Mark Pryor
Fayetteville Apartment Complex Sells for $3M
The Harmon Place apartment complex on South Duncan Avenue in Fayetteville sold for $3 million. read more >
A Born Entrepreneur Atop LSW Strategic Communications
Lucy Speed Whiteside is one of many in her family to start her own business. read more >
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Mark Pryor Joins Denver Law Firm as Shareholder
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP of Denver announced this week that Mark L. Pryor, a former two-term Democratic U.S. senator and Arkansas attorney general, has joined the firm as a shareholder in the Government Relations Department in its Washington, D.C. office. read more >
David Pryor Hospitalized with COVID-19
Former Arkansas Governor and U.S. Sen. David Pryor has been hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19, Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced Monday at this daily briefing on the state’s response to the pandemic. read more >
Lauding ‘Force’ Against Protests, Tom Cotton Raises Profile
Freshman Sen. Tom Cotton has risen to the ranks of potential 2024 Republican presidential contenders by making all the right enemies. By lining up behind President Donald Trump’s law-and-order recipe for controlling civic unrest, he’s making even more. read more >
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Nancy, Mark and Blanche (Gwen Moritz Editor’s Note)
In addition to a left tilt to most partisan elections nationally, liberal policies and Obamacare specifically triumphed in several statewide initiatives in the conservative heartland. read more >
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2nd District Race Shows Democrats’ Hope for Red State Wins
Running for a congressional seat in a red state that went for Donald Trump two years ago, Clarke Tucker talks often about his bout with cancer and the federal care health law that expanded coverage for those without insurance. But Tucker doesn't talk much about being a Democrat. read more >
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Arkansas’ Deep Red Shift Poses New Questions (Andrew DeMillo Analysis)
If it wasn't already clear, Tuesday night sealed it: Arkansas is no longer Clinton country. read more >
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz: Democratic Party Can Rebound in Arkansas
Focusing on issues important to working families will help Democrats in Arkansas as they try to rebound from a Republican sweep in last year's midterm election, the party's national chairwoman said Thursday night. read more >
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Middle-Class Values (Gwen Moritz Editor’s Note)
In their second debate last fall, Mark Pryor fumbled the question of how to define the middle class, saying that it would include income up to $200,000 a year. Tom Cotton picked it up and scored, accusing Pryor of “hanging out with out-of-state billionaires if he thinks $200,000 in Arkansas is the middle class.” read more >
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Lucy Speed, Former Pryor Aide, Joins The Peacock Group
Lucy Speed, former press secretary to U.S. Senator Mark Pryor, has joined The Peacock Group, the Little Rock strategic communications firm announced Tuesday. read more >
The Top 10 Business Stories of 2014
Politics, white-collar crime, banking acquisitions, Turner Grain and more. Arkansas Business recaps the top 10 stories from the year that was 2014. read more >
Arkansans Saw 96k Political Ads Worth $41.1M
The dust has settled on the midterms and the GOP takeover that occurred in Arkansas, but more importantly, the political ads have ceased. read more >
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Midterm Shows Long-Term Arkansas Shift (Andrew DeMillo Analysis)
Angry with a president who will be out of office in a little over two years, voters resoundingly ended Arkansas' tradition as a Democratic holdout in the South and handed Republicans control of the state. read more >
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The Election Post Mortem (Robert Coon On Politics)
Tuesday night was one for the record books in Arkansas, from the federal races at the top of the ballot all the way down to local contests. On Tuesday, the GOP took total control of the Arkansas congressional delegation by winning the remaining U.S. Senate seat (Tom Cotton over Mark Pryor) and all four House seats, which according to the Washington Post, was the first time they’d held every congressional seat in 141 years. read more >
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Arkansas Poll Gets it Right in Governor, U.S. Senate Race
Most polls correctly placed Republicans Asa Hutchinson and Tom Cotton ahead of their Democratic foes for governor and U.S. Senate. What most did not do is predict the large margin of victory each would enjoy on Election Day. read more >
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Your #ARPX Election Day Podcast With Robert Coon, Blake Rutherford & Lance Turner
The day is finally here. On this (rainy) Election Day, Arkansas Business political columnists Robert Coon and Blake Rutherford join me for a special podcast wrapping up the 2014 midterm elections. read more >
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Top Google Searches in Pryor-Cotton Race
According to Google, the top issue in the U.S. Senate race, between Democratic incumbent Mark Pryor and Republican challenger Rep. Tom Cotton, is education. read more >
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Arkansas Poll Mixed for State Dems, GOP (Andrew DeMillo Analysis)
Regardless of how they may feel about Democratic Party candidates, voters seem to be embracing a minimum wage increase that has been a key part of the party's campaign. read more >
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Arkansas Senate Rivals Trade Out-of-Touch Claims
The multimillion-dollar and nationally watched race between Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor and Republican challenger U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton has turned into a test of which candidate can paint the other as out of touch with Arkansas. read more >
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