... Salmon of North Little Rock, who led efforts to create a small subsidy for grandparents raising grandchildren; Sen. Tracy Steele of North Little Rock for his senate leadership on the tobacco tax for health care; Rep. Dawn Creekmore of Hensley ...

... health problems. They're simply going somewhere else to buy their cigarettes," said Pritchard, R-Elkins. Sen. Tracy Steele said he planned on carrying the Senate versions of the bills for the tax hikes and the health care plan. Steele, D ...

... Mena; Gregg Reep, D-Warren; and Sens. Steve Faris, D-Malvern; Mary Anne Salmon, D-North Little Rock; and Tracy Steele, D-North Little Rock, among others. The portion of the legislation laying out the business model for the lottery ...

... in that bill concerns me, and what would happen in those programs if and when the tobacco revenues go down?" Sen. Tracy Steele, the Senate co-sponsor of the tax hike, said he thinks the bill's passage in the House will help sway some of ...

... Miller, D-Melbourne, who supports the tax increase. "It might pass or it might not. I want to be sure." Sen. Tracy Steele, the Senate co-sponsor of the tax increase, said he anticpates bringing the bill before the committee Wednesday ...

... could have set up another contentious showdown in the House over Gov. Mike Beebe's health-care package. Sen. Tracy Steele, the Senate sponsor of the $87.8 million tobacco tax increase, said he expected to bring the bill up for a vote ...

... statewide trauma system. The bill heads to Gov. Mike Beebe's desk, and a bill signing is planned for this week. