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Posts tagged
'Kathy Webb'

Sunday night line

It's open. Some odds and ends: * TERRIFYING: Fort Smith police arrested a man today near the U.S. attorney's office who said he came to talk about government corruption — in possession of several guns, ammo and, according to a Twitter post, a drum of gas.
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Filling Kathy Webb's shoes

Who will run for Kathy Webb's District 33 seat?
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Warwick Sabin running for House

I interrupt my vacation to bring you this news from a check of e-mail: Former Times associate editor Warwick Sabin, now publisher of the Oxford American, tells me he'll be running for state House in 2012, the District 33 seat now held by term-limited Rep. Kathy Webb.

Debate continues on use of House video

Roby Brock has a most interesting discussion by House members of the state House rule to prohibit certain uses of the vast new amount of House video of committees and the full House in action.
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Webb, Williams lead House rating

I wrote yesterday about the legislative ratings compiled by Roby Brock's Talk Business, an index based on legislation introduced and passed.

KUAR pledge drive a success

Thanks to all for the support this morning on my stint with Rosi Smith of Children's Hospital raising money for KUAR/KLRE.
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Not in my Facebook Neighborhood, you don’t!

I got one of those inevitable mass-mailings on Facebook a few weeks ago, just as most folks do, who are on Facebook for very long.

Report says Arkansas needs tougher gas regs

The Arkansas Public Policy Panel held a press conference at the Capitol today to announce the findings of their latest report, "Model Oil and Gas Laws, Regulations and Ordinances." The report examined how other states with active shale plays regulate the natural gas industry and found - no big surprise here - that most of them have better protections in place than the Natural State. APPP also offered up some recommendations for state legislators and regulators.
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Rep. Webb's shale protection bills

Roby Brock has a rundown on a package of bills being offered by Rep. Kathy Webb of Little Rock to step up the state's efforts to protect air and water quality from adverse effects of gas exploration in the Fayetteville shale.

Legislative rundown

Sunk: David Meek's bill to remove Arkansans from the individual mandate set forth in the Affordable Care Act, and virtually shut down health care reform in Arkansas was defeated 12-7.
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Arkansas prison reform

State Rep. Kathy Webb of Little Rock, who'll be Joint Budget co-chair in 2011, talked recently to the Coalition of Greater Little Rock Neighborhoods about Gov. Mike Beebe's coming corrections reform initiative, supported by a Pew study.

Let the weekend begin

The *&^*% Holiday House crowd means it will take about an hour to get out of the downtown parking deck.
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