Senate Newsroom News Releases from the Senate Newsroom http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/files/ en-us 2012 Information Network of Arkansas Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:11:35 -0600 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:11:35 -0600 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss josh@ark.org <![CDATA[Governor Presents Balanced Budget for Legislators to Consider in Fiscal Session]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=329 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Report Shows That Arkansas High School Graduates Are Better Prepared for College]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=328 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Governor Submits Balanced Budget in Preparation for Fiscal Session]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=327 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[STEM Schools Get Grants to Improve Technical Education]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=326 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[2012 Begins With Good News in Revenue Report]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=325 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[ADFA Receives Grant to Promote Small Business Growth]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=324 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Supreme Court Strikes Punitive Damage Limits in Arkansas Tort Reform Law]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=323 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Christmas at the Capitol 2011]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/gallery.php?do:showAlbum=1&albumId=72157628346877761 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600 Album <![CDATA[Senator Baker Slams Supreme Court Ruling in Tort Reform Case]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=322 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Pearl Harbor Day]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/gallery.php?do:showAlbum=1&albumId=72157628319331001 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600 Album <![CDATA[Funding Restored for Meth Lab Cleanup]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=321 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA["One Time" Money to Pay Court Employees Through December]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=320 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Board of Education Denies Charter School Applications]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=319 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Arkansas Voters Approve Renewal of Interstate Highway Bonds]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=318 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[November 9 Will Be First National Test of Emergency Alert System]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=317 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[WAGE Centers Specialize Classes to Meet Needs of Local Business]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=316 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500 <![CDATA[Arkansas Joins List of States Seeking Waivers From Federal "No Child Left Behind" Act]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=315 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500 <![CDATA[Senator Hutchinson Seeks to Limit "Double Dipping" by Elected Judges]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=314 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500 <![CDATA[Enrollment Up in Arkansas Colleges; Fewer Youths Being Committed]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=313 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500 <![CDATA[Two-Year Colleges Get Grant to Improve Graduation Rates]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=312 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500 <![CDATA[Legislators Seek Audit of Unemployment Benefit Payments]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=311 Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500 <![CDATA[Legislators Question No-Bid Contracts at State Universities]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=310 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500 <![CDATA[Senator Key's Statement on the Resignation of Ernie Passailaigue]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=309 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500 <![CDATA[Number of Juvenile Commitments Down From Last Year]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=308 Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500 <![CDATA[Special Election November 8 on Bonds for Interstate Highway Repairs]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=307 Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500 <![CDATA[Drug Courts Seek Permanent Source of Funding]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=306 Wed, 31 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500 <![CDATA[Arkansas Elementary Schools Bring In National Curriculum Standards]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=305 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500 <![CDATA[Board of Education Considers New, Tougher Rules for Schools in Academic Distress ]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=304 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500 <![CDATA[State Hospital Agrees to Far-Reaching Improvement Plan to Maintain Federal Funds]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=303 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500 <![CDATA[Hundreds of New State Laws Go Into Effect]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=302 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500 <![CDATA[Arkansas Tourism Grows Slightly, In Spite of Tough Economy]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=301 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500 <![CDATA[Back to School Sales Tax Holiday To Be August 6 and 7]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=300 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500 <![CDATA[State Fiscal Year Ends With $94 Million Surplus in General Revenue Fund]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=299 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500 <![CDATA[State Education Department Takes Over Two School Districts]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=298 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500 <![CDATA[Senate is Made Up of Citizen Legislators]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=297 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500 <![CDATA[Board of Correction Working to Relieve Backlog in County Jails]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=296 