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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe's weekly column and radio address: The 2012 Fiscal Session]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This month, the Arkansas General Assembly is coming back to the Capitol for only the second fiscal legislative session our state has ever seen.  In the 2008 election, Arkansans voted to enact fiscal sessions, limiting them to the sole purpose of adopting the state budget for the next fiscal year.  The first such session in 2010 held to that tenet, and I hope and expect that this month’s session ...<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe's weekly column and radio address: The 2012 Fiscal Session]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This month, the Arkansas General Assembly is coming back to the Capitol for only the second fiscal legislative session our state has ever seen.  In the 2008 election, Arkansans voted to enact fiscal sessions, limiting them to the sole purpose of adopting the state budget for the next fiscal year.  The first such session in 2010 held to that tenet, and I hope and expect that this month’s session ...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://governor.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=3267</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[John Shannon Resigns as Arkansas State Forester]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[LITTLE ROCK - Effective at the end of business on Friday, John Shannon is resigning as Arkansas State Forester.  Shannon’s decision came after reviewing the results of the Division of Legislative Audit’s investigation into financial problems at the Arkansas Forestry Commission.

“John Shannon has helped develop the Arkansas Forestry Commission into a widely respected agency that Arkansans...<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Agriculture Department Reallocation to Restore 15 Forestry Firefighter Jobs]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[LITTLE ROCK - After conferring with House and Senate leadership and Department of Finance and Administration officials, Governor Mike Beebe will direct the Arkansas Agriculture Department to reallocate $550,000 annually in ongoing funds from its budget to the Arkansas Forestry Commission.  The move allows the restoration of 15 firefighter positions throughout the state beginning February 21.  Base...<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Greenbrier Westside Elementary]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Governor Beebe of Arkansas visits Westside Elementary of Greenbrier Arkansas,...<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe's weekly column and radio address: Earthquakes, Past and Future]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This year marks the 200th anniversary of the infamous “New Madrid Earthquakes,” earthquakes that tore through the central United States in 1811 and 1812.  A sequence of four of the largest North American earthquakes ever recorded destroyed the Mississippi River Valley town of New Madrid, Missouri. The intense shaking was felt along the Gulf Coast and the Atlantic Coast, and even up into Canada...<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe Announces Intent to Grant Pardons]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[LITTLE ROCK - Governor Mike Beebe today announced his intent to grant seven pardons.  An additional 26 clemency requests were denied and 23 had no action taken upon them.  These include requests from both inmates and non-inmates.

The seven applicants intended for pardons have completed all jail time, fulfilled all parole-and-probationary requirements and paid all fines related to their senten...<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe's weekly column and radio address: Earthquakes, Past and Future]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This year marks the 200th anniversary of the infamous “New Madrid Earthquakes,” earthquakes that tore through the central United States in 1811 and 1812.  A sequence of four of the largest North American earthquakes ever recorded destroyed the Mississippi River Valley town of New Madrid, Missouri. The intense shaking was felt along the Gulf Coast and the Atlantic Coast, and even up into Canada...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://governor.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=3262</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[American Vegetable Soybean and Edamame Facility to Open in Mulberry]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[American Vegetable Soybean and Edamame Inc. (AVS) recently announced it is opening an edamame processing facility in Mulberry, Arkansas. The company plans to invest $5.8 million in the facility which will eventually employ approximately 51 people.<br />]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[American Vegetable Soybean and Edamame Inc. Announcement]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[American Vegetable Soybean and Edamame Inc. (AVS) today announced it is...<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe Announces 19 Appointments to Boards and Commissions]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[LITTLE ROCK - Governor Mike Beebe today announced the following appointments to boards and commissions:

Joseph Beck, M.D., Little Rock, reappointed to the Arkansas State Medical Board.  Appointment expires December 31, 2016.

William Dudding, M.D., Fort Smith, reappointed to the Arkansas State Medical Board.  Appointment expires December 31, 2017.

