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Seth Blomeley

Weiss focuses on Arkansas’ uneasy budget

State finance chief spent years in colonial Africa

By Seth Blomeley
Posted: November 15, 2009 3:35 a.m.

As a child, Richard Weiss was nearly trampled by a hippopotamus outside a leper colony.
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Police: Won’t fight ruling in ’05 gunfire

Claims panel awards injured man $750,000

By Seth Blomeley
Posted: November 15, 2009 3:33 a.m.

Arkansas State Police officials say they won’t fight a state Claims Commission finding that a trooper in 2005 wrongly shot a fleeing unarmed man in the back, leaving him paralyzed.
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Lawmaker pushes for strip mining in state

By Seth Blomeley
Posted: November 13, 2009 4:50 a.m.

A legislator from south Arkansas on Thursday pushed for the state to promote lignite strip mining.
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$1,874 repaid after school audit

By Seth Blomeley
Posted: November 13, 2009 4:39 a.m.

England School District officials have reimbursed the district for questionable expenditures, auditors said Thursday.
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Travel cheap? You bet, Beebe tells caller

By Seth Blomeley
Posted: November 7, 2009 4:01 a.m.

Gov. Mike Beebe said Friday that legislators should travel cheaply.
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Lincoln approval rate down, UA poll finds

By Seth Blomeley
Posted: November 6, 2009 6:20 a.m.

The public approval rating for U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., fell by double digits this year, according to a poll released Thursday by the University of Arkansas.
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Murder convictions affirmed

By Seth Blomeley
Posted: November 6, 2009 6:15 a.m.

Capital murder convictions against a man who killed his estranged wife’s mother and grandparents were affirmed Thursday by the state Supreme Court.
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Tea Party rallies at Capitol

Complaints aired about health care, spending, rights

By Seth Blomeley
Posted: November 3, 2009 4:50 a.m.

Supporters of the Arkansas Tea Party rallied Monday at the state Capitol, repeating their criticisms against the federal government.
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Sen. Baker claims endorsements

U.S. Senate hopeful: Majority of GOP legislators back him

By Seth Blomeley
Posted: November 3, 2009 4:48 a.m.

State Sen. Gilbert Baker said Monday he’s received endorsements from a majority of Republicans in the state House and Senate.
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Plans to broaden ARKids First stall

State guidelines await federal OK

By Seth Blomeley
Posted: November 1, 2009 7:08 a.m.

A much-anticipated expansion of the ARKids First Medicaid program hasn’t happened yet, frustrating those who want more children to be covered by health insurance.
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