Beebe backs director, board despite prison problems

By Rob Moritz, Arkansas News Bureau

Gov. Mike Beebe gave a vote of confidence to the state prison director and Board of Corrections on Wednesday, a day after members of a legislative panel questioned the leadership of the prison system.
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Lottery Commission votes to join Powerball

By John Lyon, Arkansas News Bureau

The Arkansas Lottery Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to join the multi-state Powerball games, tickets for which may go on sale in the state as soon as this year, the state's lottery director said.
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Stimulus eases community college troubles

By Kimberly Leonard, Special to Stateline.org

States are digging into their federal stimulus money to help finance community colleges, where rising tuition, soaring enrollment and budget cuts threaten to shut students out of the system. Read More

Weekly wrap: Report questions states' use of stimulus road funds

By John Gramlich, Stateline.org Staff Writer

States are spending too much stimulus money on new road construction and not enough on public transit projects, a national advocacy group claims in a report issued Monday (June 29). Meanwhile, Michigan and California consider teaming up to solve their prison problems and North Carolina and Rhode Island face off with Amazon.com over taxes. Read More

Coming to 25 states -- higher taxes

By Mark Trumbull, The Christian Science Monitor

More than half of US states are responding to budget challenges with an answer that's often unpopular with their residents: tax hikes. Read More

Mississippi tops obesity rankings; Colorado is leanest state

By The Associated Press, The Wall Street Journal

WASHINGTON -- Mississippi remains at the top of the list in this year's national annual obesity rankings, with Alabama coming in second. Outside of fairly lean Colorado, there's little good news. Read More

Gov. Mike Beebe (D)
Elected: November 2006
Term expires: January 2011

	State capital: Little Rock
	State nickname: The Natural State
	Lt. Gov. Bill Halter (D)
	Secretary of State Charlie Daniels (D)
	Attorney General Dustin McDaniel (D)
	Senate President Pro Tem: Bob Johnson (D)
	House Speaker: Robbie Wills (D)

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Beebe backs director, board despite prison problems

Lottery Commission votes to join Powerball