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If left to the Republican Party, there'd be no National Labor Relations Board to look after employee rights in the workplace.

Arkansas' two U.S. senators are participating in an online discussion with small business owners about the Internet and economic development.

In a new study, an economics professor and a PhD student at Texas A&M University take a broader look at the laws' effect.

Does the endorsement of James Lee Witt, Bill Clinton's FEMA director, now a bigtime lobbyist/consultant, help Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mike Ross? Surely it will in Wildcat Holler.

McCARTHY VOTE TODAY : At least four Republican senators plan to attend today's second attempt at a committee vote on Gina McCarthy's nomination to lead the EPA - including boycott ringleader David Vitter.

The Senate Agriculture Committee approved a farm bill on Tuesday, costing $500 billion over a decade, that would expand the scope of the federally subsidized crop insurance program and modestly trim spending on food stamps for the poor.

At least one Republican senator, Roy Blunt of Missouri, placed a hold on Gina McCarthy's nomination to lead the EPA over questions about a levee project in his state.

Kind of a nicely written narrative from Rep. Nate Bell of Mena on what he says was a formative episode of his youth, when, he says, a 30-30 rifle gave him the backing he needed to scare a would-be intruder away from his Alabama home.

Stockman informed the social media community that he is giving away a free Bushmaster AR-15 assault rifle , pointing readers to a form on his website.

Last night, the Senate voted to pass the so-called Marketplace Fairness Act and send it to the House.

Oh, yay, now for the part where prominent Democrats get all irritated and cranky that other Democrats are, gasp, facing consequences for doing terrible no-good things.

Senate Armed Services Chairman Levin said, 'At a time when the Pentagon and the entire federal government face enormous fiscal challenges, the questionable projects and lack of oversight identified in this review are simply unacceptable.' When the Pentagon last year asked Congress to initiate a base closure process, powerful lawmakers such as ... (more)

'RIDIN WITH YOUR REP': U.S. Rep. Tim Griffin's website features a photo of him in motocross gear and an invitation to ride with him to learn about the 'important policy issues affecting this sport.' Any pipelines needed for motocross? * THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT HAS DESIGNS ON ARKANSAS : Church and State magazine reports on plans by the American Renewal ... (more)

Sen. Jeff Flake said Tuesday that he could support tighter background checks on gun sales -- something he declined to do last month -- if the senators pushing the proposal change its provision dealing with Internet sales.

Now that the Arkansas legislature has opened the sanctuary doors to guns in churches - if the churches choose - decisions are being made.

The Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport put on a big show today to herald an expansion project and the formal renaming of the airport in honor of the former president and former secretary of state, both on hand for the ceremony.

The fastest, surest way to get a laugh from Bill Halter is to observe that establishment Democrats don't merely dislike him, don't simply disdain him -- they revile him.

At Russellville, Boozman is to tour a Veterans Affairs medical clinic. Arkansas' junior senator is a member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee .

LITTLE ROCK, AR - The four announced candidates for next year's governor's race are scheduled to participate in events this week at the Delta Caucus Conference in Little Rock.

And in 2014, three of the six Senate seats in the South still in Democratic hands - in North Carolina, Arkansas and Louisiana - will be on the line, political analysts say, as all signs suggest those incumbents will be buffeted by significant political headwinds.