The 88th General Assembly
has convened the 2012 fiscal session

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Tuesday in Arkansas

Today's Arkansas Calendar
Today's legislative calendar
TimeCommitteeRoomAgenda
9:00 a.m.Joint Adequcy Evaluation Oversight171Click here
10:00 a.m.Education171Click here
1:00 p.m.Public Health130Click here

Governor's Calendar
TimeEventPlace
9:30 a.m.Two Pine Landfill Gas-to-Energy Plant DedicationNLR

Around Arkansas today
TimePlaceEvent
8:00 a.m.Hot Springs Embassy36th Annual Behavioral Health Institute
5:00 p.m.Trapnall HallArk State Chamber reception for Pres. Randy Zook

Today's District Calendar (and other events in the area)
TimePlaceEvent
12:00 p.m.TISD: Waterall St.Speak to Oaklawn Rotary
6:00 p.m.Texarkana ChamberNeighborhood Coalition Press Conference

Today's national news New York Times: Russia Orders Halt in Georgia as Fighting Continues
Wall Street Journal: Putin Draws Line in the Sand
Washington Post: Medvedev: Military Action Halted in Georgia
Los Angeles Times: Medvedev says Russia is ready to begin peace talks
Houston Chronicle: Oil falls below $113 as dollar gains, tensions ease
Chicago Tribune: Should kids miss school to protest inequities?
Reuters: Financials drag

Today's Arkansas news Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Audit hits Green Forest school purchasing
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: 5 schools again put on probation list
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Food bank in state given 36K jars of peanut butter
Ark. News Bureau: Fewer smokers in Arkansas, studies show
Ark. News Bureau: Charter school's request to expand, relocate denied
Ark. News Bureau: Thousands of Arkansans fail to claim stimulus checks
Associated Press: Ark. lawmakers quiz agency over foster-care deaths
Associated Press: Pilgrim's Pride to idle Clinton plant
Associated Press: Company closes on land for LR plant
Associated Press: Huckabee forms 'vertical politics' institute
Associated Press: Court upholds Ark. prison grooming policy

Today's Arkansas commentary John Brummett: What with this Edwards story?
George Arnold: Source with no name
Vic Harville cartoon