http://www.mail.com/people/2776-mike-beebe.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/2776-mike-beebe.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2088412-judge-rejects-motion-to-dismiss-ark-abortion-suit.html LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge said Wednesday that a challenge to Arkansas' new law banning most abortions 12 weeks into a pregnancy can proceed, rejecting the state's attempt to get the lawsuit dismissed. U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright ruled that the lawsuit, which was brought by the American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas and the C... Wed, 15 May 2013 20:50:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2088412-judge-rejects-motion-to-dismiss-ark-abortion-suit.html 2013-05-15T20:50:34Z http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/2055048-cabrera-fielder-homer-tigers-beat-twins-6-1.html DETROIT (AP) — Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder each hit a two-run homer, Justin Verlander pitched seven strong innings and the Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins 6-1 Tuesday night for their fifth straight victory. Verlander (3-2) allowed a run and five hits. He struck out eight and walked two. Vance Worley (0-4) gave up six runs and 10 hits in 4 2-... Wed, 01 May 2013 02:16:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/2055048-cabrera-fielder-homer-tigers-beat-twins-6-1.html 2013-05-01T02:16:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2032450-arkansas-turns-to-lethal-injection-drug.html LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — After surrendering its supply of a lethal injection drug to federal agents in 2011, Arkansas turned to a somewhat surprising place to look for another drug: a list from lawyers for several death row inmates. The state Department of Correction told The Associated Press this week that it decided to use phenobarbital after attorneys ... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 23:18:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2032450-arkansas-turns-to-lethal-injection-drug.html 2013-04-19T23:18:48Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2027278-arkansas-approves-medicaid-expansion-alternative.html LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas' plan to use federal money to buy private insurance for low-income residents won final approval from state lawmakers Wednesday, endorsing a model that several other states are eyeing as a possible alternative to expanding Medicaid. The Republican-controlled Legislature narrowly reached the three-fourths majority needed to... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 04:46:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2027278-arkansas-approves-medicaid-expansion-alternative.html 2013-04-18T04:46:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2024386-lawyers-arkansas-to-use-untried-execution-drug.html LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas plans to put prisoners to death with a drug that apparently hasn't been used in a U.S. execution, and lawyers for condemned inmates warn that it could take longer for someone to die from it than from other lethal injection drugs. Arkansas Department of Correction spokeswoman Shea Wilson told The Associated Press on Tuesda... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 02:00:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2024386-lawyers-arkansas-to-use-untried-execution-drug.html 2013-04-17T02:00:56Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2024068-groups-sue-to-block-arkansas-12-week-abortion-ban.html LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Abortion rights advocates filed a lawsuit Tuesday that seeks to overturn the more restrictive of Arkansas' two new abortion laws, saying the near-ban of abortions from the 12th week of pregnancy onward is unconstitutional. The American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas and the Center for Reproductive Rights, which filed the suit o... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:55:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2024068-groups-sue-to-block-arkansas-12-week-abortion-ban.html 2013-04-17T00:55:25Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2002798-calif-governor-to-china-investments.html SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown has designs on building some of the most expensive public works projects in the nation and wants to keep the state moving forward in its slow recovery from the recession. Where better to go searching for the money to further those interests than the world's second largest economy and a country that has... Sat, 06 Apr 2013 19:02:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2002798-calif-governor-to-china-investments.html 2013-04-06T19:02:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1991412-arkansas-gop-led-legislature-passes-voter-law.html LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas legislators passed a law Monday requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls, overriding Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe's veto of the bill, which he called an expensive solution to a non-existent problem. The Republican-led state House voted 52-45, largely along party lines, to complete an override that started ... Mon, 01 Apr 2013 21:47:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1991412-arkansas-gop-led-legislature-passes-voter-law.html 2013-04-01T21:47:32Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1989374-rivals-prepare-legal-battle-abortion-bans.html Rival legal teams, well-financed and highly motivated, are girding for court battles over the coming months on laws enacted in Arkansas and North Dakota that would impose the nation's toughest bans on abortion. For all their differences, attorneys for the two states and the abortion-rights supporters opposing them agree on this: The laws represent an unpr... Sun, 31 Mar 2013 17:55:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1989374-rivals-prepare-legal-battle-abortion-bans.html 2013-03-31T17:55:25Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1988688-south-near-solid-block-obamacare.html ATLANTA (AP) — As more Republicans give in to President Barack Obama's health-care overhaul, an opposition bloc remains across the South, including from governors who lead some of the nation's poorest and unhealthiest states. "Not in South Carolina," Gov. Nikki Haley declared at the recent Conservative Political Action Conference. "We will not expand Med... Sat, 30 Mar 2013 20:05:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1988688-south-near-solid-block-obamacare.html 2013-03-30T20:05:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1983130-ark-senate-overrides-voter-veto-house-to-vote.html LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Senate voted Wednesday to override Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe's veto of legislation that would require voters to show photo identification before casting a ballot. The Republican-led Senate voted 21-12, along party lines, to override the veto. There was no debate beforehand. The bill's sponsor, Republican state Sen. B... Wed, 27 Mar 2013 22:59:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1983130-ark-senate-overrides-voter-veto-house-to-vote.html 2013-03-27T22:59:07Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1939398-arkansas-gop-eyes-planned-parenthood-funds.html LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Not content with enacting the most restrictive abortion law in the country, Arkansas Republicans plan to press the legislative advantage their party hasn't enjoyed since Reconstruction by making it even more difficult for women to get abortions in the state. The GOP-controlled Legislature on Wednesday overrode Democratic Gov. Mike... