Got time amid the virus for other topics: Big stories brewing in solar power and school desegregation.
Ted Thomas
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PSC chair raps Trump administration idea to help coal producers
Kyle Massey of Arkansas Business has coverage of Arkansas Public Service Commission Chair Ted Thomas’ remarks on Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s idea to give an edge to coal and nuclear fuel in power plant ratemaking. He was critical.
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Arkansas PSC chair questions Trump climate policy
Arkansas Public Service Commission Chair Ted Thomas is getting attention for calling out Trump administration climate policy. He even acknowledges the role of carbon burning and humans in climate change.
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Profiting from fear, politics
The Associated Press distributed an article with an Ohio dateline over the weekend that deserves more attention in Arkansas.
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Ted Thomas to chair Arkansas Public Service Commission
Asa Hutchinson announced today that he would name Ted Thomas as chairman of the Arkansas Public Service Commission.
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Blue Hog Report 2014: The best of times, the worst of times
Blue Hog Report, the investigative blog of Little Rock lawyer Matt Campbell, had a heckuva year in 2014. His work was pivotal in forcing the resignation from office of Lt. Gov. Mark Darr and driving Circuit Judge Mike Maggio not only out of a race for Appeals Court but off the bench. There remain some important loose ends.
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The push to name Ted Thomas head of Arkansas Finance and Administration
The effort by legislators to get former state Rep. Ted Thomas named to head Arkansas’s Finance and Administration Department raises several questions. His backers are dubious, for one thing, but a key question is whether he’ll continue the accessibility that has distinguished that office.
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A question on Judicial Discipline appointment
The Tweet this morning from Sen. Michael Lamoureux caught my attention because I didn’t know the Senate president pro-tem got to appoint someone to the state Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission, which oversees judicial conduct.