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RSSCircuit Clerk Retires, Endorses Piazza
Stamps Has Worked In Office Since 1979
FAYETTEVILLE — Washington County Circuit Clerk Bette Stamps announced Friday she will retire from public office and endorsed her potential replacement.
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Income up, outlay down, U.S. budget deficit drops
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government’s budget deficit narrowed in January as income-tax receipts climbed and spending dropped. Continue reading...
True conservative, Romney says at conference
WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney told party activists Friday that he was a “severely conservative” governor who would govern that way if he won the White House. Continue reading...
Giffords-penned bill signed into law
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama signed into law Friday a final bill written by former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was wounded in an Arizona shooting rampage a year ago that killed six people and wounded 13, including Giffords. Continue reading...
Senator to re-issue drug-court request
Tobacco settlement is source of funding
A state senator said Friday he will try again to get $3 million from a state Tobacco Settlement Commission fund to pay for drug courts in fiscal 2013 because the governor didn’t propose a way to fund the courts in his fiscal 2013 budget request. Continue reading...
Obama revamping birth control policy
WASHINGTON — A person familiar with the decision says President Barack Obama will announce a plan to accommodate religious employers upset over a rule that would require them to cover birth control for women free of charge. Continue reading...
Snow Named To Council
BELLA VISTA — Jerry Snow was sworn in Thursday to fill the unexpired term of the late Alderman J.D. Shrum.
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Jobless-benefits, tax talks remain stuck
WASHINGTON — House-Senate negotiations on extending jobless benefits and a 2 percentage-point cut in the payroll tax remained stalled Thursday, despite a proposal in which Democrats urged a six-week cut in the maximum time unemployed workers can receive jobless benefits. Continue reading...
Santorum defends use of ‘good’ earmarks as senator
OKLAHOMA CITY — Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum defended his use of earmarks, saying Thursday that some were necessary for defense or health programs. Continue reading...
Santorum endorses fracking in Oklahoma campaign stop
OKLAHOMA CITY — Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum is concentrating on local energy issues as he works his way through natural-gas rich Oklahoma. Continue reading...
Arkansas Governor: 15 firefighters to go back to work
LITTLE ROCK — Gov. Mike Beebe says 15 firefighters with the Arkansas Forestry Commission will be put back to work this month after a shift of money within the state’s budget. Continue reading...
Minnesota, Missouri, Colorado give Santorum wins
WASHINGTON — A resurgent Rick Santorum won Minnesota’s Republican presidential caucuses with ease Tuesday night and was declared the victor in Colorado as well, raising fresh questions about front-runner Mitt Romney’s appeal among the ardent conservatives at the core of the party’s political base. Continue reading...
Gifted teens earn time with Obama
WASHINGTON — In the White House’s State Dining Room, high school senior Taylor Wilson chatted Tuesday about nuclear physics with the president. Continue reading...
Special forces prep for bigger Afghan role
WASHINGTON — Adm. Bill McRaven said Tuesday that special operations forces in Afghanistan are preparing for a possible expanded role as overall U.S. forces begin to draw down after a decade of war. Continue reading...
In a shift, Obama seeks PAC donors
Advocacy groups: Looks illegal
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, who has decried the influence of outside groups in politics, is now encouraging his top donors to contribute to the independent political action committee backing his reelection. Continue reading...
