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The latest storms to hit Arkansas this year killed seven people Friday. Victims included a Siloam Springs girl, a father and two sons at home near Center Ridge in Conway County, a couple with their granddaughter near Bee Branch in Van Buren County, and a woman at home in Hensley in Pulaski County. The toll included 13 people injured and 350 houses damaged or destroyed. National Weather Service, so far, counts eight twisters.
Today, the Governor will visit Greer’s Ferry, Earle and Carlsile.
Secure Arkansas, a citizens’ coalition seeking to pass an initiated act that would curtail benefits to illegal aliens, has re-submitted its ballot title and proposal to Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel for approval for a third time.
Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel has filed lawsuits against about 20 payday lenders that he says are violating the state’s constitution by charging high-interest loans.
Today marks the start of early voting for Arkansas’ May 20 elections.
The Shane Broadway Roast is in Benton this evening.
State revenues came in near target in April, beating the fiscal forecast by 2.4 percent. Sales tax collections missed forecast by 5.6 percent.
UCA President Lu Hardin says there will be a $4.5 million budget cut and a 5.6 percent tuition increase for undergraduate students, from $161 to $170 per credit hour.
Just in case you missed it, Congress will protect student loans from the deepening credit crisis.
The state Ethics Commission issued a “letter of caution” to former Gov. Mike Huckabee on Friday, finding that he violated state law in initially failing to disclose donors funding his official state portrait.
Three University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff students suffered minor injuries and 110 people were displaced when their dormitory caught fire on the Pine Bluff campus.
Nine days into a trial stemming from a surgeon operating on the wrong side of a boy’s brain, the plaintiffs’ attorney on Friday abruptly withdrew the case, citing possible juror misconduct.
The May 21st deadline is approaching for Little Rock folks to register their pit bulls. And there are fees.
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