Arkansas parties report quarterly contributions/expenses

Here's the Associated Press story.

The Democrat-Gazette's online content isn't up yet, but there's a good article in the print edition by Mike Wickline regarding the new Acts affecting the criminal code. I'll link it here once it's online. Here's your link. Also from the Demozette (Nasaw): Daniels fights bill to stiffen vote rules.

From the Arkansas News Bureau this morning: Rob Moritz writes about the new Mexican consulate in LR and Brummett discusses last week's Supreme Court ruling.

Here In Texarkana, early voting starts for the May 8 bond election for a proposed increase of 1.7 mills.

One of the bigger regional news stories this morning comes from Tuscaloosa -- the Crimson Tide had a capacity crowd of over 92,000 for its spring football scrimmage (and we think football is a big deal over here -- we had 2,000).

Update (9:00 p.m.): Missed this editorial from the Arkansas Leader this morning.