Glen Glover, El Dorado, to the State Rehab...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://governor.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=3244</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe's weekly column and radio address: A Successful Promise]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Five years ago, the City of El Dorado made national news with an exceptional new scholarship program called the El Dorado Promise. Generously funded by the locally based Murphy Oil Corporation, the program covers the full cost of college for students who receive their entire K-12 education from the school district. Partial scholarships are available to students who graduate from El Dorado High Sch...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://governor.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=3242</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe's weekly column and radio address: A Successful Promise]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Five years ago, the City of El Dorado made national news with an exceptional new scholarship program called the El Dorado Promise. Generously funded by the locally based Murphy Oil Corporation, the program covers the full cost of college for students who receive their entire K-12 education from the school district. Partial scholarships are available to students who graduate from El Dorado High Sch...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://governor.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=3243</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe Announces 21 Appointments to Boards and Commissions]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[LITTLE ROCK - Governor Mike Beebe today announced the following appointments to boards and commissions:

Johnny Allison, Conway, reappointed to the Arkansas State Police Commission.  Appointment expires January 14, 2019.

James Bacquet, Russellville, to the Central Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission.  Appointment expires September 29, 2013.  Replaces Bernard Bevill.

Dr. Kenne...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://governor.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=3240</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe's weekly column and radio address: Recognizing Unsung Heroes]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Whenever we face disaster or crisis in Arkansas, we hear stories of the outstanding, and sometimes heroic, deeds of everyday Arkansans. Our citizens never hesitate to stand up for each other and do extraordinary things, taking actions that often go unrecognized despite their admirable display of courage and selflessness. We know that the people of this State give freely of themselves for others in...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://governor.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=3239</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe's weekly column and radio address: Recognizing Unsung Heroes]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Whenever we face disaster or crisis in Arkansas, we hear stories of the outstanding, and sometimes heroic, deeds of everyday Arkansans. Our citizens never hesitate to stand up for each other and do extraordinary things, taking actions that often go unrecognized despite their admirable display of courage and selflessness. We know that the people of this State give freely of themselves for others in...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://governor.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=3238</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe's weekly column and radio address: Arkansas Ranks Fifth in K-12 Education]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Arkansas’s efforts to provide students with a first-class education received positive affirmation this week from the country’s leading education journal, Education Week. The journal’s annual “Quality Counts” report grades all 50 states and the District of Columbia on the policies and performance of their schools. This year, Arkansas’s public-education system was named the fifth-best in...<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe Announces Four  Appointments to Boards and Commissions]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[LITTLE ROCK - Governor Mike Beebe today announced the following appointments to boards and commissions:

Elizabeth Farris, Hot Springs, to the University of Central Arkansas Board of Trustees.  Appointment expires January 14, 2014.  Replaces Harold Chakales.

Brad Lacy, Conway, to the University of Central Arkansas Board of Trustees.  Appointment expires January 14, 2019.  Replaces Randy Sims....<br />]]></description>
<link>http://governor.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=3235</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe's weekly column and radio address: Arkansas Ranks Fifth in K-12 Education]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Arkansas’s efforts to provide students with a first-class education received positive affirmation this week from the country’s leading education journal, Education Week. The journal’s annual “Quality Counts” report grades all 50 states and the District of Columbia on the policies and performance of their schools. This year, Arkansas’s public-education system was named the fifth-best in...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://governor.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=3233</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Museum of Discovery]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[Museum of Discovery Dedication]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Governor Beebe today attended the grand re-opening of the renovated Museum of Discovery. The redesigned museum is packed with dozens of new interactive exhibits on earth science, physical science and biology aimed at every age group, from toddlers to senior citizens.<br />]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor's Workforce Cabinet Announces STEM Works Schools]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[LITTLE ROCK - The Governor's Workforce Cabinet today announces that 15 districts throughout the state and one technical center have been chosen as the first participants in the administration's STEM Works initiative.

"We're proud that a diverse range of schools applied to participate in our STEM Works program," Governor Mike Beebe said. "In Arkansas, education and economic development must wor...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://governor.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=3237</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe Announces Intent to Grant Pardons ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[LITTLE ROCK - Governor Mike Beebe today announced his intent to grant five pardons.  An additional 41 clemency requests were denied and 30 had no action taken upon them.  These include requests from both inmates and non-inmates.

