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Jun 18, 2013 6:15pm
WALDRON — The widow of the Scott County sheriff who was killed during flooding in western Arkansas last month was sworn in Tuesday to serve out the remainder of her husband’s term.The Scott County Quorum Court voted unanimously Monday to appoint...
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Jun 18, 2013 5:29pm
WASHINGTON — Anti-tax advocates stood outside the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday and slammed legislation sponsored by Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, to require out-of-state merchants to collect sales tax on Internet purchases.
“This is a bad bill,”...
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Jun 18, 2013 5:13pm
LITTLE ROCK — A new report that grades states on the economic environments they offer for manufacturing and logistics gives Arkansas a C in both categories.
The 2013 Manufacturing and Logistics National Report, released Tuesday by the...
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Jun 18, 2013 4:29pm
LITTLE ROCK — Gov. Mike Beebe has sent a letter to President Obama requesting a disaster declaration for 12 counties hit by storms and flooding on May 30, the governor’s office said Tuesday.
Five people died and 18 were injured in the...
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Updated: Jun 18, 2013 3:44pm
LITTLE ROCK — Gov. Mike Beebe has decided to hold off on setting execution dates because of litigation over Arkansas’ execution law and problems with its death penalty protocol, a spokesman for the governor said Tuesday.
Attorney General...
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Updated: Jun 18, 2013 4:37pm
LITTLE ROCK — Attorneys general of 35 states and 65 members of the Arkansas General Assembly have joined Attorney General Dustin McDaniel in asking the Arkansas Supreme Court to uphold a $1.2 billion judgment against a pharmaceutical company,...
