The 88th General Assembly
has convened the 2012 fiscal session

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Wednesday in Arkansas

Today's Arkansas Calendar
Today's legislative calendar
TimeCommitteeRoomAgenda
9:30 a.m.Governor's Commission on Global Warming130Click here
10:00 a.m.Adequacy Evaluation Oversight Committee151Click here
10:00 a.m.Task Force for Study of the Homeless272Click here
1:30 p.m.ALC-Review171Click here

Governor's Calendar
TimeEventPlace
7:00 p.m."Arkansans Ask the Governor" television programAETN

Today in the Arkansas Judiciary
CourtOral ArgumentsToday's Opinions
Supreme CourtNo hearings todayNo opinions released today
Court of AppealsNo hearings todayClick here (after 11:00 a.m.)

Around Arkansas today
TimePlaceEvent
6:00 p.m.Clinton SchoolWilliam S. Cohen, former U.S. Sec. of Defense
7:30 p.m.UCA"Twelfth Night"
All DayWaldronTurkey Track Bluegrass Pasture Pickin' (Listen)

Today's national news New York Times: In Justice Shift, Corporate Deals Replace Trials
Wall Street Journal: Fed Weighs Options on Crunch
Washington Post: A 'Conditions-Based' Answer
Los Angeles Times: Antiwar lawmakers look to November for change in Iraq
Houston Chronicle: Nation's fuel prices aren't through setting records
Chicago Tribune: Presidential candidates grill commander about Iraq
Reuters: San Francisco braces for torch run

Today's Arkansas news Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Web site tips hand; state cash to tighten
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Home sales in state fall 12.8%
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: 59 payday lenders call a halt, McDaniel says
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: No extra role in U.S. pact, Beebe says
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: $1.08 million lined up so far for 11 flooded counties
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Cleanup efforts persist as more storms on way
Ark. News Bureau: State Police to be trained to identify, not arrest, illegals
Ark. News Bureau: McDaniel: Many payday lenders to close, but battles remain
Ark. News Bureau: Home sales fall in February, but at lower rate
Associated Press: Huckabee plans April 15 announcement
Associated Press: UA radioactive dump site soon to become green pasture
AP: George Brett, Gov. Beebe expected for Naturals' home opener
Associated Press: Pocahontas factory to employ 200 by end of 2009
Forrest City Times Herald: Local lawmakers: Special session successful

Today's Arkansas commentary Brenda Blagg: Session Swan Song (term limits)
Paul Greenberg: ’Tis the season . . .
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: The race for second
Texarkana Gazette: Judicial nominees should be judged on merit
David Sanders: King Henry and his enablers
Meredith Oakley: Justice not that blind
Gene Lyons: Let Obama-Clinton contest play itself out
Vic Harville cartoon