The open line includes a farewell to 2016, which began with the death of Dale Bumpers and, in several respects, went further downhill. A Politico tribute to Bumpers wonders if his model could succeed ...

Former Democratic Sen. Dale Bumpers died in his Arkansas home at the age of 90 late Friday night, according to local reports. Bumpers served in the Senate from 1975 until 1999 after serving two terms ...

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Former President Bill Clinton and former Governor and U.S. Sen. David Pryor described Dale Bumpers at his memorial service Sunday afternoon as a man they aspired to emulate. A former governor and U.S.

A fine service was held for the late Sen. Dale Bumpers at First United Methodist Church in downtown Little Rock today. Funny, upbeat, positive. The prelude included, with brass voice, “We Shall ...

The year was 1970 and a hot campaign was being conducted by a group of Democrats trying to replace the incumbent Governor Winthrop Rockefeller. The group of Democrats included former Governor Orval ...

Dale Bumpers, a former Arkansas governor and U.S. senator who drew national attention for his defense of Bill Clinton during the president's impeachment trial, has died. His son, Brent Bumpers, says ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Numerous political leaders are remembering former Arkansas governor and Sen. Dale Bumpers following Bumpers' death at age 90. His family announced his passing on January 1: It ...

The one-lawyer town to which Dale Bumpers refers in the title of his memoir is Charleston, a hamlet in Arkansas about 150 miles west-northwest of Little Rock. It had fewer than 1,000 residents when ...

Betty Bumpers, a former Arkansas first lady who advocated for childhood immunizations nationwide and pushed for limiting nuclear arms proliferation, has died. She was 93. Bumpers, long married to ...