Thursday, July 06, 2006
Thursday Sunrise Stuff
The Governor and Mrs. Huckabee have purhchased a 4600 square foot home in North Little Rock’s Shady Valley neighborhood for $525,000. The Arkansas Times blog reports that the home has two kitchens, 4 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 2 half-baths, a deck and a swimming pool.
State lawmakers will have an estimated $721 million in surplus funds to spend when they meet in the 2007 legislative session, according to the latest state report.
The governor says he it would be “inexcusable” not to refund part of the state budget surplus to taxpayers. Huckabee said he supports retaining a portion of the surplus for a "rainy day fund" to be used for essential state services in the event of an economic downturn.
Republican attorney general's candidate Gunner DeLay says that as the state's chief legal officer he would sue employers who hire illegal immigrants to recoup the cost of any Medicaid benefits granted to the workers.
Federal and state officials have entered the investigation of the stabbing death of Mountain Home urologist, Dr. David Milstein. Over the holiday weekend, search warrants were served on a home and automobile at an undisclosed location. Milstein’s widow is Lois Parks of Little Rock. The murder of her first husband, Jerry Parks, in 1993, is still unsolved and was the topic of many Whitewater related conspiracy theories.
Pine Bluff Police say a suspected rapist is on the run. Fox 16 reports that investigators are looking for Calvin Young, the man they say attacked and raped his estranged wife in front of her young child. The suspect may be armed with an assault rifle and should be considered very dangerous.
A 19-yearold Hot Springs man, Michael David Crump, is dead from injuries suffered after he apparently fell off a vehicle. According to reports, he was on top of a car, but suffered what looked like severe road abrasions and other injuries. An autopsy is planned.
A Springdale doctor, Dr. Stephen Van Ore, is facing charges of terroristic threatening after he tried to pull a gun on his employer, a police report says. No one was injured in the incident at the Springdale Metro Clinic.
A fireworks display technician was severely injured during Monday's fireworks display at Centennial Valley Country Club. The individual worked for Arkansas Pyrotechnics.
The Arkansas Bank Department has sued an industrial development company that represents 11 central Arkansas counties, seeking to close the business because its financial condition was found unreliable in an audit. The Arkansas Valley Regional Industrial Development Co. claimed it had assets of more than $32 million in 2004, but the Bank Department says Arkansas Valley’s “affairs are in an unsafe and unsound condition and its assets are impaired.”
The future of a hotel and condominium development proposed along Dickson Street rests in the hands of the Fayetteville City Council. The project was denied by the city Planning Commission, and the developers have appealed that decision to the council. The council will hear that appeal today.
State lawmakers will have an estimated $721 million in surplus funds to spend when they meet in the 2007 legislative session, according to the latest state report.
The governor says he it would be “inexcusable” not to refund part of the state budget surplus to taxpayers. Huckabee said he supports retaining a portion of the surplus for a "rainy day fund" to be used for essential state services in the event of an economic downturn.
Republican attorney general's candidate Gunner DeLay says that as the state's chief legal officer he would sue employers who hire illegal immigrants to recoup the cost of any Medicaid benefits granted to the workers.
Federal and state officials have entered the investigation of the stabbing death of Mountain Home urologist, Dr. David Milstein. Over the holiday weekend, search warrants were served on a home and automobile at an undisclosed location. Milstein’s widow is Lois Parks of Little Rock. The murder of her first husband, Jerry Parks, in 1993, is still unsolved and was the topic of many Whitewater related conspiracy theories.
Pine Bluff Police say a suspected rapist is on the run. Fox 16 reports that investigators are looking for Calvin Young, the man they say attacked and raped his estranged wife in front of her young child. The suspect may be armed with an assault rifle and should be considered very dangerous.
A 19-yearold Hot Springs man, Michael David Crump, is dead from injuries suffered after he apparently fell off a vehicle. According to reports, he was on top of a car, but suffered what looked like severe road abrasions and other injuries. An autopsy is planned.
A Springdale doctor, Dr. Stephen Van Ore, is facing charges of terroristic threatening after he tried to pull a gun on his employer, a police report says. No one was injured in the incident at the Springdale Metro Clinic.
A fireworks display technician was severely injured during Monday's fireworks display at Centennial Valley Country Club. The individual worked for Arkansas Pyrotechnics.
The Arkansas Bank Department has sued an industrial development company that represents 11 central Arkansas counties, seeking to close the business because its financial condition was found unreliable in an audit. The Arkansas Valley Regional Industrial Development Co. claimed it had assets of more than $32 million in 2004, but the Bank Department says Arkansas Valley’s “affairs are in an unsafe and unsound condition and its assets are impaired.”
The future of a hotel and condominium development proposed along Dickson Street rests in the hands of the Fayetteville City Council. The project was denied by the city Planning Commission, and the developers have appealed that decision to the council. The council will hear that appeal today.