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500 <![CDATA[Federal Judge Dismisses Suit Against Conway Human Development Center ]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=295 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500 <![CDATA[Federal Judge Ends Desegregation Payments to Pulaski County Schools]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=294 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500 <![CDATA[News Laws, New Technology Mean Better Supervison of Sex Offenders]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=293 Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 <![CDATA[DHS Changing Management Policies at State Hospital]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=292 Tue, 24 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 <![CDATA[Legislative Action Is Restoring Unemployment Trust Fund]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=291 Tue, 17 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 <![CDATA[State Receives Permission to Proceed With Medicaid Changes]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=290 Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 <![CDATA[Higher Education Department Has New "App" to Apply For Academic Challenge Scholarships ]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=289 Wed, 04 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 <![CDATA[School Facilities Funding Next Year to Exceed $157 Million]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=288 Wed, 27 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500 <![CDATA[2011 Legislative Session Ends After 94 Days]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=287 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500 <![CDATA[Drawing New Congressional District Maps A Political Challenge]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=286 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500 <![CDATA[Tax Cuts and Stronger Ethics Law Enacted In 2011 Regular Session]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=285 Thu, 07 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500 <![CDATA[Senator Larry Teague Elected President Pro Tem for 89th General Assembly]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=284 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500 <![CDATA[Legislature Working on Major Issues in Final Days of Session]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=282 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500 <![CDATA[Women's Legislative Day to Be Celebrated Thursday in Capitol Rotunda]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=283 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500 <![CDATA[Legislature Completing Business on Major Issues]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=281 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500 <![CDATA[State Seeks Changes in Medicaid to Prevent Budget Problems]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=280 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500 <![CDATA[Razorback Day at the Capitol ]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/gallery.php?do:showAlbum=1&albumId=72157626083304094 Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0600 Album <![CDATA[Day One of 2011 Session]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/gallery.php?do:showAlbum=1&albumId=72157625872456603 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0600 Album <![CDATA[Day One Ceremonies]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/gallery.php?do:showAlbum=1&albumId=72157625998876750 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0600 Album <![CDATA[Swearing In]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/gallery.php?do:showAlbum=1&albumId=72157625975406364 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0600 Album <![CDATA[The Oath of Office]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/gallery.php?do:showAlbum=1&albumId=72157625849979169 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0600 Album <![CDATA[Jefferson Thomas Memorial ]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/gallery.php?do:showAlbum=1&albumId=72157624910424148 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Album <![CDATA[Mock Session for people with disabilities 2010]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/gallery.php?do:showAlbum=1&albumId=72157624644429387 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Album <![CDATA[Boys State 2010 ]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/gallery.php?do:showAlbum=1&albumId=72157624099630011 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Album <![CDATA[Alyse Eady, Miss Arkansas]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/video.php?do:showVideoDetail=1&videoId=BrRNJs4-6Z4 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 -0600 Video <![CDATA[Senator Jason Rapert]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/video.php?do:showVideoDetail=1&videoId=S-1DoD7-iDc Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 -0600 Video <![CDATA[Senator Jim Luker on Changes in Sentencing Laws]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/video.php?do:showVideoDetail=1&videoId=mGWHfCOfego Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 -0600 Video <![CDATA[Alyse Eady, Miss Arkansas, visits the Senate]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/video.php?do:showVideoDetail=1&videoId=v5fR61fOG6Y Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 -0600 Video <![CDATA[Senator Mary Anne Salmon on the Autism Bill]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/video.php?do:showVideoDetail=1&videoId=K8-fWBAB2Ek Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 -0600 Video <![CDATA[Russellville Sequoyah Elementary School]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/video.php?do:showVideoDetail=1&videoId=dhTgMlTB5hY Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 -0600 Video <![CDATA[Malvern Elementary at state Capitol]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/video.php?do:showVideoDetail=1&videoId=-j_z4uuxprw Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 -0600 Video <![CDATA[Fifth Graders from Lake Hamilton Intermediate Sing an Irish Blessing in the Arkansas Senate]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/video.php?do:showVideoDetail=1&videoId=J_96wCzzvXU Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 -0600 Video <![CDATA[Senator Paul Bookout]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/video.php?do:showVideoDetail=1&videoId=jmOl90k0lDk Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 -0600 Video <![CDATA[Senator Steve Harrelson reads "The Foot Book" by Dr. Seuss]]> ]]> http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/video.php?do:showVideoDetail=1&videoId=ODy2nH5wJOU Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 -0600 Video