... of the Arkansas Legislature by Rep. Robbie Wills of Conway. The chairman of the lottery commission is Conway native Ray Thornton. A member of the lottery commission is Conway's Joe White. Those are four good and capable men, and they have other ...

... government salaries. Rep. Bryan King, the Republicans' leader in the House, said Thursday that Commission Chairman Ray Thornton should step down as head of the panel but remain on it. Thornton, who has served in Congress, on the state Supreme ...

... years," Goedde said, meaning players have been so lucky so often that the jackpots have stayed relatively small. Ray Thornton, chairman of the Arkansas Lottery Commission, has said he does not expect Arkansas to join any multi-state games ...

... Passailaigue said he would need a sport utility vehicle with a navigation system and a trailer hitch. Commission Chairman Ray Thornton said the car could also be used by other employees. "It's for Passailaigue and his staff," Thornton told reporters ...

... it carries a faint odor, perhaps. But consider: The day after applications closed, Lottery Commission Chairman Ray Thornton candidly declared in public that he was disappointed in the quality. They probably were going to have no process at ...

... interim president of the University of Central Arkansas, sent a letter of withdrawal to Lottery Commission Chairman Ray Thornton Monday. In a prepared statement, Courtway said one reason behind his decision to retract his application was that ...

... executive director. The commission did not take any action after meeting behind closed doors for an hour. Chairman Ray Thornton said many of the 55 applications the panel received earlier this week were for any job with the commission, not specifically ...

... with Arkansas lottery commissioners at a retreat at Petit Jean State Park to talk about the games. Commission Chairman Ray Thornton said his panel reached out to Passailaigue about becoming director after it was unsatisfied with other options. Passailaigue ...

... well-represented, or, more to the point, well-wired. One of his three appointees on the Lottery Commission, Ray Thornton, for whom Johnson worked when Thornton was a congressman, is chairman. "Where are we meeting?" someone pointedly ...

... had they brought in the top three or four applicants and conducted actual interviews." Lottery Commission Chairman Ray Thornton told lawmakers that he and commissioner Joe White had separately approached Passailaigue about running Arkansas' lottery ...