Wednesday in Arkansas

Time	Committee	Room	Agenda
10:00 a.m.	ALC-PEER	171	Click here
1:30 p.m.	ALC-Review	171	Click here
1:30 p.m.	Game & Fish Oversight Committee	151	Click here

Time	Event	Place
11:30 a.m.	2007 Arkansas Teacher of the Year announcement	Capitol
3:30 p.m.	Banner-signing ceremony for the 39th Infantry Brigade	UALR

Court	Oral Arguments	Today's Opinions
Supreme Court	No hearings today	No opinions released today
Court of Appeals	Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc. v. Kenneth Way et al	Click here (after 11:00)

Time	Place	Event
7:30 a.m.	Christus St. Michael	Informational Breakfast

New York Times: New Data and New Methods Lead to Revised View on Iran
Washington Post: Nonprofits Become A Force in Primaries
Los Angeles Times: Credit card legislation considered
Houston Chronicle: Bush: Iran must 'come clean' on nuclear program
Chicago Tribune: Diplomacy With Iran more likely
Reuters: Bush to outline 5-year rate freeze plan: source

Dallas Morning News: Gas leak shuts down Northwest Highway near Love Field
Nashville Tennessean: The Tracker: Coming up in the Legislature
Lafayette Daily Advertiser: Ethics reform in Louisiana
Tulsa World: Tax hike proposed
Jackson Clarion-Ledger: Legislative panel calls for raising judge requirements
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Funds are earmarked for heating aid

Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Big-ticket purchases to include more tax
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Retiree system clears way to increase benefits
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Judges recuse from Hutchinson case
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: UAMS expansion to break ground in ’08
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: 250 state teachers nationally certified
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Contractors sue UA for look at dorm costs
Ark. News Bureau: Arkansas mostly sheltered from mortgage crisis, officials say
Ark. News Bureau: State sues propane gas company, alleges deceptive practices
Ark. News Bureau: Company to make to new wipes from old cloth
Ark. News Bureau: State helps pay for gasoline storage tank cleanup
Associated Press: U.S. House passes bill on Butterfield Overland Trail
Associated Press: Father leaves fire department to son
Stephens DC Bureau: ADEM head troubled by possible funding loss

Paul Greenberg: What is Chanukah?
David Sanders: When words and a record get in the way
NWA Morning News: Harsh Words Can't Be Withdrawn
Meredith Oakley: Divided loyalties
Gene Lyons: Surge buys time, but not victory
Brenda Blagg: Time heals snubs