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Victoria DeFrancesco Soto, the new dean of the University of Arkansas System's Clinton School of Public Service. She was selected to lead the school after the retirement of longtime dean James "Skip" Rutherford. 
Government & Politics

Texas’ Victoria DeFrancesco Soto Picked To Be Next Clinton School Dean

Her areas of expertise include immigration, women and politics, and political psychology. read more >
Susan Hoffpauir
Education / Government & Politics

Susan Hoffpauir Named Interim Dean of Clinton School

Susan Hoffpauir will lead the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service until officials find a permanent replacement for longtime dean James L. “Skip” Rutherford, who retires June 30. read more >

UA System Announces Search Committee for Next Clinton School Dean

University of Arkansas System President Donald Bobbitt forms an advisory committee to assist in the search for the next dean of the UA Clinton School of Public Service in Little Rock. read more >
Skip Rutherford
Education / Government & Politics / Media & Marketing

Clinton School Dean Skip Rutherford to Retire June 30

Skip Rutherford, dean of the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service in Little Rock, says he will retire on June 30. read more >
Phyllis Brandon

Phyllis Brandon, Pioneering High Profile Editor, Dies at 84

Phyllis Brandon, a pioneering newswoman who made the High Profile section an enduring Sunday read, died Saturday at her home in Little Rock. She was 84. read more >
Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Trump’s Popularity Could Be Tested If Sanders Runs in 2022

A Sanders candidacy could test whether President Donald Trump and questions about his administration's credibility are political liabilities, even in solidly Republican states. read more >
Government & Politics / Media & Marketing

Under 40 Forum Aims to Raise Positive Awareness of Arkansas

Participants in this year's Under 40 Forum this week presented recommendations to the governor and legislative leaders for increasing positive awareness about Arkansas inside and outside the state's borders. read more >

The Changing of The Batesville Daily Guard

In the wake of the death this year of Dr. O.E. Jones, publisher of the Batesville Guard, Roy Ockert was unsurprised to hear that Paxton Media Group acquired the paper June 1. read more >

‘Rally for The Rep’ Begins at 5 on Main Street

A group of community volunteers will hold a "Rally for The Rep" event Tuesday at 5 p.m. in front of the Arkansas Repertory Theatre, which announced last week that it would suspend its season due amid financial straits. read more >
Clinton School of Public Service
Education / Government & Politics

Clinton School Offers Executive Master’s of Public Service Degree

The Clinton School of Public Service will begin offering an executive master's of public service degree through an online curriculum beginning next year. read more >
Members of the 2017 Under 40 Forum presented their findings to Gov. Asa Hutchinson.
Education / Government & Politics / Nonprofits

At Under 40 Forum, Young Leaders Take On ‘Fractured Arkansas’

Some of the state's top young professionals presented their findings from the second Under 40 Forum in a report to Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday. read more >
Tourism

25th Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival Starts Oct. 7

The 25th Annual Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival will open on Oct. 7 with "Command and Control," a documentary about the 1980 missile explosion at a Titan II launch complex near Damascus. read more >
Sericia Cole will be the event emcee for Start Here Little Rock.
Investments / Media & Marketing / Small Business

Start Here Little Rock to Host Event Saturday

Start Here Little Rock, an initiative to increase the engagement of women and minorities in the entrepreneurial process in Little Rock, will host an event on Saturday. read more >
David Pryor in 2012.
Government & Politics

David Pryor Looks to 2016 Election, Recalls Times with Dale Bumpers

David Pryor, the 39th governor of Arkansas and a former U.S. senator, spoke Wednesday at the Ron Robinson Theater in Little Rock about his friendship with Dale Bumpers, who died Friday. read more >
David Pryor in 2012.
Government & Politics

David Pryor to Speak at Ron Robinson Theater

Former Arkansas Governor and U.S. Senator David Pryor will speak at noon Wednesday at the Ron Robinson Theater in Little Rock. read more >
Hillary Clinton.
Government & Politics

Hillary Clinton Returns to Arkansas, Now Behind GOP Lines

As she ramps up her presidential campaign, Hillary Rodham Clinton is returning this weekend to a state that's part of her home territory - a place she's so well known her name adorns landmarks including the national airport and a children's library. read more >
The owners of the Root Cafe, Jack Sundell and his wife, Corri Bristow Sundell.
Investments / Restaurants & Food

The Root Café Gets $150K Grant from JPMorgan Chase Bank

Jack and Corri Sundell, owners of The Root, received a $150,000 grant from JPMorgan Chase. The Root was one of 20 grant recipients in the JPMorgan Chase Mission Main Street program, and the only one in Arkansas. read more >
Government & Politics

Former Clinton Critic David Brock: Reject ‘Political Smut’

A former critic of the Clintons who now heads an effort to defend Hillary Clinton and other potential Democratic 2016 contenders said Tuesday both parties should disavow the "political smut-mongers" that he said he was a part of in the 1990s. read more >
Wayne Woods
Business Services / Media & Marketing / Small Business

CJRW Takes On Changes in Marketing Industry

CJRW has been roiled by staff defections recently, departures that have left the state’s largest ad agency increasingly dependent on its big clients, the biggest being the Arkansas Department of Parks & Tourism worth $8.4 million this year. read more >
A view of the Clinton Presidential Library from the Presidential Park Bridge.
Education / Tourism

On the Eve of the Bush Library Opening, Skip Rutherford Writes for the Dallas Morning News

James "Skip" Rutherford writes for the Dallas Morning News today, the eve of the opening of the George W. Bush Presidential Library at Southern Methodist University. read more >