Arkansas Politics Information Directory

Unlike the anti-Washington sentiment facing other incumbents, Lincoln, a Blue Dog Democrat, has her own set of unique circumstances that makes a November victory challenging.

It's a lovely day for football and the Hog message boards are lit up with excitement about the promising season. Just be warned: The University of Arkansas doesn't want political signs at Hog tailgate parties.

John Brummett this morning sympathizes a bit with the blundering Board of Trustees of the University of Central Arkansas, led astray by former president Lu Hardin and not always as well-versed as it needed to be on campus operations and ...

"Jersey Shore" casting comes to Arkansas. Looks like Doron Ofir Casting, the reality show agency who wrangled up characters for "Survivor," "Wife Swap," "Tool Academy" and the single most important cultural landmark of this century, ...

The venerable Klappenbach Bakery is back open after last year's fire. Kat Robinson goes to Fordyce to check and make sure the quality of the baked goods is still up to par.

Some recent polling on both sides of the political fence turned up some slightly scary numbers for Gov. Mike Beebe — a lead over Jim Keet but a number for Beebe under 50 percent. The Republican-leaning ...

Sen. Blanche Lincoln's efforts to increase farm subsidies for "wealthy farmers in Arkansas" gets ripped in a Washington Post blog posting today . I'm guessing Republican opponent John Boozman has no problems ...

Another offshoot of the onging Autogate saga on official use and misuse of taxpayer-purchased automobiles: KAIT in Jonesboro reports on the DWI arrest of the mayor of Harrisburg, Buzzy Faulkner . At 1 a.m. In ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — An accident this week in Arkansas has boosted to 21 the number of people that have been killed so far this year in medical helicopter and plane crashes, renewing concerns about the ...

Former President Bill Clinton , who strongly supported Senator Blanche Lincoln during her primary battle earlier this year, is heading back to Arkansas next week to stump for the incumbent. Mr. Clinton ...

Blanche Lincoln's brutal Arkansas-primary fight was the talk of Washington this spring, as Democrats watched while a union-funded challenge by liberal Lieut. Governor Bill Halter nearly took down a sitting Senator ...

also brought millions of dollars in projects to his Arkansas district before signing on to a House GOP moratorium on earmarks. Lincoln says he's sacrificing the state's interests for politics. Lincoln co-sponsored 91 ...

Republicans are going bonkers. They're trying to portray as a flipflop Sen. Blanche Lincoln's remarks today that while she leans toward extending the Bush-era tax cuts for the middle class, that she thinks ...

House Speaker Robbie Wills will join 2nd Congressional District Democratic candidate J oyce Elliot t at a Conway news conference tomorrow. He's support for Elliott, who beat him in the Democratic primary ...

according to poll averages compiled by the website Real Clear Politics. Republicans must sweep ... Republicans also hold commanding leads in four Democratic-held states -- Arkansas, Delaware, Indiana and North Dakota.