The five applicants intended for pardons have completed all jail time, fulfilled all parole-and-probationary requirements and paid all fines related to their sentence...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://governor.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=3232</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe's weekly column and radio address: Another Fuel Option]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[We have all been frustrated watching gasoline and diesel prices constantly fluctuate in recent years.  In Arkansas, we continue our efforts to develop and promote alternative fuels.  This past August, the Arkansas Energy Office created a $1.2 million, federally-funded program to increase the number of vehicles in Arkansas that run on compressed natural gas, also known as CNG.  CNG is made by compr...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://governor.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=3231</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe's weekly column and radio address: Another Fuel Option]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[We have all been frustrated watching gasoline and diesel prices constantly fluctuate in recent years.  In Arkansas, we continue our efforts to develop and promote alternative fuels.  This past August, the Arkansas Energy Office created a $1.2 million, federally-funded program to increase the number of vehicles in Arkansas that run on compressed natural gas, also known as CNG.  CNG is made by compr...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://governor.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=3230</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe's weekly column and radio address: Arkansas in 2012]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In Arkansas, 2011 was a year of record flooding and searing heat, a busy and deadly tornado season and a slow recovery from national economic woes.  However, our agricultural industry has rebounded after those floods, we continue to rebuild and recover from the storms, and Arkansas remains one of only four states to make it through the past two fiscal years without a general-revenue shortfall.

...<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe's weekly column and radio address: Arkansas in 2012]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In Arkansas, 2011 was a year of record flooding and searing heat, a busy and deadly tornado season and a slow recovery from national economic woes.  However, our agricultural industry has rebounded after those floods, we continue to rebuild and recover from the storms, and Arkansas remains one of only four states to make it through the past two fiscal years without a general-revenue shortfall.

...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://governor.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=3229</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe's weekly column and radio address: Protecting Arkansas Insurance Consumers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Health care, long one of the basic tenets of our society, has become a politically polarizing issue during the past few years. The rapidly rising costs of care are making it more difficult for Americans to obtain the health services they need. In Arkansas, we are taking action ourselves to control these expensive health-care costs. We are working with insurance companies, health-care providers, co...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://governor.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=3223</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe's weekly column and radio address: Protecting Arkansas Insurance Consumers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Health care, long one of the basic tenets of our society, has become a politically polarizing issue during the past few years.  The rapidly rising costs of care are making it more difficult for Americans to obtain the health services they need.  In Arkansas, we are taking action ourselves to control these expensive health-care costs.  We are working with insurance companies, health-care providers,...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://governor.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=3222</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Watershed Alliance]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tyson Foods Donates to Watershed ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Tyson Foods, Inc. today donated 32,000 pounds of chicken to The Watershed Human and Community Development Agency  in Little Rock. Tyson has supported this community nonprofit organization, led by Reverend Hezekiah Stewart, with donations of protein every holiday season since 1984.
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe Announces 49 Appointments to Boards and Commissions]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[LITTLE ROCK - Governor Mike Beebe today announced the following judicial appointment:

Ed Koon, Sheridan, as Circuit Judge for the Second Division of the Seventh Judicial District.  Appointment expires December 31, 2012.  Replaces the Honorable Phil Shirron.

Governor Beebe also announced the following appointments to boards and commissions:

Robert Barnes, Texarkana, reappointed to the Garl...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://governor.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=3220</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe's weekly column and radio address: Helping Our Veterans At Home]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This week, the United States formally ended its military mission in Iraq.  Since 2003, more than one-million Americans have served our nation there. Nearly 4,500 of our servicemen and women died there, and 32,000 American troops were injured.  Many more remain in harm’s way, serving in Afghanistan or on other deployments around the globe.

The good news is that thousands of our troops will be ...<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe's weekly column and radio address: Helping Our Veterans At Home]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This week, the United States formally ended its military mission in Iraq.  Since 2003, more than one-million Americans have served our nation there. Nearly 4,500 of our servicemen and women died there, and 32,000 American troops were injured.  Many more remain in harm’s way, serving in Afghanistan or on other deployments around the globe.

The good news is that thousands of our troops will be ...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://governor.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=3218</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe's weekly column and radio address: Opportunities for Small Business Jobs]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[I have always believed that entrepreneurship and education play a vital role in the economic success of our State.  Our history of business success is built on stories of the personal initiative of Arkansans whose ideas led to the creation of companies like Walmart, Tyson, Stephens, Murphy Oil, JB Hunt, and many others.

Today, small businesses are still the lifeblood of the state’s economy,...<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe's weekly column and radio address: Opportunities for Small Business Jobs]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[I have always believed that entrepreneurship and education play a vital role in the economic success of our State. Our history of business success is built on stories of the personal initiative of Arkansans whose ideas led to the creation of companies like Walmart, Tyson, Stephens, Murphy Oil, JB Hunt, and many others.

