... t taken care of is highways and that's why I've wanted it to go to highways," Beebe said. A hike in the natural gas rate may have an easier time before the state's voters than in the Legislature, where a tax increase would require a three ...

... South, we are fortunate to be served by an aggressive natural gas utility that has enabled us to enjoy one of the lowest gas rates of any region, and which in keeping with our aims and mode of living, has made available gas lamps at basic cost. Since ...

LITTLE ROCK (AP) -- Residential customers of Reliant Energy Arkla can expect their monthly bills to increase by an average $6.86, possibly as early as next month.

LITTLE ROCK - Accounting problems that state regulators cite in opposing a proposed $34 million increase in natural gas rates are minuscule compared to steps taken to benefit its Arkansas customers, a CenterPoint Energy Inc. executive said Monday ...

... because consumers are paying a sales tax in addition to the taxes on production and distribution that is built into their gas rates. Lewis advocated raising the severance tax on natural gas and taking the sales tax off food and utilities. He said Arkansas ...

... because consumers are paying a sales tax in addition to the taxes on production and distribution that is built into their gas rates. According to a document supplied by Lewis, Arkansas' severance tax on gas is $0.003 per million cubic feet of gas ...

... receiving 5 mills after 2009. Justice Dianna Kellar voiced opposition to the increase citing not only the impeding rise in gas rates, but that the timing of the proposed increase does not allow taxpayers to vote on the millage. "No one wants to raise ...

... borrow the money through a state program known as the Economic Development of Arkansas Fund Commission, but that the gas rates in Twin Groves would have to be raised in order to pay the loan back. "People now pay $6.85 a unit on natural gas ...

... But I guess we ought to." Board member Clyde Reese questioned how the rates stand up comparatively to natural-gas rates, but Arnold said a comparison has never been figured. "I'd say we're awfully competitive," Hegeman said, citing ...