Arkansas
January 9, 2006 -
Turns out that the State Treasurer of North Carolina isn't the only one who has recently found religion about the need to boost the minimum wage.
January 6, 2006 -
Fallout in the South from GOP lobbyist Jack Abramoff's corrupt dealings show no signs of letting up. Add Arkansas to Mr. Neal's survey of Southern entanglements yesterday, although the state GOP is working hard to appear unfazed. In the ongoing saga of who's returning Jack's money and who's not, the Arkansas GOP made it clear that they're keeping the cash:
August 1, 2005 -
When Japanese Americans were interned during World War II, the government brought some of them from the West Coast to distant Arkansas. They found themselves surrounded by barbed wire—and the Jim Crow South.
May 2, 2005 -
Last week, Tyson Foods -- the Arkansas-based poultry and meatpacking conglomerate -- announced a $1.5 million settlement with the SEC for making "misleading or inadquate disclosures" about payments and perks showered on top executives, especially former senior chairman Don Tyson.
April 12, 2005 -
Our friend Pam Spaulding has a rundown on "The State of Bigoted Marriage Amendments" newly added to state constitutions. The South is, to no one's surprise, solid on the issue. Five Southern states passed constitutional amendments banning gay marriage just last year: Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Mississippi (plus, for good measure, border state Oklahoma). North Carolina has such an amendment under consideration.
December 1, 2003 -
How Wall Street, major lenders, and “megadealer” chains fuel price gouging, racial discrimination, and fraud at your local car lot.
October 1, 1999 -
One community’s story in the tide of school violence
