Friday in Arkansas

Legislature: The monthly Legislative Council meeting is being held today.

Time	Committee	Room	Agenda
9:00 a.m.	Arkansas Legislative Council	171	Click here

Governor Beebe:

9:30 a.m.: Governor Beebe attends an economic-development announcement (FedEx, Harrison);
6:00 p.m.: Governor Beebe speaks at the unveiling of the Emancipation Proclamation (Clinton Library, LR)

Lt. Gov. Halter: No official events scheduled today.
Attorney General Dustin McDaniel: No official events scheduled today.

Elsewhere:
8:45 a.m.: UA Dept. of Education Reform Conference (Embassy Suites, Rogers)
9:00 a.m.: Judicial Forums on Desegregation and the Courts (UALR Law School)
9:30 a.m.: ASU Lakeport Plantation Grand Opening Symposium (Lakeport)
10:00 a.m.: Ark Law Enforcement Training Academy Graduation (SAUT, Camden)
1:00 p.m.: Ark. Cancer Research Center Groundbreaking Ceremony (UAMS, LR)
1:30 p.m.: ADEQ Open House (5301 Northshore Dr, NLR)

- The Pike, Izard, Columbia, Conway, Dallas, Faulkner, Union, and Boone County Fairs are underway

Washington Post: Rulings by Mukasey are called conservative, fair
Washington Post: Alaska senator's calls were secretly taped
New York Times: Guards’ shots not provoked, Iraq concludes
New York Times: WTO rules for US in rice dispute
Associated Press: Lincoln blasts Bush on childrens' ins. program helping Ark.
Stephens DC Bureau: Lawmakers indifferent to ag secretary's resignation

Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Adoption ban back in edited version
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Arkansas 8th in U.S. in growth of income
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Huckabee role at OBU delayed
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Halter antes up, unveils lottery proposal
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: LOTTERY Ballot proposal
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Governors wanting an updated policy
Associated Press: Justice Jim helped muster the mob
Associated Press: Panel drops speech case against Judge Wendell Griffen
Associated Press: Govs say state-level immigration reforms could cause friction
Associated Press: Ark. PSC tours proposed plant site
Associated Press: 1957 crisis stemmed from Faubus' desire for 3rd term
Ark. News Bureau: Two ballot measures filed with attorney general
Ark. News Bureau: Jena supporters hold prayer vigil in Little Rock
Ark. News Bureau: Expand SCHIP, Beebe, three other governors say
Ark. News Bureau: State average personal income rises in second quarter

Texarkana Gazette: PSC, other officials tour plant site, area
Baxter Bulletin: Clerks want marriage law clarified
Hope Star: PSC tours site; staff okays plant
Hope Star: Liquor permit application denied
Forrest City Times Herald: Local leaders share ideas for moving FCity forward

Steve Barnes: Lottery: And so it begins
NWA Morning News: Immigrants enrich Arkansas
Max Brantley: Seizing the moment
Arkansas Leader: Ripping off the elderly
Meredith Oakley: Struggle follows struggle
John Brummett: Modern journalism’s birth in Little Rock
Vic Harville cartoon