LITTLE ROCK — Going into the fiscal session that begins Monday, leaders of the Legislature expect to wrap up business with time to spare even though lawmakers are likely to stray from a budget-only agenda.

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LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Lottery Commission today picked Bishop Woosley, the lottery's chief legal counsel, to be the state's new lottery director.

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LITTLE ROCK — A Hamburg woman is the latest person to win $1 million playing the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery, lottery officials said today.

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LITTLE ROCK — Embattled Arkansas Forestry Commission Director John Shannon announced his resignation today after state auditors released a report sharply critical of his management of the agency’s finances.

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LITTLE ROCK — The National Weather Service says a winter storm is expected to bring snow, sleet and freezing rain to parts of Arkansas on Monday.

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LITTLE ROCK — A state senator said today he would make another run at diverting unused state tobacco settlement money to fund drug courts after hearing judge’s frustration over a lack of funding to treat rather than incarcerate some nonviolent offenders.

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LITTLE ROCK — Six Arkansas properties have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the state Historic Preservation Program announced Friday.

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LITTLE ROCK — The board of directors of Russellville-based Child Development Inc. is working to make sure employees of its child care centers have insurance coverage, a spokeswoman said today.

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JACKSONVILLE — First lady Michelle Obama visited Little Rock Air Force Base today to announce the expansion of a pilot program, first launched at the Jacksonville base and five others, aimed at serving more nutritious foods to military personnel and their families.

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LITTLE ROCK — A resolution filed today in the Legislature asks lawmakers to consider a non-appropriation bill in the upcoming fiscal session that would repeal a tax break for truckers.

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