LITTLE ROCK — Cabot Mayor Eddie Joe Williams announced today he plans to run for the state Senate seat now held by Sen. Bobby Glover, who is term limited.

Williams, a Republican, has been mayor of Cabot for more than two years and previously served on the city’s planning commission and city council.

Glover, D-Carlisle, served in the state House from 1971-1981 and 1983-1991 and again from 1999-2001 before being elected to the Senate.

Senate District 28 includes all of Lonoke and Prairie counties, and parts of Arkansas and Pulaski counties.

LITTLE ROCK — A senate panel today endorsed a resolution urging the government of Turkey to recognize the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the leader of the Greek Orthodox Church.

To date, nearly 30 states have either approved similar resolutions are are considering them, said Gus Vratsinas, a member of the Greek Orthodox Church in Little Rock.

“All of use in the state, the United States and the European Union believe in human and religious freedom,” Vratsinas told the Senate Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs.

Sen. David Johnson, D-Little Rock, told the panel that for years Muslims and Christians have lived together and gotten along, but recently the Turkish government has been limiting the freedoms of Christians.