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		<title>Ken Ober, former MTV gameshow host, dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:33:05 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Putting politics and government aside for a moment, I was saddened to learn of the death of Ken Ober, former host of the late 1980&#8217;s MTV game show, Remote Control.    MTV.com has the details...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RobbieWills/~4/YivFXZIsJ08" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Early-Week Update – November 16, 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Here are a few items to get you going early in the week:
Former Pennsylvania Speaker Indicted &#8211; When you&#8217;re in my position, these kind of headlines definitely get your attention.  Dennis...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RobbieWills/~4/NvduB00Dr4A" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<enclosure url="http://archive.stateline.org/images/2009_Nov_11-BeyondCalifornia/ExecutiveSummary.pdf" length="873906" type="application/pdf" /><media:content url="http://archive.stateline.org/images/2009_Nov_11-BeyondCalifornia/ExecutiveSummary.pdf" fileSize="873906" type="application/pdf" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Here are a few items to get you going early in the week: Former Pennsylvania Speaker Indicted &amp;#8211; When you&amp;#8217;re in my position, these kind of headlines definitely get your attention.  Dennis B. Roddy and Tracie Mauriello write in the Pittsburgh Po</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary>Here are a few items to get you going early in the week: Former Pennsylvania Speaker Indicted &amp;#8211; When you&amp;#8217;re in my position, these kind of headlines definitely get your attention.  Dennis B. Roddy and Tracie Mauriello write in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that a statewide grand jury has accused Republican former House Speaker John M. Perzel [...] Post from: Robbie Wills </itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Arkansas,News,Politics,Policy,Public,Affairs</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.robbiewills.com/2009/11/15/early-week-update-november-16-2009/</feedburner:origLink></item>
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		<title>Weekly Column – November 14, 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[In 1918, at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month… the world rejoiced.  An armistice was signed to end the “war to end all wars.”  The following year, President Woodrow Wilson declared...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RobbieWills/~4/jnVXu9jM1zQ" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Billy Joe Shaver:  Arkansas Traveler</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robbie Wills</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[One of the treats of serving as Speaker is, on occasion, getting to meet some very interesting people.  Today was one of those occasions. 
Country music singer/songwriter Billy Joe Shaver visited the...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RobbieWills/~4/WL_Ih_Da7oM" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The Perils of Overpromising/Underdelivering</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:42:30 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Gov. Mike Beebe made the phrase famous during his 2006 campaign:  &#8220;Underpromise and Overdeliver.&#8221;  It&#8217;s good advice for any public servant, especially when you can actually do it,...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RobbieWills/~4/ZeIOogKywwo" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Job Training in a Tough Economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robbie Wills</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As you&#8217;ve no doubt read, Gov. Mike Beebe has announced a $10 million expansion of Arkansas Works, the state&#8217;s program to coordinate education, job training and economic development. ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RobbieWills/~4/zZbNjKJg4sA" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Veterans Day Salute</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[        
Wednesday is Veterans Day.  Since 1919, we&#8217;ve designated November 11 as a commeration of the sacrifices our service men and women have made in the past to keep us safe and free.  First...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RobbieWills/~4/y1MjEJgzGqI" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Tax Amnesty Program Exceeds Expectations</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:43:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robbie Wills</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Robert Travis Scott writes in the New Orleans Times-Picayune that a Louisiana tax amnesty program has brought in $303.7 million so far, more than twice the amount officials had estimated.  The...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RobbieWills/~4/VmxhDKB_7ek" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Weekly Column  – November 7, 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:54:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robbie Wills</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The members of the Arkansas House of Representatives convened at noon on Wednesday, November 4, 2009, for the biennial updating of the House Rules.  This has been done for the past several bienniums,...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RobbieWills/~4/AROYxsu-UXM" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Late-Week Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robbie Wills</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I spent the day at my law office in Conway with a little helper!  Her duties consisted of eating, sleeping and&#8230;well you parents out there know what I mean.
It&#8217;s been quiet today. ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RobbieWills/~4/S7fZGQ9fYCs" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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