Mike Beebe News

As our area's legislating team heads to the Capitol Monday for the purpose of considering Gov.

For the second time, the Arkansas General Assembly will convene in a fiscal session starting Monday at noon.

Gov. Mike Beebe said Arkansas was competing for a new Caterpillar hydraulic excavator manufacturing operation that could employ up to 1,400 workers.

Arkansas lawmakers will convene on Monday, Feb. 13, at noon in the state capitol to convene the second fiscal session.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Arkansas Secretary of State Mark Martin argued Friday that even though he doesn't support an east Arkansas state Senate district's new boundaries, it's too late to change them in response to a federal lawsuit.

A state senator said today he would make another run at diverting unused state tobacco settlement money to fund drug courts after hearing judge's frustration over a lack of funding to treat rather than incarcerate some nonviolent offenders.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Longtime Arkansas state Forester John Shannon announced his resignation Friday after a legislative audit questioned financial practices at the Arkansas Forestry Commission that led to the layoff of 34 employees.

Health care providers across Arkansas are set to share information electronically.

Arkansas lawmakers are reviewing what caused the $4 million budget shortfall that led the Forestry Commission to lay off 34 employees this year.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Drug courts around the state are legislatively authorized for the purpose of reducing crime and prison overcrowding.

A resolution filed today in the Legislature asks lawmakers to consider a non-appropriation bill in the upcoming fiscal session that would repeal a tax break for truckers.

Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe says he's content to have his deputy chief of staff keep running the state Economic Development Commission but isn't ready to name him the permanent director of the agency.

I have had a numbers of readers ask me this afternoon: how does someone suddenly find a half-million dollars in their departmental budget?A And I tell them, I have no idea but sign me up! I could use the money.

Police arrested Warren Fyfe, who is employed at Ramay Junior High School, Wednesday after he reportedly exercised nude in front of a window in his home.

The Arkansas Lottery Commission, in an attempt to deflect criticism it received in the past for former top officials' six-figure salaries, set new salary limits Monday for its next director.

According to Lt. Terry Hastings of the Little Rock Police Department, a black male wearing a red shirt and red jacket was seen fleeing the scene.

Fifteen Arkansas Forestry Commission firefighters who lost their jobs amid a financial fiasco within the agency will soon be back at work.

Gov. Mike Beebe said Wednesday there "absolutely" is a chance Caterpillar could locate a manufacturing operation in Fort Smith - possibly in the large manufacturing plant Whirlpool is expected to vacate after mid-2012. Beebe, speaking in the latest installment of "Talk Politics" with Roby Brock, said in the Ustream television interview that ... (more)

This morning, Feb. 8, at 10 a.m., Talk Business & Politics will launch its latest installment of "Talk Politics," our Q&A session with Gov.

If the question before state legislators is, "How much money should schools get?" then the answer the past few years has been pretty easy to predict: "More." Such is the case again as the state Legislature prepares to convene its fiscal session in Little Rock on Feb.