Today, small businesses are still the lifeblood of the state’s economy, em...<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe Announces Intent to Grant Pardons]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[LITTLE ROCK - Governor Mike Beebe today announced his intent to grant six pardons.  An additional 28 clemency requests were denied and 24 had no action taken upon them.  These include requests from both inmates and non-inmates.

The six applicants intended for pardons have completed all jail time, fulfilled all parole-and-probationary requirements and paid all fines related to their sentences....<br />]]></description>
<link>http://governor.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=3201</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ADFA / AEDC Small Business Grant Announcment]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Announcement of award of up to $13.1 million by the US Dept. of the...<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Arkansas Teacher of the Year]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Kimberly Kaye Wilson, a visual art teacher at Monticello High School, today received the honor of being named Arkansas Teacher of the Year during a surprise assembly at her school.  Presenting the award were Governor Mike Beebe and Arkansas Education Commissioner Dr. Tom Kimbrell.<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Teacher of the Year - Kim Wilson]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe's weekly column and radio address: A Renewable Future]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Less than two years ago, Arkansas used nearly $2 million in federal stimulus money to spur private investment in renewable-energy projects. Through a program, dubbed the Renewable Technology Rebate Fund, the Arkansas Energy Office provided tax incentives for the installation of solar- and wind-energy projects. The State received national attention for its successful efforts in partnering with priv...<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe's weekly column and radio address: A Renewable Future]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Less than two years ago, Arkansas used nearly $2 million in federal stimulus money to spur private investment in renewable-energy projects. Through a program, dubbed the Renewable Technology Rebate Fund, the Arkansas Energy Office provided tax incentives for the installation of solar- and wind-energy projects. The State received national attention for its successful efforts in partnering with priv...<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Campus Creation Celebration for the UACCH-Texarkana Campus]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Governor Beebe participates in the Campus Creation Celebration and Steel...<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Marion Berry Parkway Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Governor Beebe recently participated in the Marion Berry Parkway...<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[L'Oreal Solar Energy System Ribbon Cutting Ceremony]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[L'Oreal Solar Energy System Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Governor Beebe today dedicated the L'Oreal Solar Energy System, which will provide 100 percent of the plant's outdoor lighting.<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe's weekly column and radio address: Fighting Hunger in All Seasons]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[With the holidays once again upon us, the spirit of giving will bless many of our fellow Arkansans in need. Food drives, toy donations and clothing-collection efforts all contribute to making the season a better one for those who are less fortunate. But their needs are not strictly seasonal, and their plight doesn’t end with beginning of a new year.

More than seventeen percent of all Arkansan...<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe's weekly column and radio address: Fighting Hunger in All Seasons]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[With the holidays once again upon us, the spirit of giving will bless many of our fellow Arkansans in need. Food drives, toy donations and clothing-collection efforts all contribute to making the season a better one for those who are less fortunate. But their needs are not strictly seasonal, and their plight doesn’t end with beginning of a new year.

More than seventeen percent of all Arkansan...<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe's weekly column and radio address: Thankful for Arkansas]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[As Arkansans, we have more to be grateful for this Thanksgiving than many of us may realize. We hear constant news of economic turmoil across America and in Europe, and we see the partisan gridlock that has brought Congress to a standstill. While we are affected by these forces here in the Natural State, we have stepped forward to chart our own course for the better.

The strides we’ve made no...<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe's weekly column and radio address: Thankful for Arkansas]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[As Arkansans, we have more to be grateful for this Thanksgiving than many of us may realize. We hear constant news of economic turmoil across America and in Europe, and we see the partisan gridlock that has brought Congress to a standstill.  While we are affected by these forces here in the Natural State, we have stepped forward to chart our own course for the better.

The strides we’ve made n...<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe Announces 28 Appointments to Boards and Commissions]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[LITTLE ROCK - Governor Mike Beebe today announced the following appointments to boards and commissions:

Thomas Bailey, Imboden, to the Arkansas Abstracters’ Board.  Appointment expires July 1, 2017.  Replaces Jack Kearney.

Scott Bramlett, Clinton, reappointed to the Arkansas Veterans’ Commission.  Appointment expires October 15, 2016.

