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Karl Rove, the senior political adviser to President George W. Bush, was interviewed in a closed session by investigators for the House Judiciary Committee about his role in the dismissal of nine federal prosecutors, including one in Arkansas, back in December 2006.

The Palm Beach Post reports new Atlantic University President Lu Hardin is under investigation by the Faulkner County prosecutor for alleged irregularities while he was President of UCA.

Rep. John Boozman is fighting a Corps of Engineers plan to shut down a hydroelectric project on the Arkansas River east of Fort Smith. Although the closing is supposed to be part of a national cost reduction, Boozman says the expense of shutting it down exceeds the cost of completion by $4 million.

Golf carts may be legal to drive on city streets under certain circumstances, but the same probably can’t be said for riding lawnmowers, motorized wheelchairs or electric scooters, Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel said in an opinion Tuesday.

Rep. Steve Harrelson’s Under the Dome blog notes a gap has continued to widen between the health insurance premiums paid by the state’s teachers and other state employees.

State scientists are looking for life on Mars. NASA recently offered the team a $1.5 million grant to fund the project. Over the next few years, the team of Arkansas scientists, from institutions including UALR, Arkansas Tech University and Harding University, will develop an Open Path Spectrometer, software to help robots spot places with excess biogenic gases on Mars.

The state Oil and Gas Commission has received six complaints of fouled water wells in the area of natural gas drilling in the Fayetteville Shale play.

SeaPort Airlines officially accepted a contract for providing passenger service at Jonesboro, Hot Springs, Harrison and El Dorado.

The pilot of a Cessna 150 that crashed near Mayflower Saturday afternoon didn’t have a pilot’s license, according to Federal Aviation Administration records.

Federal prosecutors are refusing to name two confidential informants who provided information to the FBI about Tony Alamo.

Authorities found a burned body in Pulaski County believed to be that of a former Waldron mayor missing for more than two weeks. Fort Smith police have arrested a suspect.

The city of Little Rock will not offer any assistance to the owner of a house that was declared unsafe after a large hole opened beneath it during a heavy rain Sunday evening.

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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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