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 23:34:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1939398-arkansas-gop-eyes-planned-parenthood-funds.html 2013-03-07T23:34:35Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1939268-anti-abortion-groups-divided-legal-tactics.html NEW YORK (AP) — By adopting the nation's toughest abortion law in the face of certain legal challenge, Arkansas legislators have exposed sharp tactical divisions within the national anti-abortion movement. Some activists welcomed the new law — a ban on most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy — as a bold challenge to the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:56:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1939268-anti-abortion-groups-divided-legal-tactics.html 2013-03-07T21:56:40Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1933602-ark-senate-overrides-veto-12-week-abortion-ban.html LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Senate voted Tuesday to override Gov. Mike Beebe's veto of legislation that would ban most abortions from the 12th week of pregnancy onward and give the state the most restrictive abortion laws in the country. There was no debate before the 20-14 vote. Beebe told legislators in his letter explaining his veto Monday th... Tue, 05 Mar 2013 21:31:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1933602-ark-senate-overrides-veto-12-week-abortion-ban.html 2013-03-05T21:31:10Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1931118-ark-gov-beebe-vetoes-12-week-abortion-ban.html LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe on Monday vetoed what would have been the most restrictive abortion ban in the nation, telling lawmakers that outlawing the procedure as early as 12 weeks into a pregnancy would be unconstitutional. Beebe used the same reasoning as he did last week while vetoing a 20-week abortion ban — a veto lawmakers qu... Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:03:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1931118-ark-gov-beebe-vetoes-12-week-abortion-ban.html 2013-03-05T00:03:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1921674-arkansas-senate-overrides-veto-abortion-bill.html LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas became the eighth state Thursday to enact a near-ban on abortions starting in the 20th week of pregnancy, and by next week it could outlaw most procedures from the 12th week onward, which would give it the most restrictive abortion laws in the country. The Republican-led Senate voted 19-14 along party lines to override De... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:58:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1921674-arkansas-senate-overrides-veto-abortion-bill.html 2013-02-28T23:58:55Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1920080-correction-arkansas-legislature-abortion-story.html LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — In later versions of a Feb. 27 story about Arkansas abortion legislation, The Associated Press misidentified the year of the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision. It was 1973, not 1976. A corrected version of the story is below: Ark. House overrides veto of abortion restrictions Arkansas House overrides veto of bill banning m... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:50:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1920080-correction-arkansas-legislature-abortion-story.html 2013-02-28T16:50:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1917170-arkansas-governor-vetoes-20-week-abortion-bill.html LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe on Tuesday vetoed a ban on most abortions in Arkansas at 20 weeks into a pregnancy, setting up an override fight with a Republican-controlled Legislature that has been pushing for more restrictions on the procedure. Beebe said he vetoed the ban, which is based on the disputed belief that a fetus can feel... Wed, 27 Feb 2013 01:10:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1917170-arkansas-governor-vetoes-20-week-abortion-bill.html 2013-02-27T01:10:08Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1860582-ark-senate-passes-measure-to-ban-abortions.html LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Senate voted Thursday to prohibit most abortions if a heartbeat is detected, ignoring warnings from opponents that banning the procedure as early as six weeks into a pregnancy would invite lawsuits. If enacted, the ban would be the most stringent in the nation. The Ohio House passed a similar ban in 2011, but it was s... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1860582-ark-senate-passes-measure-to-ban-abortions.html 2013-01-31T22:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1854194-ark-gov-announces-11-billion-steel-mill-plan.html LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The wraps came off Arkansas' largest ever economic development project Tuesday as Gov. Mike Beebe unveiled plans for a $1.1 billion steel mill along the Mississippi River that private investors are poised to build -- so long as legislators approve millions in startup funding. Big River Steel, LLC, would employ 525 people at a new ... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1854194-ark-gov-announces-11-billion-steel-mill-plan.html 2013-01-29T23:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1786816-storms-high-winds-snow-sleet-lash-northeast.html A powerful winter storm system that pounded the nation's midsection, wrecking holiday travel plans and dumping a record snowfall in Arkansas, began lashing the Northeast on Wednesday with high winds, snow and sleet. The storm, which knocked out power to thousands of utility customersm mainly in Arkansas, was blamed in at least six deaths. Hundreds of flig... Thu, 27 Dec 2012 06:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1786816-storms-high-winds-snow-sleet-lash-northeast.html 2012-12-27T06:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1764982-ark-republicans-consider-unusual-health-stand.html LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Like their counterparts in other southern states, Arkansas Republicans denounced "Obamacare" during this year's election campaign and called for its repeal. But now that they've won control of the Legislature for the first time in 138 years, GOP lawmakers are considering something that would be anathema to conservatives elsewhere -- expanding governm... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 19:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1764982-ark-republicans-consider-unusual-health-stand.html 2012-12-13T19:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1756420-fiscal-cliff-stalemate-spurs-anxiety.html JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A plunge over the federal "fiscal cliff" may sound like a terrifying risk for many state officials anxiously watching as Washington struggles to avert automatic tax hikes and spending cuts set to start with the new year. Yet their greatest angst may stem not from the potential loss of billions of dollars, but the confusion surrounding it all. ... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1756420-fiscal-cliff-stalemate-spurs-anxiety.html 2012-12-10T19:16:00Z