... upcoming session: Sen. Gilbert Baker, R-Conway, incoming Senate chairman of the powerful Joint Budget Committee ... recession. Sen. Bob Johnson, D-Bigelow, the incoming Senate president pro tem. Johnson, 45, and his brothers ...

... bill filed was an Arkansas scholarship/lottery bill. I felt like that framed this issue in the proper light." Incoming Senate President Bob Johnson, D-Bigelow, agreed with Wills, D-Conway, in the importance of properly structuring the ...

... overseeing the ceremony during the hour or so he presided over the chamber. But as he handed the proceedings over to incoming Senate President John Cullerton, a fellow Democrat from Chicago, Blagojevich said he hoped senators would "find the truth ...

... s open to all ideas on how to award the scholarships and didn't rule out either Beebe or Halter's proposals. Incoming Senate President Bob Johnson, D-Bigelow, said he's still gathering information on the proposals and won't say which ...

... Developing the framework for how these dollars are disbursed is the most important thing we'll do next year," said Incoming Senate President Bob Johnson, D-Bigelow. "Once we do it, it'll be hard to unring that bell." The lottery's approval ...

... unintended consequences. There appears to be approval from lawmakers. Incoming Speaker of the House Robbie Wills and incoming Senate President Pro Tem Bob Johnson spoke favorably of the bill. Some are still reluctant, but indicate they may be favorable ...

... fourths vote in both the House and Senate. "My reservations are the fact that it's a declining revenue stream," incoming Senate President Bob Johnson, D-Bigelow, said last week. "I favor it, only because it's the only doable source of ...

... as well as a fundraiser held last year for Sen. Gilbert Baker, R-Conway, which was hosted by the outgoing and incoming Senate presidents, both Democrats. - Advertisement - Some excerpts from Gwatney's letter: "Our party faithful do not ...

... goose that laid the golden egg. We don't even want to injure it," Nelson said. That was apparently a shot at incoming Senate President Bob Johnson, who said in December that "this is no time to strangle the goose while it's attempting ...

... Wills, D-Conway. The letter turned into a spat between Gwatney and Senate President Jack Critcher who, along with incoming Senate President Bob Johnson, hosted a fundraiser for former state GOP chairman Gilbert Baker's Senate re-election bid ...