Austin Hanner, Pearcy, reappointed to the Arkansas...<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Veterans Day at the Capitol]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe's weekly column and radio address: Prepared and Alert]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Recent events have reminded us that, in Arkansas, we must be prepared for any type of disaster to strike at any time of the year.  Thanks to technology, we often have the opportunity to take shelter, but planning ahead is also important.

This past week, we had tornado warnings in parts of the State, a reminder that severe storms strike Arkansas in all months of the year and not just in the spri...<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe's weekly column and radio address: Prepared and Alert]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Recent events have reminded us that, in Arkansas, we must be prepared for any type of disaster to strike at any time of the year. Thanks to technology, we often have the opportunity to take shelter, but planning ahead is also important.

This past week, we had tornado warnings in parts of the State, a reminder that severe storms strike Arkansas in all months of the year and not just in the sprin...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://governor.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=3191</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Veterans Day Ceremony Nov. 11, 2011]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Governor Mike Beebe gives remarks at the Veterans Day ceremony held at the...<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe Address Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce/AIA's 83rd Annual meeting]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On November 9, 2011, Governor Mike Beebe addressed the Arkansas State Chamber...<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Green Bay Packaging Recycling Center Grand Opening]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Governor Beebe today participated in the Green Bay Packaging Recycling Center Grand Opening in Morrilton. <br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Green Bay Packaging Recycling Center]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[National Emergency Alert Test Set for 1:00 P.M. Wednesday]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[LITTLE ROCK - Governor Mike Beebe reminds Arkansans that even after today’s severe weather exits Arkansas, emergency alerts will again be activated on Wednesday as part of a national test.

Wednesday afternoon, at 1:00 Arkansas time, television, cable, satellite and radio systems will participate in the first-ever national test of the Emergency Alert System.  The test is expected to last abou...<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe's weekly column and radio address: Giving Chances to Foster Children]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to meet a group of adoptive parents at the Capitol as part of National Adoption Awareness Month. The stories they shared were moving.

One couple, Darryl and Charise Easter of Union County, were foster parents to three girls.  Frequent court reviews and appearances became a regular part of their lives.  After the Easters adopted their youngest daughter at...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://governor.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=3184</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe's weekly column and radio address: Giving Chances to Foster Children]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to meet a group of adoptive parents at the Capitol as part of National Adoption Awareness Month. The stories they shared were moving.

One couple, Darryl and Charise Easter of Union County, were foster parents to three girls. Frequent court reviews and appearances became a regular part of their lives. After the Easters adopted their youngest daughter at a...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://governor.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=3185</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Museum of Discovery to Display Re-Discovered Moon Rock]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[LITTLE ROCK - Governor Beebe has decided that Arkansas’s Apollo 17 moon rock, recently re-discovered after three decades in storage, will be displayed at the Museum of Discovery in downtown Little Rock when the renovated facility re-opens next January.

The Museum of Discovery is already home to Arkansas’s other moon rock, presented to the State after NASA’s Apollo 11 mission.  Executive ...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://governor.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=3183</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe Announces Intent to Grant Pardons]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[LITTLE ROCK - Governor Mike Beebe today announced his intent to grant six pardons.  An additional 25 clemency requests were denied and 21 had no action taken upon them.  These include requests from both inmates and non-inmates.

The six applicants intended for pardons have completed all jail time, fulfilled all parole-and-probationary requirements and paid all fines related to their sentences....<br />]]></description>
<link>http://governor.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=3182</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Arkansas Wins National Grant to Fund College Completion Efforts]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Governor Mike Beebe announced today that Arkansas has been awarded $1 million...<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe participates in the Veterans Day Ceremony at the State Capitol on November 11, 2010]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Governor Beebe participates in the Veterans Day Ceremony at the State Capitol...<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Windstream Expansion Announcement]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Windstream announces that it will permanently locate its corporate...<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Allied Wireless Communications Corporation to Locate in Little Rock]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Allied Wireless Communications announces plans to create at least 200-250...<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[November is Adoption Awareness Month]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Governor Beebe helps commemorate November as Adoption Awareness Month while...<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe Returns From European Economic-Development and Trade Mission]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The delegation met with ten European companies already invested in Arkansas:...<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[GOVERNOR BEEBE CONFIRMS TOM KIMBRELL AS EDUCATION COMMISSIONER]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[LITTLE ROCK Governor Mike Beebe has confirmed Tom Kimbrell of Cabot as the...<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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