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Governor Beebe today helped kick off U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan's bus tour, "Courage in the Classroom: Honoring America's Teachers" at Little Rock Central High School. Secretary Duncan will visit schools in eight states over the next two weeks.

LITTLE ROCK - At the request of Governor Mike Beebe, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack has issued a Secretarial disaster designation for Crittenden, Cross, Jackson, Poinsett, St. Francis and Woodruff Counties. Beebe's request came after heavy rains and flooding hit East Arkansas from July 12 through July 16. National Weather Service radar estimates show that some areas of East Arkansas s...

LITTLE ROCK - Thanks to what is being called the largest federal grant ever received by an institution in Arkansas, numerous communities, hospitals and colleges will get connected with broadband access in the next few years. The grant of $102 million was awarded to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. It will pay for high speed, interactive links between the teaching hospital in Li...

Over the past several years, consumers have grown increasingly aware that their behavior affects the environment. People are building homes, office buildings, and schools with materials and techniques that lessen the negative impact on the environment. We see more hybrid cars every day, and alternative energy sources are becoming an increasingly viable means of powering our homes, offices, appli...

Over the past several years, consumers have grown increasingly aware that their behavior affects the environment. People are building homes, office buildings, and schools with materials and techniques that lessen the negative impact on the environment. We see more hybrid cars every day, and alternative energy sources are becoming an increasingly viable means of powering our homes, offices, appli...

Governor Beebe atttends the Syrgis 30 Year Anniversary Celebration and Ribbon...

SN Tech Inc., a leading manufacturer of electronically commutated electric motors, today announced the company has formed a partnership with ElectroCraft Arkansas Inc. to produce a "green" motor at ElectroCraft's Searcy manufacturing facility. The companies will hire about 55 new employees combined, taking total employment in Searcy from 70 employees to about 125.

LITTLE ROCK - The state attorney general's office has filed a lawsuit against payday lending companies that operate on the Internet because the interest rates charged to Arkansas residents amounts to 782 percent annually. The companies do business as Arrowhead Investments, Inc., and Galaxy Marketing, Inc. The attorney general also sued an individual named Christopher Hodes, alleging that he con...

LITTLE ROCK - After receiving previously unreleased figures from the Arkansas Lottery Commission about available scholarship monies, Governor Mike Beebe has asked the Arkansas Department of Higher Education to fund an additional $5.9 million in lottery scholarships. "Every incoming freshman who qualified for a lottery scholarship has received one, as have all current college students who have ...

Recently, representatives from the National Center for Youth Law visited Little Rock to recognize Arkansas's advances in improving our juvenile justice system. Over the past four years, we have progressed from being a system considered below average to one praised as a model for other states to follow. Improving the efficiency and effectiveness of our system required a change in mindset at the...

Recently, representatives from the National Center for Youth Law visited Little Rock to recognize Arkansas's advances in improving our juvenile justice system. Over the past four years, we have progressed from being a system considered below average to one praised as a model for other states to follow. Improving the efficiency and effectiveness of our system required a change in mindset at the...

Governor Beebe recently participated in the dedication of a courtyard at the University of Arkansas School of Law in honor of law school Dean Richard Atkinson, who died in 2005.

LITTLE ROCK - Governor Mike Beebe today announced his intent to grant seven pardons. An additional 19 clemency requests were denied and 17 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 sentenc...

LITTLE ROCK - The state Insurance Commissioner announced that Arkansas has created a high risk insurance pool for people who have been without health insurance for six months and who have been denied coverage because of pre-existing conditions. The new insurance plan, which started on August 1, was required by the national health care reform law signed by the president in March. Arkansas is on...

LITTLE ROCK - People with disabilities will conduct a mock legislative session in the Senate chamber of the state Capitol on August 18 and 19 to write, debate and vote on bills concerning disabilities. "I've done some research and to the best of my knowledge, I am fairly certain this will be the first event of its kind to be held in the United States," Senator Tracy Steele of North Little Rock...

LITTLE ROCK - Governor Mike Beebe today announced the following appointments to boards and commissions: Johnny Allison, Conway, reappointed to the Board of Trustees of the State Police Retirement System. Appointment expires July 1, 2017. Tad Bokker, Jr., Forrest City, reappointed to the Arkansas Towing and Recovery Board. Appointment expires June 22, 2013. Lois Boyd, Marianna, to the Mi...