Thursday, August 16, 2012
Arkansas Politics Beebe releases $2 million for drought aid
Posted by Max Brantley on Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 6:27 AM
I couldn't help but notice the cheering from Republican legislators on Twitter for this government handout of taxpayer money. Take $3 billion out of the system by ending the income tax, as the state Republican Party platform urges, and these little handouts might be harder to make.
Speaking of...
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Beebe names Charles Robinson, former state audit director, state treasurer
May 29, 2013Gov. Mike Beebe today announced that he'd appointed Charles Robinson, retired director of legislative audit, to complete the term of State Treasurer Martha Shoffner, who resigned after being charged with a federal crime for taking payments from a securities salesman to whom she'd directed a disproportionate share of her office's state investments. /more/
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Gov. Beebe tomorrow: New state treasurer, Dassault Falcon announcement
May 28, 2013Gov. Mike Beebe will makes some news Wednesday morning. 1) For one thing, he'll appoint someone to serve as state treasurer through 2014. /more/
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The 2013 legislature closes quietly
May 17, 2013The House and Senate convened briefly this morning and adjourned the 2013 General Assembly sine die. /more/
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Block that cliche: Beebe on the 2014 race for governor
May 9, 2013Channel 4 has posted an interview with Gov. Mike Beebe on the race to succeed him in 2014: Variously, he said: * It will be a "donnybrook." /more/
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David Stewart to fill Fayetteville judge seat
May 9, 2013David Stewart, retired director of the state Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission and a former municipal judge in Little Rock, has been appointed by Gov. Mike Beebe to serve as Washington County District Court judge in Fayetteville until a successor can be elected to replace the late Rudy Moore Jr., who died last month. /more/
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Obamacare application simplified
April 30, 2013The Washington Post's Wonkblog reports that the feds have developed a simpler application for health coverage under the federal Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare. /more/
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UPDATE: Beebe vetoes partisan election oversight bills
April 23, 2013Gov. Mike Beebe cleared his desk of pending legislation today, signing all but thyree bills by Sen. Bryan King to put more power over election oversight in the office of secretary of state, now held by Republican Mark Martin. /more/
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What, me worry? Beebe to sign tax cuts
April 19, 2013Gov. Mike Beebe said today that he'd sign a raft of tax cut bills — heavily tilted toward the wealthy — that could reduce state income by $140 million or more in three years. /more/
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Gov. Beebe, Speaker Carter prefer climactic Medicaid vote Friday, but ....
April 11, 2013The deciding influence on holdout Republicans on Medicaid expansion lies more in the hands of Republican colleagues than in the governor's office, unlike some mighty legislative cliffhangers of years past. /more/
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Medicaid: Arkansas is the buzz
April 8, 2013Politico writes in some depth about the shift in Republican leadership thinking — with some mostly Deep South exceptions — in favor of accepting the medical coverage expansion provided by Obamacare, but shaping it in ways more palatable to conservative thinking. /more/
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Police arrest third man in car burglary that led to shooting
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Robert Keenan says no link between his firm, salesman and charge against Martha Shoffner
I've already mentioned this in the main item about the charge against Martha Shoffner, but I thought it was worth a separate mention given rampant speculation on who the government's confidential source in the securities business was that made payments to Shoffner and then wore a wire to gather incriminating information.
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