... seniority and install a secret ballot. Johnson is the second Senate leader the group has produced, after outgoing pro tem Jack Critcher in 2007. Johnson sponsored the 2005 legislation that opened the door to new electronic games of skill at Arkansas ...

... was during the session that everybody supported it. The problem was how do we pay for it," Senate President Pro Tem Jack Critcher, D-Batesville, said Thursday. Funding was expected to be among the topics discussed today at a joint meeting ...

... but a final decision is still pending, Wilson said. Charles and Wilson, whose appointment by Senate President Pro Tem Jack Critcher, D-Batesville, is in question, agreed that the tiff among the panel's disputed membership has delayed the ...

... best time for a special session, before legislators become engrossed in election campaigns. Senate President Pro Tem Jack Critcher, D-Batesville, said the governor "just wanted to update us on where we are with the possibility of (a special ...

... governor that I've had a fundamental disagreement with how he's trying to solve a problem." Senate President Pro Tem Jack Critcher, D-Batesville, who supports Beebe's plan, said Beebe has a "strong bully pulpit" as a popular governor ...

... for the first time since 1957. "I look for a dull and non-eventful three-day session," Senate President Pro Tem Jack Critcher said. - Advertisement - The main item on the legislative agenda is Beebe's proposal to raise the severance tax ...

... Senate, where members have been working on a four-day schedule since the session began in January, President Pro Tem Jack Critcher said finishing by the first weekend in April is a more realistic goal. "I don't think we can wrap up in two ...

... manager of Nucor-Yamato Steel in Blytheville; and former state Sen. Kevin Smith of Stuttgart. Senate President Pro-Tem Jack Critcher, D-Batesville, appointed Stratman and Smith in April and May, respectively. Webb said she hopes the commission ...