Tuesday in Arkansas: Day 2 of the special session

Time	Committee	Room	Agenda
10:00 a.m.	House convenes	House Chamber	Not available
11:00 a.m.	Senate convenes	Senate Chamber	Not available
Call of the Chair	Senate Education	207	Click here
Call of the Chair	House Revenue & Tax	151	Click here
Call of the Chair	Senate Revenue & Tax	OSC	Click here
Call of the Chair	Senate Judiciary	171	Click here

New York Times: Bush Supports Ukraine’s Bid to Join NATO
Wall Street Journal: UBS Chairman Exits Amid Losses
Washington Post: As Rivals Battle, McCain Builds November Machine
Washington Post: Tricky Votes Loom For 3 Candidates
Los Angeles Times: Food aid costlier as worldwide need soars
Houston Chronicle: Congress to grill oil execs as gas prices set records
Chicago Tribune: Clinton campaign $9 million in debt
Reuters: Iraqi casualties at highest level since August

Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Session begins its dash to raise severance tax
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Regular gas tops $3.18, breaks state record
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Committee OKs fix to marriage-age law
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Comcast to televise meetings of Ark House
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Cargill lands Missouri firm, shifts workers
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Web site delivers audio-visual tool for Ark history
Ark. News Bureau: Severance tax hike sails through committees
Ark. News Bureau: Minds set before Beebe speech; 'skids greased'
Ark. News Bureau: Still too soon to assess flood damage, FEMA director says
Associated Press: Ark. legislators swiftly advance severance tax hike
Associated Press: Soybean planting up, corn down in Arkansas
Associated Press: Ark. governor says lawmakers have chance to make history
Associated Press: MADD President visits Ark. to mark alcohol awareness month
Associated Press: AG's office reviewing police racial profiling policies
Hope Star: Powers sees ‘short, painless' special session

John Brummett: In the severance cross-hairs
Frank Fellone: No scientific rocket