Fewer Arkansas graduating seniors enrolled in college last fall than in 2007… and the state lags nationally in sending students to college.from Channel 7

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Governor Mike Beebe says he"s optimistic that Arkansas can increase its agricultural exports to Cuba after a trade mission to the island nation.from Channel 7

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UPDATE - The report is posted on the FEC website.  It shows that in the first six months of 2009, HuckPAC raised $304,673, spent $326,589.56 on operations, and contributed $10,000 total to 7 Federal candidates. … According to a release this evening from Gov. Mike Huckabee’s Political Action Committee, HuckPAC has raised just over $300,000 for the [...]

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by Sen. Gilbert Baker State Sen. Gilbert Baker from Conway sends along his thoughts about the federal health care proposal. Baker is one of the plethora of candidates rumored to be considering running for U.S. Senate. Is he? Well, depends on who you ask. But he is sending out press releases on the federal healthcare proposal. For [...]

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Word on the street is that Family Research Council will begin running the above ad in Arkansas, encouraging people to call Sen. Blanche Lincoln and Sen. Mark Pryor to vote against the Federal Health Care Proposal.  The ad shows an elderly couple sitting at the kitchen table after being denied payment for surgery under the [...]

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At today’s Lottery Commission meeting, two things were apparent. Director Ernie Passailaigue has felt the pressure and is doing everything in his power to reduce cost, and he has no plans to slow down or push back the start date. At the meeting, Passailaigue outlined three proposals that could save the state up to $2 million [...]

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I took a break from my stake-out of the Lottery Commission offices to go get some more paper to compose a couple new FOI requests when I noticed that David Kinkade posted a complete run down of the Arkansas House legislative races. It appears that the lists shows the incumbent for each district, if the [...]

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I hate being the type of guy that says cock-a-doodle-doo and takes credit for the sun coming up. But just yesterday I asked where Bill Halter is on the lottery issue and today he is quoted in a story in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Looks like Halter did not have time to talk to the Tolbert [...]

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There was interesting editorial in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette today on the lack of Bill Halter in the press lately. It seems like you used to not be able to read a story on the lottery without having several quotes from the lieutenant governor sharing his views as the “Father of the Arkanas Lottery”. The [...]

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Over the weekend, I wrote an op-ed piece for the Arkansas News Bureau on the lottery.  The piece looks at the mistakes that have been made as legislators, commissioners, and now lottery employees have rushed to start the lottery as soon as possible. I invite you to read it on ArkansasNews.com or in your local newspaper.  [...]

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