Monday, July 17, 2006
Monday mourning
Arkansans are mourning he death of Lieutenant Governor Win Paul Rockefeller who passed away Sunday morning at UAMS after a year long battle with a rare blood disease.
The Democrat-Gazette reports on a state audit showing substantial payments by several school districts for superintendent’s annuities and insurance beyond what employees receive. This has brought about some discussion of bringing back a proposal to make all local superintendents state employees.
Among Democratic senators, only Ben Nelson of Nebraska has supported President Bush more often than Mark Pryor, a new tally shows. The ranking is from VoteTracker, a congressional vote-tabulation service. Pryor votes with Bush 73.1 percent of the time. Blanche Lincoln, sides with Bush 66.2 percent of the time
Attorneys for Republican Gov. Mike Huckabee formally declared their intent Friday to challenge a Pulaski County Circuit judge’s order that the governor must make public the resignation letter of Lary Zeno and a related investigation into the former Parole Board vice chairman’s official conduct.
Former Republican Congressman Tommy Robinson and his son, Greg Robinson, surrendered to Brinkley police Friday afternoon on charges arising from a confrontation at a local restaurant with a creditor involved in the elder Robinson’s personal bankruptcy case.
The discovery of a body in a creek Saturday morning has pushed Little Rock’s homicide total for 2006 to 38.
The Pine Bluff Commercial reports that construction on the Jefferson County jail is on schedule and it is expected to be open for prisoners by the first of the year.
St. Francis County officials are still wrestling with problems from the latest elections. Arnell Willis will receive a refund of more than $1800 of th3 $3,000 he paid for a recount of the primary results in Senate District 16 race. Judy Armstrong, election coordinator, reports 173 missing ballots from the June runoff. Lawsuits have been filed contesting the May 23rd. primary and the June 13 runoff.
After the certification of last week’s bond election in Springdale, an announcement is expected this week naming the current Wichita Wranglers as the new AA baseball team in Northwest Arkansas.
Hector’ school district is considering whether raising the millage. According to a report in the Russellville Courier, school board vice-President Terry Epperson told patrons that the only way to avoid consolidation is to build a new gymnasium.
People who want to take an active role in their city government can begin Thursday when filing for municipal elected positions. The filing period ends at noon Aug. 9.
The Democrat-Gazette reports on a state audit showing substantial payments by several school districts for superintendent’s annuities and insurance beyond what employees receive. This has brought about some discussion of bringing back a proposal to make all local superintendents state employees.
Among Democratic senators, only Ben Nelson of Nebraska has supported President Bush more often than Mark Pryor, a new tally shows. The ranking is from VoteTracker, a congressional vote-tabulation service. Pryor votes with Bush 73.1 percent of the time. Blanche Lincoln, sides with Bush 66.2 percent of the time
Attorneys for Republican Gov. Mike Huckabee formally declared their intent Friday to challenge a Pulaski County Circuit judge’s order that the governor must make public the resignation letter of Lary Zeno and a related investigation into the former Parole Board vice chairman’s official conduct.
Former Republican Congressman Tommy Robinson and his son, Greg Robinson, surrendered to Brinkley police Friday afternoon on charges arising from a confrontation at a local restaurant with a creditor involved in the elder Robinson’s personal bankruptcy case.
The discovery of a body in a creek Saturday morning has pushed Little Rock’s homicide total for 2006 to 38.
The Pine Bluff Commercial reports that construction on the Jefferson County jail is on schedule and it is expected to be open for prisoners by the first of the year.
St. Francis County officials are still wrestling with problems from the latest elections. Arnell Willis will receive a refund of more than $1800 of th3 $3,000 he paid for a recount of the primary results in Senate District 16 race. Judy Armstrong, election coordinator, reports 173 missing ballots from the June runoff. Lawsuits have been filed contesting the May 23rd. primary and the June 13 runoff.
After the certification of last week’s bond election in Springdale, an announcement is expected this week naming the current Wichita Wranglers as the new AA baseball team in Northwest Arkansas.
Hector’ school district is considering whether raising the millage. According to a report in the Russellville Courier, school board vice-President Terry Epperson told patrons that the only way to avoid consolidation is to build a new gymnasium.
People who want to take an active role in their city government can begin Thursday when filing for municipal elected positions. The filing period ends at noon Aug. 9.
