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Plan for museum at home where Little Rock Nine met

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Every day before heading to Little Rock Central High School in the fall of 1957, nine black students gathered at Daisy and L.C. ...

From ANDREW DEMILLO, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Little Rock Central High School,  Martin Luther King, Jr.,  Thurgood Marshall,  Mike Huckabee,  AT&T Inc.

Free clinics tied to health care debate

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- A nonprofit group's campaign to hold free medical clinics for the uninsured in three states is turning into a not-so-subtle jab at moderate Democrats to support their party's efforts to reform health care. More than 800 ...

From ANDREW DEMILLO, Buffalo News,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Senate,  Keith Olbermann,  MSNBC,  Harry Reid

Feds OK breakup to cut power costs in Ark., Miss.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Federal regulators Thursday authorized Entergy Corp.'s utilities in Mississippi and Arkansas to leave a multistate agreement, a move expected to eventually save money for electric customers in Arkansas. ...

From ANDREW DEMILLO, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,  Public Service Commission,  Michael Burns

Arkansas lottery to sell Mega Millions tickets

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The Arkansas Lottery Commission agreed Tuesday to sell Mega Millions tickets next year, making multistate jackpots available to lottery participants four nights a week instead of two. ...

From ANDREW DEMILLO, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  18 Nov 2009

Ark. program to provide career coaches for schools

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Forty-three "career coaches" will be placed in high schools around Arkansas next year to help students chart their college and career goals, state officials announced Monday. The coaches will be placed in schools starting in ...

From ANDREW DEMILLO, Boston Globe,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Mike Beebe,  Bill Walker,  United States Department of Health and Human Services

Ark. revenues again fall below predictions

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Arkansas finance officials said Tuesday that the state collected $17.8 million less than expected last month, as state agencies prepared to detail their plans for cutting budgets. ...

From ANDREW DEMILLO, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Mike Beebe

Arkansas prepares for Powerball launch with party

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Powerball's launch in Arkansas may feel more like New Year's Eve than Halloween with a party in Little Rock marking the start of ticket sales Saturday night. ...

From ANDREW DEMILLO, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  30 Oct 2009

Related Topics: David Johnson

Stossel defends appearance at health care forums

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Fox Business Network host John Stossel criticized Democratic-led moves to reform the nation's health care system on Thursday and defended his appearance at a series of town hall forums on behalf of a conservative group. ...

From ANDREW DEMILLO, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  30 Oct 2009

Related Topics: John Stossel,  Fox News Channel,  Barack Obama,  White House,  U.S. Republican Party

Ark. senator says she still opposes public option

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., said Tuesday she still can't support a government-funded insurance option, a day after legislation was unveiled that would give states the choice of whether to participate in the program. ...

From ANDREW DEMILLO, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  27 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Blanche Lincoln,  Harry Reid,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party

Ark. college now says students can't play lottery

Harding University President David Burks said now the school will include the lottery in its rule prohibiting students from gambling on or off campus. Administrators at Harding, a liberal arts Christian school in Searcy affiliated with the Church of ...

From ANDREW DEMILLO, San Francisco Chronicle,  16 Oct 2009

Related Topics: John Brown

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