Wednesday, May 24, 2006
The Day After
Problems with new voting equipment have delayed tabulation of votes in at least one Arkansas county. According to KATV Channel 7, Phillips County election officials put a note on the courthouse door in Helena-West Helena yesterday evening saying they would be unable to count ballots until tomorrow. Election Systems and Software plans to reprogram a computer chip and deliver it to Helena today.
Dustin McDaniel seems headed to a runoff with Paul Suskie in the Democratic primary for Attorney General. McDaniel has 38% and Suskie 32% in latest returns.
With around 90% or precincts checking in, it appears that Democratic Lieutenant Governor front-runner Bill Halter will be in a runoff with Tim Woodridge.
Just under 90% of the votes are tallied in the Republican Lieutenant Governor Primary and it appears that Jim Holt will win the party nomination without a runoff. He apparently beat Chuck Banks and Doug Matayo.
Paul Danielson and Don Corbin have won their races for Arkansas Supreme Court.
Martha Shoffner and Mac Campbell appears to be headed for a runoff in the Democratic Primary for State Treasurer.
In the Second Congressional District, Andy Mayberry defeated Tom Formicola in the Republican primary with 77% or the vote.
Rep. Bill Pritchard of Elkins was leading former state House member and U.S. Senate candidate Jim Bob Duggar in the Republican primary for the state Senate District 35 seat. The winner will face Democrat Lynn Carver of Springdale in the November general election.
Fort Smith voters passed measures to extend local sales taxes for wastewater and public safety improvements, however, proposals for a new city hall and sports complex were soundly defeated.
A 10-month old is dead and the child's North Little Rock home daycare is forced to close its doors indefinitely. Police arrived just after 11:30 Tuesday morning and discovered that the child was not breathing. The daycare, which had nine children at the time, was apparently not properly licensed.
Arkansas' standards for measuring student proficiency in reading and math have dramatically improved in recent years, a state-by-state report card that an education group released Tuesday showed. The Hoover Institution's report card gives Arkansas a B-minus for the strength of its standards, a 10.8 percent change from the state's ranking a year ago.
The hearing originally set for Tuesday on the Paron school will be held in June in order to give the parties time to prepare.
The Phillips County sheriff told the Democrat-Gazette Tuesday that he was following a judge’s orders by refusing to say who he had arrested so far on warrants arising from a grand jury investigation. A grand jury returned 35 indictments Friday.
As high gasoline prices continue to plague consumers, Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., was among senators on Tuesday calling for stronger federal laws to guard against price gouging in the oil and gas industry.
A pair of environmental groups trying to stop the construction of a shopping center in North Little Rock wetlands have asked a judge to reconsider the dismissal of their lawsuit. The Arkansas Nature Alliance and the Audubon Society of Central Arkansas filed the motion to reconsider Tuesday. U.S. District Judge George Howard Jr. ruled May 9 the groups did not have standing in the case. The $130 million shopping cente, part of a taxpayer subsidized TIF district, would be anchored by Arkansas’ first Bass Pro Shops store.
Opponents of expanding electronic gambling at Southland Greyhound Park in West Memphis and Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs said Tuesday they would appeal circuit court rulings favorable to the tracks to the Arkansas Supreme Court.
A Fort Smith charter bus company filed a federal lawsuit Monday against the Alma School District over what the company claims is unfair and illegal competition in the transportation business. The suit alleges that the school district has used motor coaches on trips not related to school to transport passengers within Arkansas and between Arkansas and other states, in exchange for compensation. The company claims the school district is trying to treat the motor coaches as school buses in order to take advantage of the special treatment given to school buses, such as “tax-free or reduced-tax fuel,” even though the vehicles do not meet the legal specifications of school buses.
Several Jonesboro citizens have enlisted a Christian Legal Service attorney to appeal a private club permit for Sheffield's Restaurant. Meanwhile, two more Jonesboro restaurants have applied for liquor licenses and an appeal of Outback’s Jonesboro permit is pending in Pulaski County Circuit Court.
