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Another grocery sales tax proposal released By Rob Moritz LITTLE ROCK - The list of proposals on how Gov.-elect Mike Beebe and the Legislature should repeal the sales tax on groceries keeps growing.
Huckabee still weighing options in presidential bid By Rob Moritz and John Lyon LITTLE ROCK - Gov. Mike Huckabee said Wednesday that his decision on whether to run for president in 2008 will depend in part on how much support he has in states that have early primaries.
Frederick M. Dierks of Hot Springs has pledged what educators are calling the largest individual cash gift to an Arkansas community college.
Bill would bar state contracts with firms that hire illegal immigrants By Rob Moritz LITTLE ROCK - Legislation that would prohibit state agencies from entering into contracts with businesses that employ illegal immigrants was pre-filed Tuesday in advance of the 2007 session.
Tax exemption bills target used vehicles, homesteads By Rob Moritz LITTLE ROCK - Legislators pre-filed a spate of bills Monday for the 2007 legislative session that would increase the state sales tax exemption on used vehicles and expand the homestead tax credit.
Survey says freshmen not prepared for college By Rob Moritz LITTLE ROCK - Nearly half of Arkansas college professors who teach freshman-level courses are not satisfied with the work their first-year students are doing, according to survey results released Wednesday.
Sales tax on groceries, everything else, a hot topic in '07 Legislature By Rob Moritz LITTLE ROCK - The state sales tax - the one Gov.-elect Mike Beebe wants to phase out on groceries and eliminate on utilities used by industry - is likely to be a major topic of the next legislative session in January.
More payday lenders regulated by state By Jason Wiest LITTLE ROCK - More payday lenders are being regulated by the Arkansas State Board of Collection Agencies, but 45 percent still aren't, a coalition of groups seeking to end payday lending in Arkansas claimed Wednesday.
WMA project established in Calhoun County By Joe Mosby A 16,000-acre Arkansas wildlife management area, to be open to the public within a few months, was created Tuesday with the signing of documents by five partners.
State should create earned income tax credit, activist group says By John Lyon LITTLE ROCK - Arkansas should offer an earned income tax credit to help families make ends meet, members of a community activist group said Monday.

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