No one can deny it’s been a tough year economically, and this week, we learned of more layoffs Arkansans must endure. Navistar, which has made school buses in Conway for decades, announced that it will close its Faulkner County plant, affecting almost 500 employees. Paper-product manufacturer Georgia-Pacific also announced layoffs. Businesses, large and small, are [...]

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No one can deny it’s been a tough year economically, and this week, we learned of more layoffs Arkansans must endure. Navistar, which has made school buses in Conway for decades, announced that it will close its Faulkner County plant, affecting almost 500 employees. Paper-product manufacturer Georgia-Pacific also announced layoffs. Businesses, large [...]

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LITTLE ROCK – Governor Mike Beebe has ordered U.S. and Arkansas flags to be flown at half-staff until sunset on Friday in honor of those killed and wounded at Fort Hood in Texas on Thursday. “There is still much we don’t know about this terrible tragedy, but Arkansans join our fellow Americans who are grief-stricken by [...]

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LITTLE ROCK – Governor Mike Beebe has declared Arkansas, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun, Carroll, Chicot, Cleburne, Cleveland, Columbia, Conway, Cross, Dallas, Drew, Faulkner, Franklin, Fulton, Grant, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Lafayette, Lawrence, Lee, Lincoln, Logan, Lonoke, Marion, Miller, Monroe, Nevada, Newton, Ouachita, Poinsett, Prairie, Pulaski, Randolph, Saline, Scott, Sha…

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No one can deny it’s been a tough year economically, and this week, we learned of more layoffs Arkansans must endure. Navistar, which has made school buses in Conway for decades, announced that it will close its Faulkner County plant, affecting almost 500 employees. Paper-product manufacturer Georgia-Pacific also announced layoffs. Businesses, large and small, are [...]

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No one can deny it’s been a tough year economically, and this week, we learned of more layoffs Arkansans must endure. Navistar, which has made school buses in Conway for decades, announced that it will close its Faulkner County plant, affecting almost 500 employees. Paper-product manufacturer Georgia-Pacific also announced layoffs. Businesses, large [...]

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LITTLE ROCK – Governor Mike Beebe has ordered U.S. and Arkansas flags to be flown at half-staff until sunset on Friday in honor of those killed and wounded at Fort Hood in Texas on Thursday. “There is still much we don’t know about this terrible tragedy, but Arkansans join our fellow Americans who are grief-stricken by [...]

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STATE OF ARKANSAS OFFICE OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR CONTACT: Garry Hoffmann PHONE: 501-683-6970 E-MAIL: garry.hoffmann@arkansas.gov FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Halter Announces Toll-Free Patient Appointment Phone Line, Volunteer-Registration Web Site for Free Medical Clinic in LR LITTLE ROCK (November 2, 2009) – The National Association of Free Clinics (NAFC) has established a toll-fr…

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Governor Beebe helps commemorate November as Adoption Awareness Month while asking more Arkansas families to consider opening their homes and hearts to children who need permanent families.

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