Arkansas’ U.S. senators are the darlings of one environmental group for their support of issues near and dear to its members’ hearts. Environment America’s 2009 congressional score card grades Sens. Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor 100 percent for seven votes over the past 18 months that the organization says they made to “put the environment [...]

Steve Lincoln got a rallying call from his wife, U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, as the Senate passed health care reform on Christmas Eve. “Steve, if you think that 2009 has been a busy year, get ready for the next one!” he quotes the senator as saying in an e-mail today to would-be donors to the [...]

Add ex-Bush political chief Karl Rove to the donors list for Republican state Sen. Gilbert Baker’s campaign for U.S. Senate. Baker political consultant Clint Reed is tweeting today that Rove has forked over a hefty contribution to the senator’s GOP primary campaign. Reed’s tweet carries this message from Baker: “I’m thankful for the support I’ve [...]

LITTLE ROCK — Joe “the Plumber” Wurzelbacher will be in Arkansas for three days next month campaigning for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Conrad Reynolds of Conway. Jennifer McCoy-Wall, Reynolds’ campaign manager, says Wurzelbacher will be in Arkansas January 25, 26 and 27. The schedule is still being finalized but should include campaign stops in Little [...]

Oklahoma’s lottery ranks eighth in the nation in the percentage of proceeds going to government use, but in terms of actual dollars going to the government it ranks 33rd among the nation’s 42 state lotteries, the Tulsa World reports. Oklahoma lottery officials blame the disparity on a legal requirement that 35 percent of net sales [...]

Gabe Holmstrom, spokesman for state Attorney General Dustin McDaniel, says he is leaving the AG’s office to return to the world of campaign politics. A former executive director of the Arkansas Democratic Party, Holmstrom said this will be his last week as McDaniel’s spokesman. He said he is not going to work for a political [...]

Faulkner County Justice of the Peace Jimmy Bryant tells the Log Cabin Democrat he is considering running as a Republican for secretary of state. The incumbent, Democrat Charlie Daniels, is term-limited. Bryant is also director of archives for the University of Central Arkansas in Conway.

Bill Clinton is standing with Blanche Lincoln, and he’s asking Democratic loyalists to do the same — with a contribution of $5 or more to the incumbent U.S. senator’s re-election campaign. State Republicans see the former president’s call for money as evidence the Senate Democrats’ health care bill is hurting Lincoln’s bid for re-election next [...]

U.S. Rep. Mike Ross, D-Prescott, wants a stamp commemorating the watermelon. “For many years, watermelons have been a staple of American life, especially in Arkansas’ 4th Congressional District where farming has helped shape our culture and way of life,” Ross said today in a letter to the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee. “For instance, in my [...]

State Sen. Kim Hendren, R-Gravette, says he has loaned $200,000 to his campaign for U.S. Senate. “I intend to raise the campaign funds for this race, but I wanted to show my fellow Arkansans that I am fully committed to being Arkansas’ next U.S. senator,” Hendren said in announcing the loan today. Hendren is one [...]