Democrats

The Democratic Party of Arkansas has elected Grant Tennille as the party’s new Chair. Tennille is the former head of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission under Governor Mike Beebe’s administration. The DPA’s State Committee elected Tennille at Saturday’s State Committee…

by Dwain Hebda To borrow from Francis Ford Coppola’s masterpiece The Godfather, Michael John Gray, chairman of the Democratic Party of Arkansas, believes in America. Despite the rancor that currently rules the political landscape, despite the setbacks his own party has…

by Dustin Jayroe The U.S. House of Representatives voted today (Oct. 31) in favor of formalizing the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.  The vote to approve the formal procedures passed largely along party lines, with all of the Democrats…

by Dustin Jayroe In 1980, the New Orleans Saints football team lost its first 14 games of the regular season, prompting a movement by fans to wear paper bags over their heads in anonymous shame which would span the following…

by Jeremy Peppas As the partial federal government shutdown continues into the new year, its impact, so far, has been limited in Arkansas. Jay Chesshir, the President and CEO of the Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce, is optimistic the…

By Heather E. Yates – UCA Professor of Political Science The midterms are over, and it is time to sift through the results to understand what the political landscape looks like as the next presidential election quickly approaches. There weren’t…

By Caleb Talley ___________________________________________________________________________ “Let us stand together with renewed confidence in our cause – united in our heritage of the past and our hopes for the future – and determined that this land we love shall lead all mankind…

by Caleb Talley It’s impeachment season. Democratic operatives’ mouths are watering, as talks to taking over the House and booting President Trump are heating up. Likewise, Republicans are using those talking points to encourage conservative voters to hunker down this…

Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008, was a normal, sunny but not oppressively hot, Arkansas summer day. My boss was about to take a few days off before the entire staff went to a major conference. He stopped in to make phone…

The Democratic Party of Arkansas’ annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner is this weekend. This year’s speaker is former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. She was also the featured guest for the same dinner in 2007. When I attended that year as a…