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'Lockheed Martin'

Lockheed Martin to expand Camden factory, add 326 jobs

Lockheed Martin announced at the Paris Air Show today that would expand its defense factory in Camden, a $142 million investment that will add 326 jobs.
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Open line: Cotton wants strike on Iran, Arkansas may be in line for more military benefits

Tom Cotton calls for a military strike on Iran and speaking of military might, Arkansas may figure in the armament.
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Trump tweet costs Lockheed Martin shareholders $4 billion in value

The presidency by social media has its downside, shareholders in a couple of major corporations have learned. One was Lockheed

Oshkosh wins military truck contract; Arkansas finishes out of the money

The Pentagon announced today that Oshkosh Defense of Wisconsin had won a $30 billion, 25-year contract to build a new generation of tactical vehicles for the Army and Marine Corp.
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Koch blasts corporate welfare

A Koch brother decries corporate welfare. Nice, if meaningless in the context of the kind of people the Kochs elect.

USS Little Rock launches this morning; watch it happen

Lockheed Martin launches the USS Little Rock at a Wisconsin shipyard this morning.
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Lockheed Martin will stream launch of USS Little Rock

Lockheed Martin promises a livestream broadcast of its launch of the USS Little Rock, a freedom class combat ship designed to operate in inland waters, at 10 a.m. Saturday.

Republicans: Still searching for free lunch for levees and highways while shoveling tax money to private business

Other topics stole my attention, but a comment is in order on the continuing search for a free lunch by Arkansas Republican politicians. They want magic money to pay for highways and levees while shoveling corporate welfare to private businesses.
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Limitless welfare for corporations

A couple of months ago this column predicted that the 2015 legislature would be one of the rare Arkansas assemblies that would claim a place in history, this time for having enacted the Republican Party's entire political strategy, commonly known as God, guns, gays and tax cuts for the well-to-do.

Asa's blitzkrieg: Cause to gripe

A smiling Gov. Asa Hutchinson presided over bill signings Friday in the governor's conference room. The blitzkrieg special session burnished his early image as a seemingly moderate (well, not crazy) and successful leader.
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Arkansas gave Lockheed $87 million handout for nothing

Milwaukee newspaper reports that Lockheed Martin didn't need an $87 million handout from Arkansas to build a military vehicle here. Really.

Dumas: The corporate takeover of Arkansas and its new debt burden

Ernest Dumas writes this week about the monumental reshaping of constitutional priorities embodied by the actions of the Republican majority legislature this year.
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