Thursday in Arkansas

The annual Arkansas Rural Development Conference begins today in Eureka Springs, and legislative committees will meet there today and tomorrow.

Time	Committee	Room	Agenda
10:30a.m.	Agriculture, Forestry & Econ. Dev.	Eureka Springs	Click here

Time	Place	Event
8:00 a.m.	Eureka Springs	2008 Ark Rural Development Conference
8:00 a.m.	Pine Bluff C.C.	"Clearing the Air in Communities of Color" Conference
10:00 a.m.	Justice Bldg., LR	Sup. Ct. Committee on Court Security
12:00 p.m.	Clinton School	Jim Miranda, Ark. Friendship Coalition

Time	Place	Event
12:00 p.m.	Txk. Country Club	Lt. Gov. Halter discusses the proposed lottery

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