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Report gives Arkansas C’s for manufacturing, logistics
Arkansas Comments Jun 18, 2013 5:13pmLITTLE ROCK — A new report that grades states on the economic environments they offer for manufacturing and logistics gives Arkansas a C in both categories.
The 2013 Manufacturing and...
Beebe seeks federal disaster declaration for May 30 flooding
Arkansas Comments Jun 18, 2013 4:29pmLITTLE 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.
...Beebe won’t set execution dates for now
Arkansas Comments Updated: Jun 18, 2013 3:44pmLITTLE 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...
UPDATE AGs, legislators join McDaniel in defending judgment against drug maker
Arkansas Comments Updated: Jun 18, 2013 4:37pmLITTLE 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...
Walton Family Foundation awards $1.3 million in education grants
Arkansas Comments Jun 18, 2013 11:36amLITTLE 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...
Wright Signs With Mariners
Comments Jun 18, 2013 8:14amFAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas pitcher Tyler Wright has signed with the Seattle Mariners.
Seattle selected Wright in the 26th round of the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft earlier this month. He...
Wichita State Names Butler New Head Coach
Razorbacks Comments Jun 17, 2013 7:58amFAYETTEVILLE — Wichita State announced Arkansas assistant Todd Butler as its new head coach on Sunday.
Butler was tabbed to replace long-time coach Gene Stephenson, who was fired earlier...
Burkhalter: Mutual support far as Ross endorsement goes
Arkansas Comments Jun 17, 2013 6:42pmLITTLE 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...
Department of Correction to rewrite execution protocol
Arkansas Comments Updated: Jun 17, 2013 6:37pmLITTLE ROCK — The state Department of Correction will rewrite its execution protocol because the drugs it intended to use for lethal-injection procedures have become unavailable, a spokeswoman...
Oil companies flaunt state law in aftermath of Mayflower disaster
Roy Ockert Comments Updated: Jun 18, 2013 1:00amMost disturbing of the many allegations in a lawsuit filed jointly last week by Arkansas and the federal government in the Mayflower pipeline rupture is that the oil companies responsible for the...
