State Supreme Court Justice Annabelle Clinton Imber has announced her retirement, creating a position for Gov. Mike Beebe to fill by appointment for a year until an election in 2010.
How's this for an intriguing candidate for that appointment -- Bill Bowen, retired lawyer, banker, gubernatorial chief of staff, UALR law school namesake?' [...]
Gov. Mike Beebe thinks it's perfectly appropriate to consider whether racial impact of charter school decisions in the Little Rock School District might run afoul of the long-running federal desegregation lawsuit.
Beebe's careful and common-sense approach to most issues, including some hotly divisive ones, is welcome. It is particularly welcome [...]
I'm shortly to board a plane for home, so I'm not readily able to investigate this question. But perhaps an informed reader is at hand.
Gov. Mike Beebe caterwauled yesterday that the cost of extending health care to millions of Americans and untold thousands in Arkansas through a bill before [...]
Appearing on KARN’s radio show “Ask the Governor” this morning, Gov. Mike Beebe said that he had “big concerns” over the potential impact of the health care bill that is up for a vote in the House on Saturday. He went on to say that [...]
Roby Brock at Talk Business notes recent poll results showing a bit of a slip in the popularity numbers for Gov. Mike Beebe. The governor saw a slip in his approval ratings, all the way down to 71 percent. His favorable rating in July was 77.
I don’t normal post random letters from Gov. Mike Beebe but I thought you might find this letter he wrote the Federal Communications Commission interesting. The FCC will consider a rule change tomorrow on the issue of net neutrality.
October 1, 2009
Julius Genachowski, Chairman
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street, S.W.
Washington, [...]
Today, Arkansas governor Mike Beebe announced that he would be cutting $100 million from the state budget to compensate for declining state revenues. Mr. Beebe noted that despite conservative budgeting, Arkansas’s recovery from the recession has been slower than anticipated.
As expected, Gov. Mike Beebe has announced that he'll cut the state budget for the balance of this fiscal year -- it runs through June 30 -- by $100 million because of a continuing decline in state tax revenue. Prisons, health and the State Police will experience the hardest hits' [...]
