Matthew S.L. Cate
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Recent Stories by Matthew S.L. Cate
Out there bare
posted: 05/24/2010 2:07 a.m. Discuss
After decades of sorting through newfangled innovations that expanded their running-shoe options, a growing number of runners are turning to the next big wave.
Shoeless running takes a slow start
posted: 05/24/2010 1:55 a.m. Discuss
If you’re determined to kick off your shoes and give barefoot running a try, there are a couple of things to keep in mind.
State law complicates alcohol rebates
posted: 02/13/2010 5:19 a.m. Discuss
The coupon offers thirsty consumers a chance to buy a Canadian whisky for “less coin.” But state alcohol regulations make it a little more complicated to cash in.
Panel sends budget bills to legislators
posted: 02/11/2010 3:32 a.m. Discuss
Appropriation bills began moving Wednesday, the third day of the General Assembly’s first-ever “fiscal” session.
House panel votes to ban fiscal-session contributions
posted: 02/09/2010 1:29 a.m. Discuss
The House Rules Committee ruled Monday that no representative may accept campaign contributions in a fiscal session. The Senate decided that senators could.
Beebe gives Proctor job to Sanders
posted: 02/06/2010 2:54 a.m. Discuss
As Gov. Mike Beebe named a replacement Friday for ousted Pulaski County Circuit Judge Willard Proctor Jr., a Little Rock attorney alleged that Proctor illegally forced probationers to attend Bible readings and submit to prostate exams and blood tests.
Lawyer suspended, told to repay client
posted: 02/05/2010 3:18 a.m. Comment 1
A Little Rock lawyer has been suspended, fined and ordered to pay $5,000 to a former client whom a disciplinary panel found the lawyer did not properly represent.
New 1st District circuit judge a former activist, prosecutor
posted: 02/04/2010 4:53 a.m. Discuss
When he was stealing library books as a teenager in Lee County, Olly Neal Jr. mostly had one thing on his mind: He didn’t want to get caught being a bookworm.
$25 million lottery winner named
posted: 02/03/2010 4:44 a.m. Comment 1
A Conway man won the $25 million Powerball jackpot claimed last week from Arkansas’ lottery, lottery officials said Tuesday.
Justices court kids with debate
posted: 02/01/2010 3:10 a.m. Discuss
As the lawyers argued before Arkansas’ highest court over a complicated contract dispute, 31 seventh-graders from the KIPP Delta school looked on, staring at the men at the lectern and the justices at the dais.
