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The fiscally conservative Blue Dog Coalition plans to present a letter to House Democratic leaders Thursday raising concerns about costs and other issues and asking for more time, members of the group tell The Associated Press.

I'm trying to figure out what to call the abominable Energy Bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on June 26.

Lion Oil Co. will not survive if Congress passes the present form of a bill limiting pollution linked to global warming, a company executive in El Dorado said Wednesday.

Work is being done in bits and pieces for two new cross-country interstate highways that will run through Arkansas.

Less than two months ago, President Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi vowed to have a health care reform bill on the House floor by the end of July.

Former congressman John Paul Hammerschmidt says it took him "about 25 years" to get Interstate 540 completed from the Fayetteville area to I-40 at Alma.

Well, probably not. But, for the record, an e-mail alerts to a union card-carrying Republican who plans to challenge U.S. Rep.

Arkansas has a ways to go. BIG BLADES KEEP ON TURNIN': These are from the LM Glasfiber.

Among fellow Democrats seeking to succeed him as King County executive, there is unanimous agreement that the "house that Ron Sims built" has fallen into disrepair and needs a rebuild.

Arkansas' U.S. senators said Tuesday they have concerns about the clean energy bill that came out of the House last week.

Today, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores and the National Community Pharmacists Association announced their support for H.R. 3108, the Medication Therapy Management Benefits Act of 2009, sponsored by Rep.

Five months into his administration, President Obama has room for improvement on issues important to rural Arkansas, members of the state's congressional delegation say.

Poor management was a recurring theme Thursday as six King County executive candidates discussed their bids for election at a forum in North Bend.

(Little Rock, AR - June 25, 2009) The Waxman-Markey “American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009,” also known as Cap and Trade, will take over $63 million per year from Arkansas’ schools through higher electric rates and natural gas rates*. This is an average of $232,000 per school district per year that can no longer be used to hire teachers or give teachers raises. These increased energy costs could also lead to higher property tax rates for Arkansas property owners.

June 17, 2009 By Douglas McIntosh If I had to describe myself in this moment of economic chaos, I would say I am the grizzled sergeant, war weary, caught in the zone of instinctive awareness that combat veterans have. In order to survive you become a detached, cynical professional. In the sense of college degrees I am a rank amateur. However, over the last decade I have called the economic sphere pretty well. Perhaps the timing has been off, but I have nailed the trends perfectly. It takes a while for a two inch garden hose to fill a swimming pool, but it will fill it. Likewise, the endless debt, credit and bubbles of the last 25 years are finally reaching critical mass. It is no longer a matter of whether we have an economic collapse. No it is a matter of the scope, the intensity and the social chaos that economic collapse causes. My moniker over at Tree of Liberty is Doomer Doug, so I know what I am talking about. In a phrase, it is not coming: it is here.

Lt. Gov. Bill Halter has been on the phone a good bit lately. Like for nine hours in what are called "tele-town-halls." The telephone calls are about the college scholarships that are to be financed by the Arkansas lottery.

Tomorrow the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on Cap and Trade legislation, H.R. 2454.

U.S. Rep. Mike Ross, D-Prescott, introduced legislation in the House today that he says would created the largest investment in domestic alternative and renewable energy in the nation's history.

The Blue Dog Coalition, a group of fiscally conservative House Democrats who largely hail from Southern and Midwestern states, could play a pivotal role in the passage of the Obama administration's health care policies.

The Blue Dog Coalition, a group of fiscally conservative House Democrats who largely hail from Southern and Midwestern states, could prove critical in passage of the Obama administration's health care policies.