Authorities were investigating the death of a Stephens man who died over the weekend after reportedly hitting his head while getting out of a hot tub.
Voters in Springdale will have the opportunity on July 11 to decide whether to add $50 million to the city's bond program to build a baseball stadium.
Dustin McDaniel seems headed to a runoff with Paul Suskie in the Democratic primary for Attorney General. McDaniel has 38% and Suskie 32% in latest returns.
With around 90% or precincts checking in, it appears that Democratic Lieutenant Governor front-runner Bill Halter will be in a runoff with Tim Woodridge.
Just under 90% of the votes are tallied in the Republican Lieutenant Governor Primary and it appears that Jim Holt will win the party nomination without a runoff. He apparently beat Chuck Banks and Doug Matayo.
Paul Danielson and Don Corbin have won their races for Arkansas Supreme Court.
Martha Shoffner and Mac Campbell appears to be headed for a runoff in the Democratic Primary for State Treasurer.
In the Second Congressional District, Andy Mayberry defeated Tom Formicola in the Republican primary with 77% or the vote.
Rep. Bill Pritchard of Elkins was leading former state House member and U.S. Senate candidate Jim Bob Duggar in the Republican primary for the state Senate District 35 seat. The winner will face Democrat Lynn Carver of Springdale in the November general election.
Fort Smith voters passed measures to extend local sales taxes for wastewater and public safety improvements, however, proposals for a new city hall and sports complex were soundly defeated.
A 10-month old is dead and the child's North Little Rock home daycare is forced to close its doors indefinitely. Police arrived just after 11:30 Tuesday morning and discovered that the child was not breathing. The daycare, which had nine children at the time, was apparently not properly licensed.
Arkansas' standards for measuring student proficiency in reading and math have dramatically improved in recent years, a state-by-state report card that an education group released Tuesday showed. The Hoover Institution's report card gives Arkansas a B-minus for the strength of its standards, a 10.8 percent change from the state's ranking a year ago.
The hearing originally set for Tuesday on the Paron school will be held in June in order to give the parties time to prepare.
The Phillips County sheriff told the Democrat-Gazette Tuesday that he was following a judge’s orders by refusing to say who he had arrested so far on warrants arising from a grand jury investigation. A grand jury returned 35 indictments Friday.
As high gasoline prices continue to plague consumers, Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., was among senators on Tuesday calling for stronger federal laws to guard against price gouging in the oil and gas industry.
A pair of environmental groups trying to stop the construction of a shopping center in North Little Rock wetlands have asked a judge to reconsider the dismissal of their lawsuit. The Arkansas Nature Alliance and the Audubon Society of Central Arkansas filed the motion to reconsider Tuesday. U.S. District Judge George Howard Jr. ruled May 9 the groups did not have standing in the case. The $130 million shopping cente, part of a taxpayer subsidized TIF district, would be anchored by Arkansas’ first Bass Pro Shops store.
Opponents of expanding electronic gambling at Southland Greyhound Park in West Memphis and Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs said Tuesday they would appeal circuit court rulings favorable to the tracks to the Arkansas Supreme Court.
A Fort Smith charter bus company filed a federal lawsuit Monday against the Alma School District over what the company claims is unfair and illegal competition in the transportation business. The suit alleges that the school district has used motor coaches on trips not related to school to transport passengers within Arkansas and between Arkansas and other states, in exchange for compensation. The company claims the school district is trying to treat the motor coaches as school buses in order to take advantage of the special treatment given to school buses, such as “tax-free or reduced-tax fuel,” even though the vehicles do not meet the legal specifications of school buses.
Several Jonesboro citizens have enlisted a Christian Legal Service attorney to appeal a private club permit for Sheffield's Restaurant. Meanwhile, two more Jonesboro restaurants have applied for liquor licenses and an appeal of Outback’s Jonesboro permit is pending in Pulaski County Circuit Court.
Authorities were investigating the death of a Stephens man who died over the weekend after reportedly hitting his head while getting out of a hot tub.
Voters in Springdale will have the opportunity on July 11 to decide whether to add $50 million to the city's bond program to build a baseball stadium.
