Brian Fanney
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Big Rock, AR, United States
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Panel OKs $75,000 for lawman's widow
Lawmakers were split Friday over what the law allowed them to do for the family of a police officer who suffered a fatal heart attack in the aftermath of a high-speed pursuit involving other law enforcement agencies. → Read More
Arkansas opened arms to him, Syrian says
A Syrian journalist, who became a refugee, chose Fayetteville as his temporary home in part because he needed some peace and quiet, and Arkansas is known as the "Natural State." → Read More
State had Syrian refugee; reporter who fled at war’s start now gone
Arkansas has been a temporary home to a single refugee of the Syrian civil war -- a reporter who criticized President Bashar Assad and feared for his safety, according to the charity that relocated him. → Read More
State had Syrian refugee; reporter who fled at war’s start now gone
Arkansas has been a temporary home to a single refugee of the Syrian civil war -- a reporter who criticized President Bashar Assad and feared for his safety, according to the charity that relocated him. → Read More
Governor's trade trip targets China, Japan
Gov. Asa Hutchinson's third trade mission will focus in part on Wal-Mart's presence in China and its efforts to "reshore" manufacturing to America. → Read More
Bill Clinton welcomes Coke relics at museum
Everyone has a Coke story, Bill Clinton told an audience of several hundred at the Clinton Presidential Center on Friday. → Read More
Governor aide gets censured
An adviser to Gov. Asa Hutchinson who deals with insurance matters has been reprimanded by the Arkansas Insurance Department over findings of inappropriate sales tactics in his previous job of selling policies for Washington National Insurance Co. → Read More
7 file presidential bids in state
Seven presidential candidates -- six Republicans and one on the Democratic side -- filed Monday to run in the March 1 primary, the first day of filing for state and federal offices in Arkansas for the 2016 election. → Read More
Candidate filing starts Monday
Arkansas’ candidate filing period opens Monday for many elective offices, ranging from U.S. president to constable. → Read More
1,200 hear Carson tout schooling, self-reliance
WEST MEMPHIS -- Ben Carson told supporters Friday night that education and his mother -- but certainly not the government -- made him the man he is today. → Read More
Carson to visit West Memphis
Republican presidential contender Dr. Ben Carson will return to Arkansas for a rally in West Memphis on Friday. → Read More
Legislators OK pact to revitalize lottery
Camelot Global Services will create and help implement a new business plan for the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery under a contract potentially worth more than $3.7 million. → Read More
Dinner for 10 with governor an auction hit
Dinner with Gov. Asa Hutchinson was worth more to donors at a recent charity event than a one-year lease on a luxury SUV or a 3-carat diamond necklace. → Read More
Planned Parenthood funding limited to 3
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Friday afternoon preventing Arkansas from cutting off funding for three Planned Parenthood clients who have sued the state. → Read More
Clinton touts state to LR crowd
Former first lady and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton played to her home court advantage Monday by bragging to a packed house in Little Rock on Arkansas' approach to improving access to health care. → Read More
Student gap no narrower, legislators told
After reviewing data on the academic achievement gap in Arkansas schools and analyzing the $210 million in annual spending to fix the problem, lawmakers Tuesday said they could not find evidence that state and local interventions are achieving measurable results. → Read More
Huckabee in Conway: State clerks must make own choice
During a Thursday news conference, former Gov. Mike Huckabee touted his defense of Kim Davis, a county clerk in Kentucky who was found in contempt of court for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. → Read More
In AG's view, anti-bias laws unenforceable
Municipalities were defiant after state Attorney General Leslie Rutledge said in a Tuesday opinion that they cannot prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. → Read More
U.S. warns state’s end of contract legally iffy
The federal government is warning state officials that Arkansas may have violated federal law by ending a contract with Planned Parenthood. → Read More
Carson stops to stump in state
A self-described Washington outsider visited Arkansas on Thursday and told more than 2,000 people that politicians are overrated. → Read More