Beebe to answer Senate's steel-mill questions
By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
This article was published February 4, 2013 at 11:14 a.m.
PHOTO BY STEPHEN B. THORNTON
1/29/13 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/STEPHEN B. THORNTON Gov. Mike Beebe, left, and Big River Steel CEO John Correnti, right, talk Tuesday morning at the State Capitol during the announcement of the $1.1 billion Big River Steel plant to be built in Osceola. The "superproject" which could begin construction as early as August, will create 525 high paying jobs.
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Gov. Mike Beebe will appear before the Arkansas Senate at 1:30 p.m. today to answer questions about a proposed new steel mill.
The Senate will be meeting as a “committee of the whole,” which is less formal than a typical Senate session.
Arkansas Economic Development Commission Director Grant Tennille is also set to appear.
The governor also will also appear for a similar session in the House of Representatives at 2 p.m. Wednesday.
Beebe helped unveil plans for the Big River Steel Project last week; the huge undertaking is dependent on $125 million in state financing.
The governor is urging lawmakers to sign off on state aid for project.
The $1.1 billion plant, which is planned for Mississippi County, would create 525 jobs once it is operational.
Read tomorrow's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.
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BarichMilhusseinObamaNixonPOTUS says... February 4, 2013 at 11:55 a.m.
Governor Beebe populist and inquire will be there to tell you how gullible you are
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inquire says... February 4, 2013 at 12:09 p.m.
I wish I could be there! Ain'tNobody, you are gullible if you don't think that kind of pollution and track record is extremely serious. Maybe you're just a NIMBY. You don't care what people do to the earth as long as it isn't in your neighborhood. The earth is more interconnected than that. Read a little, please.
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Populist says... February 4, 2013 at 8:58 p.m.
I wish that I could have been there for the song and dance. When you make a deal with the devil, expect to get burned. I hope that there are some people in the legislature with the brains and the integrity to try to stop this funding of billionaires who pollute. If it is such a good deal, the billionaires should fund it themselves.
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