Lynch at Large

Pat Lynch: an Arkansas Icon (and very humble too)

Early Thursday happenings

U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., wants the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to follow the example of the National Park Service and waive certain fees to stimulate vacation travel.

Arkansas will receive $18.7 in federal assistance to provide training and case management services to workers who lose their jobs to outsourcing and foreign trade.

Arkansas will receive $70.2 million in disaster aid from the federal government to help the state recover from flooding and tornadoes.

Librarians and state leaders will gather today in Little Rock to promote the education and deployment of broadband, or high-speed Internet, service in Arkansas.

Employees of Heifer International are learning this week whether they will be among the twenty percent facing unemployment.

Attorney General Dustin McDaniel’s office has issued an official opinion — requested by Sen. Paul Miller — that said golf carts may be operated on city streets only between a residence and a golf course and only if a city ordinance allows it.

The state attorney general Wednesday certified the popular name and ballot title of a proposed constitutional amendment that would extend the terms of county officials from two to four years.

The Drug Enforcement Administration lists Arkansas as one of the top 10 in the nationfor methamphetamine busts.

About one-third of the rides on the amusement park side of Magic Springs & Crystal Falls in Hot Springs are closed for the start of the attraction’s season. Some of the replacement parts come from Europe.

Baxter Healthcare in Mountain Home is laying off 65 employees who work in a segment of the business is being phased out.

Arkansas’ winter wheat harvest is coming in underweight and a little sickly because of a very wet May. The average bushel weight is 60 pounds, but the estimated average this year is about 55 pounds.

Star City will be receiving a storm warning siren from American Signal and is expected to be shipped soon.

John Daly is playing in the St. Jude Classic this week and his ex-wife is barred from the course.

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Pat Lynch in the Democrat-Gazette

My column on politics and life in Arkansas sows up every Monday morning in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Look for it on the Voices page in the Arkansas section. It's also on the web for paid subscribers at the Arkansas Online site.
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