Michael James

Two Arkansas cities chase data center ‘gold,’ but might be competing against each other

If data is the new gold, Little Rock and Conway city leaders have seized their opportunities to participate in the gold rush, seemingly vying ...

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Obituary: Judy Faye Gillihan

Surrounded by her devoted family, Judy Faye Gillihan, 72, of Mountain View, Arkansas, died quietly at White River Medical Center on July 29, 2025. ...

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New Vietnamese restaurant coming to downtown Little Rock

A new Vietnamese eatery called Asian Capitol Restaurant & Bar is set to replace the existing Southern Gourmasian brick-and-mortar restaurant at 219 W. Capitol ...

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Arkansas governor touts workforce development, business-friendly environment

Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders informed members of the Little Rock Rotary Club on Tuesday that Arkansas’s net general revenue in the first month of ...

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Griffin, state AGs: Congress should act to invalidate abortion shield laws

Advertisers of mail-order pharmaceutical abortions received cease-and-desist letters. On Tuesday, Tim Griffin, the attorney general for Arkansas, requested that Congress outlaw “abortion shield laws” ...

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Receding deadlines: The Observer goes bald

Two issues recently plagued the Observer, but one was more urgent than the other. The first was that, despite my best efforts, I was ...

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Arkansas attorney general approves second direct democracy ballot title

After twice rejecting the proposal for not meeting a new reading-level law, the attorney general of Arkansas certified a ballot title on Monday that ...

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Lee Bains III at White Water Tavern on Friday

The White Water Tavern on Friday, August 1. 8 p.m. $15. Plenty of songwriters think of themselves as poets, but Lee Bains III who ...

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Korean barbecue/hot pot restaurant coming to WLR

Where will the next Flaming Hot Pot & Korean BBQ business open in West Little Rock? We reported in May 2024 that Flaming Hot ...

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Tim Griffin asks Congress for help stopping abortion pills from being mailed to red states

In a letter to Congress on Tuesday, a group of conservative attorneys general, led by Tim Griffin, the attorney general of Arkansas, requested assistance ...

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