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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 severe weather...
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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,...
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Jun 18, 2013 12:47pm
WALDRON — The widow of the Scott County sheriff who was killed during flooding in western Arkansas last month will serve out the remainder of her husband’s term.
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Jun 18, 2013 11:36am
LITTLE ROCK — The Walton Family Foundation on Tuesday awarded $1.3 million in grants to two organizations seeking to improve the quality of public education in Arkansas.
The foundation awarded $875,000 to the Arkansas Advanced Initiative...
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Jun 17, 2013 6:42pm
LITTLE ROCK — Lieutenant governor candidate John Burkhalter said Monday he is friends with both Democratic candidates for governor, and his decision to endorse one over the other was based on a shared view on economic development.
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