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Our View Increase sites for early voting
Editorials Comments Updated: Nov 05, 2012 1:05pmAn estimated 10,000 early voting ballots were cast through Saturday at the Jefferson County Courthouse. A veteran county election official projected the number of voters casting early ballots...
Scapegoats can come in handy at times
Columns Comments Updated: Nov 05, 2012 9:44amVoting for president in Arkansas and other states painted in reds and blues seem like you are playing a lottery. It’s like watching your daughter compete in a dance recital. You know what the...
Taking a real bite out of crime statistics
Columns Comments Updated: Oct 29, 2012 12:09pmPine Bluff Commercial columnist Matthew Pate took note recently that Aldermen George Stepps proposed a municipal ordinance to require owners of fast food restaurants, filling stations and...
Tap Tom Cotton’s D.C. experience
Editorials Comments Updated: Oct 29, 2012 12:04pmWith four candidates in the race to represent the Fourth Congressional District of Arkansas and no incumbent on the ballot, we familiarized ourselves with the four before reaching a decision that...
General election voting has begun
Editorials Comments Updated: Oct 22, 2012 9:09amOur View
The Nov. 6 general election may be 13 days away, but early voting has begun. The ballot includes races for Jefferson County judge, sheriff, in addition to issues on a sales tax...
Road bonds make sense
Editorials Comments Updated: Oct 22, 2012 9:05amDo you get the feeling now and then that sections of the state highways and interstates in Arkansas resemble a bolt of corduroy cloth with hundreds of ridges designed to keep the front end of your...
Teen renews faith in White Hall’s young
Columns Comments Updated: Oct 22, 2012 9:04amThe roots for this story actually began a year ago when six men who had been fishing together for a period of time reserved a cabin in the Missouri Ozarks for this past week.
In the past few...