Michael Wickline
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Endorsement creates heat for appointee
posted: 02/03/2012 4:27 a.m. Discuss
Ethics Commissioner Robert McCormack should stop his public support of state Rep. Linda Tyler for the state Senate and recuse from any matters that arise at the commission relating to her and the Senate District 35 race, the state Republican Party said Thursday.
Beebe requests surplus release
posted: 02/02/2012 4:58 a.m. Comments 7
Gov. Mike Beebe on Wednesday asked the Legislature to provide $30.5 million to supplement several agencies’ spending in the current fiscal year, including $2.666 million for the Arkansas Forestry Commission.
Bill expands Parole Board denial
posted: 02/02/2012 4:55 a.m. Discuss
State Sen. Jonathan Dismang, R-Searcy, said Wednesday that he wants the Legislature to pass a bill in this month’s fiscal session to give the Arkansas Board of Parole authority to deny parole to people convicted of felony sex offenses.
Cotton outraises 4th District foes
posted: 02/01/2012 6:29 a.m. Discuss
Congressional candidate Tom Cotton, a Republican from Dardanelle, raised more in contributions than either of his two Republican opponents in the 4th Congressional District in the last filing period, according to their latest campaign finance reports.
Legislators work on refilling forestry jobs
posted: 02/01/2012 5:58 a.m. Discuss
The Legislature’s Joint Budget Committee on Tuesday called on lawmakers to restore 20 positions at the Arkansas Forestry Commission in the next fiscal year as others brainstormed ways to pay for the positions as soon as possible.
Hyde accepts ethics rap for campaign lapse
posted: 01/31/2012 4:59 a.m. Discuss
State Rep. Barry Hyde, D-North Little Rock, has agreed to have the Arkansas Ethics Commission issue a public letter of caution to him and fine him $150 in the settlement of an ethics complaint initiated by the state Republican Party.
Lottery hedging its bets
posted: 01/29/2012 4:01 a.m. Discuss
As weathermen and other prognosticators know, predicting events is a field of endeavor with few guarantees, and the same is true with the Arkansas lottery. So a batch of what-if scenarios has been developed for the lottery’s college scholarship program.
Testimony stirs lottery scanner assurance
posted: 01/29/2012 3:55 a.m. Discuss
Testimony last week that a winning $1 million Arkansas Lottery ticket wasn’t shown to be a winner when it was checked on one of the lottery’s ticket scanners galvanized the lottery into giving public assurances that the scanners are reliable.
Lottery-ticket trial halts as lawyers talk
posted: 01/26/2012 5:58 a.m. Comments 5
A convenience store manager’s lawsuit contending that she should get a $1 million Arkansas lottery prize that was collected by another woman is merely a case of “envy and wishful thinking,” an attorney representing the prize collector told a judge here Wednesday as the case went to trial.
Forester quizzed on jobs’ return
posted: 01/24/2012 4:50 a.m. Discuss
Several lawmakers said Monday that they are interested in restoring some firefighter jobs at the Arkansas Forestry Commission in the next fiscal year, and one asked State Forester John Shannon to develop a plan for lawmakers to consider.
