The utility company touts the credit as if it’s being magnanimous. Don’t be fooled. Entergy improperly took money from customers, was sued over it, and got a sweetheart deal in the settlement.
Doyle Webb
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Republicans evict Republicans from Republican-owned building in Saline County
The Republican Party of Saline County cited a failure to insure the property and a no-confidence vote regarding Tom Cotton and others as reasons for the eviction.
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$15K in donations to Supreme Court Justice Barbara Webb come from industry her husband regulates
Not taking money from the industry your husband regulates is only admirable if you don’t change your mind as soon as no one is looking.
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Heads we win, tails you lose: How Entergy customers pay for the company’s mistakes
Entergy may have lost in court last week, but between an earlier settlement and regulatory rules about legal fees, the decision isn’t actually much of a “win” for customers.
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Judicial races offered some of the only surprises on Arkansas’s election night
Some of the outcomes in Tuesday’s judicial races were unexpected.
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‘Republican’ Justice Barbara Webb’s partisanship continues unabashed
Is there a definition of “nonpartisan” we’re not aware of?
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Qualifications sparse for Sanders’ new corrections board appointee [UPDATED]
Whitney Gass aimed to keep her seat on the Board of Corrections. The governor appointed the safety director at Ouachita Baptist University instead.
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Why did Arkansas accept a deal with Entergy 15 months after rejecting the very same offer?
Regulators in Mississippi extracted more than twice the amount that Arkansas got in its settlement, despite the two states having similar claims.
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State Supreme Court Justice Barbara Webb announces she’s running for chief
Webb’s entry makes the chief justice race a three-woman contest with justices Rhonda Wood and Karen Baker.
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Webb family plays fast and loose with ethics rules on fundraising for Supreme Court chief justice race
Restrictions on judicial fundraising appear to be no obstacle for Public Service Commission Chairman Doyle Webb, who’s already soliciting contributions to put his wife in the chief justice’s chair.