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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[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[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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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 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>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 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>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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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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<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>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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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>
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<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>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 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>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 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>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 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[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 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[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[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[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>
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<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>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe Announces 20 Appointments to Boards and Commissions]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[LITTLE ROCK - Governor Mike Beebe today announced the following judicial appointment:

Searcy W. Harrell, Jr., Camden, as Circuit Judge for the Fourth Division of the 13th Judicial District.  Appointment expires December 31, 2012.  Replaces Judge Susan Hickey.

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

Antonio Abad, Maumelle, to the Arkansas B...<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[No Kid Hungry One-Year Anniversary]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Governor Beebe recently participated in the No Kid Hungry One-Year Anniversary Celebration.<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe Announces 43 Appointments to Boards and Commissions]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[LITTLE ROCK - Governor Mike Beebe today announced the following appointments to boards and commissions:

Stephen Bingham, Little Rock, reappointed to the Arkansas Child Abuse, Rape and Domestic Violence Commission.  Appointment expires July 1, 2013.

Kathy Burl, North Little Rock, to the Arkansas State Board of Athletic Training.  Appointment expires January 14, 2012.  Replaces Eric Linson.
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe Announces Intent to Grant Commutation, Pardons ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[LITTLE ROCK - Governor Mike Beebe today announced his intent to grant one commutation and ten pardons.  An additional 27 clemency requests were denied and 23 had no action taken upon them.  These include requests from both inmates and non-inmates.

Governor Beebe intends to commute the sentence of the following person from a term of 120 years to a term of 40 years in the Department of Correcti...<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe Announces 38 Appointments to Boards and Commissions]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[LITTLE ROCK - Governor Mike Beebe today announced the following judicial appointment:

Steven W. Quattlebaum, Little Rock, as Special Associate Justice to the Arkansas Supreme Court for the case styled CR93-988 & CR99-1221, Frank Williams, Jr. v. State of Arkansas.  Replaces Justice Donald L. Corbin, who has disqualified himself from this case.

Governor Mike Beebe also announced the following...<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Clinton Presidential Park Bridge Dedication Ceremony]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Governor Beebe recently attended the Clinton Presidential Park Bridge Dedication Ceremony.<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe Names AEDC Interim Director]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[LITTLE ROCK - Governor Beebe today named Grant Tennille, currently a Deputy Chief of Staff in Beebe’s office, as Interim Director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission.  Tennille will retain some of his duties in Beebe’s office, as well.

“Grant has worked closely with the staff at AEDC for years, and has provided vital support for the agency after the sudden death of Maria Hale...<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe Announces 43 Appointments to Boards and Commissions]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[LITTLE ROCK - Governor Mike Beebe today announced the following appointments to boards and commissions:

Kenneth Baim, Pine Bluff, reappointed to the Southeast Arkansas College Board of Trustees.  Appointment expires July 1, 2018.

Mary Bassett, Fayetteville, reappointed to the Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission.  Appointment expires June 30, 2017.

Roger Carter, Hot Spri...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://governor.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=3107</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Beckmann Volmer Groundbreaking Ceremony]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Beckmann Volmer, a manufacturer of major steel components for wind turbines, recently broke ground on its new facility in Osceola, where the company will invest $12 million and employ approximately 300 people. Beckmann Volmer is a direct supplier to Nordex, which has a manufacturing facility in Jonesboro, along with several additional wind-energy companies.<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe's Statement on the Death of Maria Haley]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Maria Haley, executive director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, died Tuesday evening in Little Rock after suffering an aneurysm Friday night.

“Maria Haley did more for the State of Arkansas than most people will ever know.  Her tireless mission to create and keep jobs in Arkansas was a primary factor in our ability to ride out the recession as well as we have.  After liv...<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe Announces 61 Appointments to Boards and Commissions]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[LITTLE ROCK - Governor Mike Beebe today announced the following appointments to boards and commissions:

Anita “Edie” Arey, Hensley, to the Arkansas Student Loan Authority.  Appointment expires August 15, 2015.  Replaces Dr. Laura Berry.

David Bell, D.D.S., Arkadelphia, to the Arkansas State Board of Dental Examiners.  Appointment expires September 1, 2016.  Replaces Wendell Garrett, D.D....<br />]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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