Thursday in Arkansas

Thursday's Calendar:
9:00 a.m. | Girls State (House and Senate Chambers, Capitol)

10:00 a.m. | Computer Security Issues Subcommittee of Legislative Joint Auditing (Rm. 207, Capitol)

10:00 a.m. | Preschool Day at Washington (Historic Washington State Park)

11:00 a.m. | Litigation Reports Oversight Subcommittee of LEgislative Council (Rm. 149, Capitol) Agenda

11:30 a.m. | Governor Beebe addresses the Teamwork Arkansas Luncheon (Embassy Suites, Little Rock)

1:30 p.m. | Counties and Municipalities Subcommittee of Legislative Joint Auditing (Rm. 151, Capitol) Agenda

1:30 p.m. | Educational Institutions Subcommittee of Legislative Joint Auditing (Rm. 138, Capitol) Agenda

1:30 p.m. | State Agencies Subcommittee of Legislative Joint Auditing (Rm. 130, Capitol) Agenda

2:30 p.m. | Code Revision Commission (Rm. 149, Capitol) Agenda

2:45 p.m. | Arkansas Legislative Update to the Arkansas Bar Association Annual Convention (Arlington Hotel, Hot Springs)

3:30 p.m. | Attorney General Dustin McDaniel speaks at the Arkansas Bar Association Annual Convention (Arlington Hotel, Hot Springs)

4:00 p.m. | Governor Beebe speaks at the Arkansas Bar Association Annual Convention (Arlington Hotel, Hot Springs)

7:00 p.m. | Lieutenant Governor Halter address the AR Boys State delegation during their inauguration ceremony of elected officials (UCA)

7:00 p.m. | College Hill Development Corporation Meeting (2508 Rose Street, Texarkana)

All Day | Family Fun Day and Sunset Cinema (Lake Dardanelle State Park)

Arkansas roundup:
State News:
Veterans PAC calls for Milligan's resignation [Ark. News Bureau, ADG]
Travelers sweating over passports [ADG]
Libertarian group gives F- to Ark's eminent domain law [Ark. News Bureau]
Arkansas receives more than $1M in No Child Left Behind grants [AP]
Gas prices hurting in-home care providers, official says [Ark. News Bureau]
Several states, including Ark., restrict recorded campaign calls [AP]
Arkansas gets B- in Women's Sports Foundation study [AP]
Governor names new Crime Lab director [Ark. News Bureau]
Little Rock airport to get non-stop flights to D.C., Denver [Ark. News Bureau]
Huckabee moves on from evolution [Ark. News Bureau (DC Bureau)]

Local News:
Beebe to educators: We need you[Pine Bluff Commercial]
County to receive extra funds [Batesville Guard]
Cities, county to get windfall from legislature [DeWitt Era-Enterprise]
City accepts federal grant plan [Hope Star]
Harding hosts Girls State for 17th year [Searcy Daily Citizen]
Stumping for Hillary [Searcy Daily Citizen]
Phillips College joins national initiative [Helena Daily World]
City gets A&P lawsuit transferred to federal court [Forrest City Times Herald]
Pit bulls squeezed out [Jacksonville Leader]
Tontitown officials say meeting was over [Springdale Morning News]
Association proposes scrapping FOIA [Springdale Morning News]

Today's Arkansas Columns/Editorials:
Arkadelphia Daily Siftings-Herald: Should we stop for processionals?
John Brummett: 50 years after Charleston's non-crisis
Benton County Daily Record: There’s a better way