Wednesday in Arkansas

Legislature: There are no legislative meetings today.
Governor Beebe: 4:30 p.m.: Governor Beebe rides in the 100th Annual Conway County Fair Parade (Morrilton)
Attorney General Dustin McDaniel: 8:00 a.m.: Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Meeting (Ark State Police HQ, LR)

Elsewhere:
- 9:30 a.m.: Arkansas Retired Teachers Annual Convention (Wyndham, NLR)
- 6:00 p.m.: Clinton School: Dutch Van Kirk, navigator who dropped atomic bomb in Hiroshima (Sturgis Hall, LR)

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

- 63rd Annual Four States Fair & Rodeo
- 10:30 a.m.: Ark. Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman's Road Show (Texarkana Chamber of Commerce)

10:00 a.m.: Speak at the Retired Teachers Annual Convention (Wyndham, NLR)
12:00 p.m.: Central High desegregation anniversary press conference (Capitol rotunda/grounds)

Washington Post: GOP moderates weigh loyalty to Bush vs. political realities
Washington Post: D.C. vote bill dies in Senate
New York Times: Fed cuts rate half point, markets soar
New York Times: How they voted: House seats
New York Times: Who watches U.S. security firms in Iraq?
Stephens DC Bureau: Boozman bill addresses troop eye trauma

Arkansas Democrat Gazette: State police seek hand in alien plan
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Youth lockup wrong for 100, consultants say
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Panel observes operation of coal-fired plant
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Senator’s carry-over of $61,336 breaks law
Ark. News Bureau: Halter to take steps to put state-run lottery on '08 ballot
Ark. News Bureau: Lawmakers hear of costs, benefits of immigration
Ark. News Bureau: State officials pitch opportunities to venture capital managers
Ark. News Bureau: Nooner granted temporary reprieve
Ark. News Bureau: Advocates urge reform of state's juvenile justice system
Ark. News Bureau: Governor appoints 26 to state panels
Associated Press: LR school board candidates poised for runoff election
Associated Press: Racial division still among struggles in LR school district
Associated Press: Wal-Mart cuts premiums, adds $4 generics in latest changes
Associated Press: Emancipation Proclamation to be displayed at Clinton Library
Associated Press: Ex-county clerk in Jefferson Co. won't face charges
Associated Press: Report: Illegal immigrants use small % of state services
Baxter Bulletin: State Police seeking power to arrest illegal immigrants

Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Education
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Provocation
Gene Lyons: Liberal/conservative experiment falls short
Meredith Oakley: Audience waiting
Arkansas Leader: Wedding -- 'not'
David Sanders: A quiz on Arkansas economy
Vic Harville cartoon