Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Tuesday timeline
Governor Huckabee would like to call a special legislative session to begin on April 3 if lawmakers can reach consensus on responding to a state Supreme Court ruling.
Filing for statewide election begins today at the Secretary of State’s office at the capitol. The primary will be in May.
The U. S. Supreme refused without comment to hear an appeal of former Governor Jim Guy Tucker to his felony conviction. Whitewater prosecutors obtained a guilty plea to an activity that is not a crime.
Asa Hutchinson told the Springdale Rotary that if he is elected governor, any legislative attempts to weaken the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act would stop at him. He promised to convene a summit next year to strengthen the FOI.
GOP gubernatorial candidate Asa Hutchinson also called for Arkansas officials to enter the court battle between Oklahoma and Arkansas poultry producers over water quality. The U. S. Supreme Court has recently ruled that Arkansas does not have sanding in the case.
Advance America of Spartanburg, S.C., said in a Securities & Exchange Commission filing last week that it will cease pay lending operations in Arkansas. Advance also recently ceased operations in Pennsylvania after the FDIC announced stricter rules for payday lenders.
Rogers is growing and water rates will be going up 6.5% each year for the next three years if the results of a recent study are approved by the local Waterworks
The state Department of Highways and Transportation has completed the latest plans for the North Belt Freeway in Pulaski County and sent it on to Metroplan for final approval.
A twin-engine plane crashed and burned Monday in a cluster of theaters near the heart of Branson, killing all four people aboard.
Filing for statewide election begins today at the Secretary of State’s office at the capitol. The primary will be in May.
The U. S. Supreme refused without comment to hear an appeal of former Governor Jim Guy Tucker to his felony conviction. Whitewater prosecutors obtained a guilty plea to an activity that is not a crime.
Asa Hutchinson told the Springdale Rotary that if he is elected governor, any legislative attempts to weaken the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act would stop at him. He promised to convene a summit next year to strengthen the FOI.
GOP gubernatorial candidate Asa Hutchinson also called for Arkansas officials to enter the court battle between Oklahoma and Arkansas poultry producers over water quality. The U. S. Supreme Court has recently ruled that Arkansas does not have sanding in the case.
Advance America of Spartanburg, S.C., said in a Securities & Exchange Commission filing last week that it will cease pay lending operations in Arkansas. Advance also recently ceased operations in Pennsylvania after the FDIC announced stricter rules for payday lenders.
Rogers is growing and water rates will be going up 6.5% each year for the next three years if the results of a recent study are approved by the local Waterworks
The state Department of Highways and Transportation has completed the latest plans for the North Belt Freeway in Pulaski County and sent it on to Metroplan for final approval.
A twin-engine plane crashed and burned Monday in a cluster of theaters near the heart of Branson, killing all four people aboard.
