Wednesday, March 15, 2006

Wednesday Workout

Today’s Democrat-Gazette reports that Gov. Mike Huckabee says that fellow Republican Asa Hutchinson should be elected as his successor to continue reforming state government and guard against corruption returning to state government. “I can’t help but wonder what do they want to take it back to,” Huckabee said at a Hutchinson fundraiser. “Back to the days when folks like [former state Senator] Nick Wilson were taking millions of your tax money and putting it into personal pockets?”

The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas reports that a circuit glitch in the radar system at Little Rock National Airport has caused nightly disruptions in the flow of air traffic information since Thanksgiving, according to an official of the nation's largest aviation technicians union. Kori Blalock, of the Washington, D.C.-based Professional Airways Systems Specialists union, said federal officials and a private contractor have been indifferent toward alleviating the potential danger at Arkansas' largest commercial airport.

The Stephens Media Group Washington DC Bureau has this one. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., says she walked away from a meeting Tuesday with the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency with no commitment on what the agency plans to do with thousands of manufactured homes sitting idle in Hope

Beverly Enterprises Inc. of Fort Smith has ompleted its merger with Fillmore Capital Partners affiliate Pearl Senior Care for $12.50 per share. Beverly has threatened to move the corporate headquarters and 600 jobs out of Arkansas without special tort reform legislation.

The Pulaski County sheriff’s office announced Tuesday that it had suspended two people without pay after they were found responsible for the accidental release of a murder suspec

More than 80 percent of voters approved a plan to refinance the North Little Rock School District’s debt to free up about $6.4 million for building projects districtwide.

Central Arkansas should market itself as a sports destination, investment banker Warren Stephens said during a Little Rock Rotary luncheon Tuesday.

Gov. Mike Huckabee handed the deeds for armories in DeWitt, Lake Village, Marianna, McGehee and Piggott to the mayors of those towns Tuesday.

The Air Force's first female Thunderbird pilot will make her public flight debut this month by zooming over Fort Smith. Capt. Nicole Malachowski, a Las Vegas resident, is eager to join her flight team at the Fort Smith Regional Air Show on March 25-26. The show will be the Thunderbirds' first 2006 appearance.

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