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	<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Signing off</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know when our legislative website is going dark, but it will happen. It&#8217;s Monday and I&#8217;m glad to be back home. So I figured I&#8217;d better post some last words.
This session is important for three things. First, the &#8220;one-time money&#8221; taboo was broken. Reserves that had piled up were used to balance the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No gyms and not many new high schools</title>
		<link>http://nwasource.com/gov/2009/04/10/no-gyms-and-not-many-new-high-schools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Went to the Department of Education&#8217;s seminar on stimulus spending today. They had a news conference.
New construction of athletic facilities is specifically barred, director Ken James said. Money from the stimulus is also available for new construction, but the timeline is so tight that big new construction projects probably won&#8217;t be possible.
There&#8217;s a total of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big change on school stimulus</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 20:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Federal stimulus money for schools can be spent on new construction after all, Gov. Beebe said Thursday.
That&#8217;s what the governor&#8217;s been told verbally by the Obama administration. As usual, the state&#8217;s waiting for written confirmation — a policy that&#8217;s looking wiser every day.
This stimulus money includes $80 million for higher education and about $370 million [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bookout wins pro tem race</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sen. Paul Bookout, D-Jonesboro, wins the Senate President Pro Tem race in the first round, with no runoff despite having two opponents.
Sens. Mary Anne Salmon, D-North Little Rock, and Ruth Whitaker, R-Cedarville, were the challengers. Vote-counters didn&#8217;t release numbers but did say Bookout had a majority.
Sen. Bob Johnson, D-Bigelow, will remain President Pro Tem until [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The end is nigh</title>
		<link>http://nwasource.com/gov/2009/04/09/the-end-is-nigh/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The governor&#8217;s speaking to the Senate and the last bills that could become law are being voted upon.
One of the bills that won&#8217;t be going to the governor&#8217;s desk is one that would prescribe an automatic review of death penalty cases. Sen. Bill Pritchard, R-Elkins, gave a strong speech against that one yesterday on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Budget roadblock cleared</title>
		<link>http://nwasource.com/gov/2009/04/07/budget-roadblock-cleared/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Buddy Lovell, D-Marked Tree, released his hold as a Joint Budget Committee member on the state Department of Education Budget. The committee then recommended that budget, sending it to the Senate for approval. This clears a potential blocking of Thursday&#8217;s adjournment.
Lovell said he decided he would not keep the Legislature from meeting its schedule [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ed budget blocked, Thursday session ending in doubt.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anti-consolidation lawmakers held up the budget for the state Education Department, protesting the defeat of HB2263 by Rep. Buddy Lovell, D-Marked Tree.
&#8220;I was killed in the Senate&#8221; by state Education Department and attorney general&#8217;s office testimony, Lovell told the committee. His bill had passed the House and failed by a 5 to 2 vote to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fayetteville boys, girls basketball teams honored.</title>
		<link>http://nwasource.com/gov/2009/04/06/fayetteville-boys-girls-basketball-teams-honored/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fayetteville High School&#8217;s two undefeated state championship basketball teams were honored by the governor, the House and the Senate at the Capitol on Monday.
Gov. Mike Beebe said he was as proud of the teams grades as well as the boy&#8217;s and girl&#8217;s teams state championships. Their achievement of an undefeated season for each team combined [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lincoln: A clear &#8220;No&#8221; on card check</title>
		<link>http://nwasource.com/gov/2009/04/06/lincoln-a-clear-no-on-card-check/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sen. Blanche Lincoln &#8220;cannot support&#8221; the employee free choice act, or &#8220;card check&#8221; in its current form nor can she support debating this &#8220;divisive and distracting&#8221; issue while Congress has a worldwide economic crisis to face and a health care system to reform among other priorities, she told the Little Rock Political Animals Club on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>General improvement fund: Long list, short checkbook</title>
		<link>http://nwasource.com/gov/2009/04/03/general-improvement-fund-long-list-short-checkbook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 23:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The state General Improvement Fund is a pot of money that&#8217;s divided every year into capital improvement projects, such as new buildings for state colleges and universities.
The final list of projects came out today. Handle with care, though. &#8220;Appropriation&#8221; bills mean little. They grant authority to spend. Funding those appropriations — actually handing some money [...]]]></description>
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