginia, an Arkansas native, with separate entries today in the Congressional Record. Jordan died Dec. 27 at the age of 84. He was elected to the state House in 1986 and served for 12 years. [...]

Former Gov. Mike Huckabee’s first Arkansas endorsement of the 2010 political season, Republican Rick Crawford against Democratic incumbent Marion Berry in the 1st District congressional race, has family ties. Jason Tolbert reports.

Scantily clad women with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals braved frigid weather in downtown Little Rock today to promote veganism and hand out free Tofurkey sandwiches — though the women did not appear to be wearing only lettuce leaves, as PETA had announced. The Arkansas Blog has a photo.

Responding to a revenue shortfall in Oklahoma, a legislator has filed a bill he says would boost lottery ticket sales in that state. Oklahoma Sen. Richard Lerblance’s bill would eliminate a requirement that at least 35 percent of lottery ticket sales go to schools and colleges in the state. Lerblance says the change would allow [...]

U.S. Sen Blanche Lincoln, still the focus of national attention in the health care debate, says today her office has been flooded with so many calls and e-mails that her phone and computer systems have crashed several times. Most of the calls and e-mails causing the crashes are from out of state, Lincoln told the [...]

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says women wearing “nothing but strategically placed lettuce leaves” will hand out freebees Wednesday in downtown Little Rock to promote veganism. PETA says the women will hand out free Tofurkey sandwiches beginning at noon at the intersection of Center Street and Markham Avenue. Weather could have a chilling [...]

U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln revved up her re-election bid today, figuratively speaking, with announcement of her 2010 campaign team and campaign headquarters. Former Lincoln congressional aide Steve Patterson is back to head the group as campaign manager, as he did in Lincoln’s previous Senate bids in 1998 and 2004. The two-term senator says she plans [...]

The Democratic Party of Arkansas reports it has hired Gabe Holmstrom, former spokesman for Attorney General Dustin McDaniel, to serve as senior adviser for the 2010 campaign year. Holmstrom will focus on the U.S. Senate race. “I am happy to have Gabe back on the team,” state party chairman Todd Turner says in a news [...]

Republican congressional hopeful Tim Griffin has added a couple of aides with presidential contest experience to his campaign to unseat 2nd District incumbent Democrat Vic Snyder. Griffin today announced Bryant Adams as his campaign manager and Ryan James as deputy campaign manager and communications director. Both are Arkansans. Adams was a field director in Arkansas [...]

Rich Huddleston, executive director of Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, has complied a list of what he considers the most positive developments for Arkansas’ children in the years since Gov. Mike Beebe took office. Expansions of pre-K and ARKids First are among his picks. Huddleston also names two developments he thinks were bad for [...]