May 17, 2013 (Farm bill) Knock wood, but bipartisanship just may carry the day in D.C.  (Carter) The Speaker: re-positioning a party, or a primary? (Hobbs) A primary rival and her probable primary issue. (Abortion) And the issue that was always headed for the courts arrives. Watch now

May 10, 2013

(McDaniel) The cleanup continues at Mayflower, though the attorney general says he's just getting started.  (Griffin) With no announced opponent from any party, is there any political cleanup for a congressman?  (Womack) Pay up, says another delegate from Arkansas; but can he convince his colleagues?  (Pryor) And can another of the delegation take comfort from his adversaries?

May 3, 2013 (April) The latest numbers are in and if they aren't the best they're far from the worst.  ('14) Some other  numbers are in: what do they suggest for the year around the corner?  (GOP) The race to succeed the governor:  more than a Democratic show...  (Senate) ...and the  race for Washington, the matchup looking  more likely every day. Watch now

April 26, 2013 (Recess) Home for a few weeks, then a sine die. (Vetoes) Will they, though, return the governor's parting shot. ('14) Harsh words in the race to succeed him... (Pryor) ...and harsh words, left and right, for a senator trying to survive. Watch now

April 19, 2013 (RSA) How to spend $5 Billion in 12 easy months. (75%) How did they manage three-quarter majorities in three hard months? (Ross) With the primary even more months distant, and expected announcement. (R&D) But first, party leaders of both chambers. Watch now

April 12, 2013 (75 %?) A spin around the block in both houses, now the straightaway. ('14) An endangered Democrat stays steadily to the right. (Torts) A setback for big business in Arkansas, how big? (Exxon) And big oil in Arkansas, who's in charge? Watch now

April 5, 2013 (Health) With two weeks before the target date, what's the vote count? (Taxes) Either way can the target brackets start counting the money? (Steel) Heavy metal in the Delta, will the money be there? (Goo) But we begin with a story that's become more political than environmental. Watch now

March 29, 2013 (Exchanges) Closer and closer, a major player finally speaks. (Taxes) Tax policy joined at the hip. (i.d.) He disapproved, can this one stick? (Choice) And another battle, different stakes. Watch now

March 22, 2013 (Taxes) It seems all but certain we'll be paying less taxes, but who is 'we'? (HB1418) It's a kind of tax bill, has the governor stopped it? (Xchange) Again we ask, is the deal done? (i.d.) And again, emotional arguments on the floor. Watch now

March 15, 2013 (Taxes) The governor says there's no room for any of them but they keep coming. (Health) The deal seems close to being done, with the GOP driving it. (i.d.) Emotional pleas on both sides, and the specter of litigation. (Budget) And in the other Capitol, an olive leaf leaves most Arkansans cold. Watch now

March 8, 2013 (Medicaid) An illusion? A mirage? A kumbaya moment on the capitol steps. (12 & 20) Inside the Capitol two vetoes and two overrides. (Budget) And now it's money time, with more on the floor than the governor can abide. Watch now

March 1, 2013 (Deal?) Is it a breakthrough, and is it any longer about Medicaid? ($150M?) Now another showdown, this one over taxes. (Cap?) And possibly another, is it fiscal discipline or folly? (Clubbed?) And bipartisanship of a different order, two Arkansas incumbents in the crosshairs. Watch now

Arkansas Week Special Edition with Senator John Boozman Steve Barnes interviews U.S. Senator John Boozman (R) about the budget, taxes and other economic issues facing Congress. Watch now

February 22, 2013 (GOPower) The hot-button issues, the Republicans firmly in control. (Medicaid) the clock's ticking, will it run out on the administration's biggest bill? (Beebe) Outnumbered and thus far out-maneuvered, how much muscle can the governor muster? (GOP) And a Republican primary, in the current climate, how much trouble for a front-runner? Watch now

February 15, 2013 (Scaled) Your kid and the cost of college, maybe more than you'd planned. (GOPower) The social and cultural agenda, it moes ahead. (Redux) A tougher ethics code, can a term limits twist make a difference? (SOTU) And the Obama agenda, how little will the Arkansas Six play ball? Watch now

February 8, 2013 (GOPower) The legislature and the conservative political agenda. (Medicaid) To expand or no, yet another twist. (Numbers) The state treasury, not the worst but not the best. (UAF/FOI) And a flagship campus, and its red ink. Watch now

February 1, 2013 (Steel) Is northeast Arkansas the new Pittsburg? (Schools) Doeling rallies, another signal of the struggle ahead. (Audit) The Medicaid debate, is a state agency being politicized? (Dems) And the campaign to succeed Mike Beebe, is it anybody's game? Watch now

January 24, 2013 (Week 2) Medicaid: the legislative looking for what the executive says isn't there. (Agenda) The social issues: on track and more bills certain to follow. (Debt) Our men in Washington: mellowing, or regrouping? (Redder?) And the next four years: will the Obama tenure push Arkansas steadily starboard? Watch now

Special Edition with Senator Mark Pryor Steve Barnes interviews U.S. Senator Mark Pryor (D) about issues concerning the fiscal cliff deal and other economic challenges that lie ahead in Congress. Watch now

January 18, 2013 (Week 1) The first one was a short one, but not without some significance. (2nd Floor) From the executive, another bid for a Medicaid deal. (3rd Floor) From the legislative, continued suspicion. (Schools) And from the judicial, back to schools. Watch now

January 11, 2013 Here they come, and there it is, the issue of legislative session. The colossus of Bentonville, on guns, on health care, on the firing line. Public trust, an initiative, an investigation, a press conference. And in Washington no aye's and no apologies. Watch now

January 4, 2013 (89th) With only days remaining before a new day at the Arkansas Captirol, is the nation's capitol instructive? (Medicaid) The dominant issue, fiscal and philosophical. Is there any early consensus? (Dollars) How will December's lackluster tax report shape the session? (113th) And how will the other session, already underway, already contentious? Watch now