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		<title>Lawmaker bashes term limits</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Lyon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A term-limited state House member says term limits has left the Legislature bereft of institutional memory and with lawmakers ill-equipped to represent their constituents. Three-term Republican Jim Medley of Fort Smith  told reporters today he&#8217;s frustrated by what he has seen from fellow legislators in recent budget hearings. &#8220;I’ve been going to these various committee hearings, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nonprofit gives Beebe budget mixed review</title>
		<link>http://politicsinarkansas.com/2008/11/13/nonprofit-gives-beebe-budget-mixed-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:47:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Lyon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A nonprofit child advocacy group gave a mixed review today to Gov. Mike Beebe&#8217;s balanced budget proposal. The $4.5 billion proposed budget for the next fiscal year, unveiled this morning, calls for reducing the state&#8217;s sales tax on groceries from 3 cents to 2 cents. Beebe also is proposing setting aside about $146 million from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beebe wants rainy day fund</title>
		<link>http://politicsinarkansas.com/2008/10/31/beebe-wants-rainy-day-fund/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Lyon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Storm clouds could be brewing over Arkansas’ economy, according to Gov. Mike Beebe. Beebe said today he believes the state needs a rainy day fund to prepare for possible economic hard times. &#8220;We are looking at a forecast where it looks like we are going to be hit by the national economy,” Beebe said on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No decision on restoring cut funds</title>
		<link>http://politicsinarkansas.com/2008/10/06/no-decision-on-restoring-cut-funds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Lyon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Mike Beebe has decided to postpone a decision on whether to restore any money previously cut from the state budget, citing uncertainty about the impact of today’s stock market plunge. On Friday Beebe said he would consider over the weekend whether a jump in state revenues would allow the state to restore any of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good news for state agencies</title>
		<link>http://politicsinarkansas.com/2008/10/03/good-news-for-state-agencies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Lyon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Mike Beebe had good news today for the state agencies that were hardest hit by budget cuts this year. Beebe said he will consider whether a jump in state revenues will allow some of those slashed funds to be restored. “We’re going to look over the weekend and see whether or not we make [...]]]></description>
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