Michael Wickline
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Even-year session creates odd pickle
Lawmakers not sure what to take up
Posted: November 22, 2009 5:47 a.m.
With the state’s first “fiscal” legislative session less than three months away, lawmakers are divided on whether to expand its scope beyond budget items.
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Senator: Cuts leave schools holding tab for heart devices
Posted: November 21, 2009 6:03 a.m.
The legislator who sponsored a law calling for schools to have defibrillators said Friday that he worries that state budget cuts last month may force school districts to buy them instead.
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Pension system’s returns at 12.3%
Posted: November 19, 2009 5:04 a.m.
The Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System reaped the benefits of resurgent stock markets in the past quarter, system trustees learned Wednesday.
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Speaker Wills acting governor for 1st time
Posted: November 19, 2009 4:13 a.m.
House Speaker Robbie Wills, D-Conway, is acting governor for the first time, a spokesman for Gov. Mike Beebe said Wednesday.
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State lottery to offer Mega Millions shot
2nd multistate game set for January
Posted: November 18, 2009 5:49 a.m.
The Arkansas Lottery Commission on Tuesday authorized the lottery to begin selling tickets to a second multistate jackpot game.
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Panel denies damages to firms in street-closure case
Posted: November 17, 2009 5:06 a.m.
A legislative panel on Monday narrowly upheld the Arkansas Claims Commission’s decision to deny $270,000 in damages from the state to two Little Rock firms that contend the value of their properties fell after the state closed a street access to a highway.
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Teacher system director praised
He’s cleaning up mess, panel told
Posted: November 14, 2009 7:14 a.m.
The Arkansas Teacher Retirement System’s executive director is “cleaning up” problems exposed in a recent audit, the chairman of the system’s board of trustees told lawmakers Friday.
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Mishandled funds focus of inquiry, auditor says
Posted: November 14, 2009 7:11 a.m.
The Arkansas State Police is investigating unauthorized and undocumented disbursements of more than $45,000 from the Arkansas Dance Team Association and the misappropriation of more than $14,000 in Paris School District activity funds, a state auditor told lawmakers Friday.
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Athletic outlays up $4.4 million at universities
Schools’ total about $105 million
Posted: November 14, 2009 7:07 a.m.
Athletic expenses at the state’s colleges and universities increased about $4.4 million last fiscal year to $105 million, a deputy director of the state Department of Higher Education said Friday.
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Audit: Standardize tobacco fund tracking
Posted: November 14, 2009 7:06 a.m.
The recipients of tobacco settlement proceeds have varied accounting systems and formats for providing information, and that’s inhibiting the ability of lawmakers to oversee the money, a state auditor told lawmakers Friday.
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