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Senate Passes Key Medicaid Appropriation, Alan Clark A Late 27th ‘Aye’

12 September 2018 by Bobby Ampezzan

State Sen. Alan Clark (R-Lonsdale) cast the decisive 27th vote in favor of granting Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s appropriation to the Department of Human Services funding the state’s health care coverage for low-income Arkansans called Arkansas Works. The bill now heads to the…

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Clintons Return To Little Rock A Moment Of Pride For Couple, Capital City

10 September 2018 by Bobby Ampezzan

Election night 1992 brought a horde of people to the steps of the Old State House in Little Rock, where Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton, along with his wife and daughter, and Tennessee Sen. Al Gore and his family, were waiting. Just after…

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Arkansas Carries Out First Execution Since 2005

10 September 2018 by Bobby Ampezzan

Arkansas has executed Ledell Lee, who was convicted of murdering a woman in 1993, 20 April 2018. The execution came shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for the lethal injection. I covered the story from the Cummins Unit of…

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Death penalty protest below governor’s window leans on wrongful conviction, Jesus’ crucifixion

10 September 2018 by Bobby Ampezzan

Monday the state begins executing death row inmates. Seven in all. But today, as Christians everywhere marked the Passion of Jesus, an anti-death penalty throng converged on the steps of the Capitol. Little Rock Diocesan Bishop Anthony Taylor reminded the crowd —…

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For Minnesota Twins outfielder, success is a lot of things done well. Hitting sliders, for one. Minding his Bible, another.

7 September 2018 by Bobby Ampezzan

FINALIST, SPORTS FEATURE, 2015 NATIONAL SOCIETY OF FEATURES JOURNALISTS PROSPER, Texas — If ever there was an appropriate place for Torii Hunter to land, it’s here. The all-star outfielder who, in his 17th season, still musters the skills to merit $10.5 million…

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The Clinton School draws illustrious speakers on a panoply of subjects from around the world, and for these visitors to Arkansas, all roads lead to Nikolai DiPippa.

6 September 2018 by Bobby Ampezzan

THIS PROFILE APPEARED IN THE ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE ON DEC. 1, 2013. The greatest thing ever to happen to Little Rock in the modern era may not have been the 1992 election of Bill Clinton to the presidency. It may have happened 12…

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Claw Dad: Lobstermen in Maine are pretty much like you, despite what you see on TV

6 September 2018 by Bobby Ampezzan

THIS PROFILE APPEARED IN THE NOVEMBER, 2011 ISSUE OF ARKANSAS LIFE. There’s fewer than 300 miles separating Portsmouth, NH, and the southern tip of New Brunswick, and well more than 3,000 miles of rocky coastline. For every mile north as the crow…

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Gareth John Morgan

6 September 2018 by Bobby Ampezzan

The Gala for Life on Friday at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock will be the brightest night of stars in the constellation social calendar. The bad news is tickets are $500, but the good news is they’ve sold out anyway….

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