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		<title>State lawmakers not giving up on raise for state workers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LITTLE ROCK — The co-chairmen of the legislative Joint Budget Committee said today that legislators have not given up on the idea of finding a way to provide a cost-of-living adjustment for state employees in the next fiscal year.]]></description>
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		<title>UPDATE State Supreme Court strikes down part of tort reform law</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LITTLE ROCK — The state Supreme Court struck down another provision of Arkansas’ tort reform law today.]]></description>
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		<title>Education chief urges against spending cuts for schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LITTLE ROCK — Any reduction in state funding for public schools would be a step back from Arkansas’ commitment to students, state Education Commissioner Tom Kimbrell told the legislative Joint Budget Committee today.]]></description>
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		<title>House speaker: Two proposed tax hikes for road improvements compatible</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:40:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LITTLE ROCK — Two tax hike proposals that would benefit state highways are compatible, not competing measures, the House speaker told city leaders from across the state today.]]></description>
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		<title>ADEQ director to ask EPA to withdraw plan to test Crooked Creek</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LITTLE ROCK — The head of the state pollution control agency said today she will request that plans to test for mineral pollutants along Crooked Creek in northern Arkansas be temporarily withdrawn.]]></description>
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		<title>Little Rock doctor appointed to Tobacco Settlement Commission</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:57:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas House Speaker Robert S. Moore Jr. said today he has appointed Dr. James B. Hazlewood to the state Tobacco Settlement Commission.]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Teaching licenses not targeting areas of greatest need</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 06:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LITTLE ROCK — The areas of licensure in which teachers are most needed in Arkansas are not the areas in which the most licenses are being issued, according to a report that suggests it may be difficult for some teachers to find work in the state because of their choice of subject.]]></description>
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		<title>Attorney general seeks to intervene in FOI lawsuit</title>
		<link>http://arkansasnews.com/2011/10/10/attorney-general-seeks-to-intervene-in-foi-lawsuit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:03:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jjefferson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LITTLE ROCK — Attorney General Dustin McDaniel today filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit that resulted in a ruling that portions of the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act are unconstitutional.]]></description>
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		<title>GOP, state chamber at odds on health insurance exchange grant</title>
		<link>http://arkansasnews.com/2011/10/02/gop-state-chamber-at-odds-on-health-insurance-exchange-grant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 06:03:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jlyon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LITTLE ROCK — The head of the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce says the business organization is disappointed that the state declined to apply for a multimillion-dollar federal grant to fund planning for a state health insurance exchange.]]></description>
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		<title>GOP lawmakers say no to health insurance exchange grant</title>
		<link>http://arkansasnews.com/2011/09/27/gop-lawmakers-say-no-to-health-insurance-exchange-grant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 22:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jlyon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LITTLE ROCK — Republican opposition today appeared to dim prospects that the state will apply for new federal funding to continue planning for a state health exchange as part of the federal health care overhaul.]]></description>
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