LITTLE ROCK — Gov. Mike Beebe said today he has a “natural reluctance” toward extending police powers to the state lottery.

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LITTLE ROCK — Wetland restoration projects in seven Mississippi River Basin states will receive $32 million, including $5.4 million in Arkansas, U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today.

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LANGLEY — Part of the Albert Pike Recreation Area where 20 people drowned in 2010 is reopening for day use.

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NASHVILLE — Department store owner Dillard's is laying off 125 workers in Nashville as it moves online fulfillment to a central Arkansas center.

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LITTLE ROCK — In an election-eve appeal to voters, Secretary of State Mark Martin’s office today urged Arkansas residents to double-check their voter information before heading to the polls for Tuesday’s state primaries.

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LITTLE ROCK — Curt Bradbury, chief operating officer of investment banking firm Stephens Inc. of Little Rock, and Benton Police Chief Kirk Lane were honored Monday with the 2012 Marie Interfaith Civic Leadership Award for their efforts to combat prescription drug abuse by teenagers.

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LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Lottery Commission decided today to renew its request for police powers for the state lottery program.

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LITTLE ROCK — Maumelle police said today they are investigating a woman's report that former middleweight champion Jermain Taylor sexually assaulted her.

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NORPHLET — Officials say three people are dead following an explosion at an abandoned oil well in southern Arkansas.

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LITTLE ROCK — A state legislator’s wife recently fired from a $60,000-a-year job at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences because her employment violated state law could reapply but would have to receive a waiver to go back to work, a UAMS spokeswoman said today.

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