Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Tuesday Morning Arkansas Update
Beverly Enterprises Inc. of Fort Smith said Monday that it has a new buyer, Fillmore Strategic Investors, which will pay $12.50 per share for the nursing home chain, or $1.59 billion.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. charged the wrong price to shoppers in California and the Midwest at a rate that exceeds those set by federal guidelines, according to two union-commissioned university studies released Monday. Attorneys general in Illinois and California said the reports raised serious concerns.
The Arkansas attorney general's office on Monday set the formal wording for a proposal to let charitable organizations conduct bingo games and raffles that are currently prohibited under the state constitution.
Pulaski County Judge Buddy Villines rejected a $1 million proposal from eight mayors to add 160 beds to the county jail and stave off plans to shrink the inmate population, saying the county does not have the cash to maintain more than 800 beds.
The Pine Bluff City Council approved the payment of $103,044 in delinquent 911 bills for the months of September and October, averting layoffs at the Metropolitan Emergency Communications Association.
The Pine Bluff Commercial has a feature on hurricane victims rush to beat a December 1 FEMA ultimatum to move out of motels. FEMA has extended the deadline in Louisiana and Mississippi to December 15, and Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour says he will seek further extensions there.
After almost two months without a homicide, Pine Bluff police are investigating the deaths of two elderly women in separate incidents over a six-hour period Saturday night and early Sunday morning.
A temporary ice rink being installed in downtown Hot Springs is on schedule to open Friday.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. charged the wrong price to shoppers in California and the Midwest at a rate that exceeds those set by federal guidelines, according to two union-commissioned university studies released Monday. Attorneys general in Illinois and California said the reports raised serious concerns.
The Arkansas attorney general's office on Monday set the formal wording for a proposal to let charitable organizations conduct bingo games and raffles that are currently prohibited under the state constitution.
Pulaski County Judge Buddy Villines rejected a $1 million proposal from eight mayors to add 160 beds to the county jail and stave off plans to shrink the inmate population, saying the county does not have the cash to maintain more than 800 beds.
The Pine Bluff City Council approved the payment of $103,044 in delinquent 911 bills for the months of September and October, averting layoffs at the Metropolitan Emergency Communications Association.
The Pine Bluff Commercial has a feature on hurricane victims rush to beat a December 1 FEMA ultimatum to move out of motels. FEMA has extended the deadline in Louisiana and Mississippi to December 15, and Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour says he will seek further extensions there.
After almost two months without a homicide, Pine Bluff police are investigating the deaths of two elderly women in separate incidents over a six-hour period Saturday night and early Sunday morning.
A temporary ice rink being installed in downtown Hot Springs is on schedule to open Friday.
