Friday in Arkansas

Time	Committee	Place	Agenda
1:00 p.m.	Public Health, Welfare & Labor	Batesville	Click here

New York Times: Pakistan Faces Outrage and New Turmoil
Wall Street Journal: Pakistan Plunges Into Crisis
Washington Post: U.S. Brokered Bhutto's Return to Pakistan
Los Angeles Times: Killing shatters hopes for stability in Pakistan
Houston Chronicle: Notable deaths of 2007
Chicago Tribune: Turmoil in Pakistan
Reuters: Bhutto's body flown home, Pakistan in crisis

Ft. Worth Star Telegram: Strip clubs alter argument against $5-per-customer tax
Nashville Tennessean: Shoppers welcome drop in sales tax on food
Shreveport Times: State Rep. Mike Powell resigns
Tulsa World: State revenue estimate suggests a bleak budget year
Jackson Clarion-Ledger: Season when MS makes laws apt to be brief, heated

Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Gov. Beebe declines Cotton Bowl passes
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: US Lawmakers’ mailings cost millions
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Arkansas friend calls Bhutto a tireless ‘spirit’
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Stop bus runs, U.S. orders firm
Ark. News Bureau: Credit bureaus lessens effect of new security-freeze law
Ark. News Bureau: Lawmakers still in search of trauma system funding
Ark. News Bureau: Beebe announces appointments to two panels
Stephens DC Bureau: Arkansans saw Bhutto as champion of democracy
Associated Press: Ark. 'Security freeze' on credit reports takes effect Jan. 1
Associated Press: Beebe halving the grocery tax among top 2007 stories
Arkansas Times: Bound for heaven? Not 2007

Texarkana Gazette: Quest to decrease grocery sales tax halted by holiday
NWA Morning News: Couple Will Face Trial On Harboring Illegal Immigrants
Northwest Ark. Times: Fayetteville’s sales tax up for Oct. after year of skids
Benton County Daily Record: JPs search property for health or safety hazards
Jonesboro Sun: Paragould reports surplus
Hope Star: HCQC to finalize bond election
Searcy Daily Citizen: Bhutto death shocks locals

Max Brantley: Still waters at LRSD
Ernie Dumas: A vote for greed
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: First thoughts
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Pot, meet kettle
Texarkana Gazette: Death in Pakistan
Meredith Oakley: Going stateside
Pine Bluff Commercial: Begin by burnishing Pine Bluff's image