Arkansas
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My favorite side effects of the ivory-bill discovery
Best local creation to emerge from the recent discovery of the ivory-billed woodpecker in Arkansas: a haircut that pays tribute. For $25, you too can sport a moussed mohawk painted red, white, and black.
Second best: the ivory-billed cheeseburger. Um ... gross.
And finally, best factoid to surface in the media hype: the former name of bird town Brinkley, Ak., is Lick Skillet.
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Arkansas of the Covenant
Arkansas is poised to consider an innovative plan to create an “alternative fuels” tax on electricity and gas users in the state. Under the plan, which state Rep. Herschel Cleveland (D) said yesterday that he would introduce to the state assembly early next year, residents would be charged a 25-cent tax on each of their […]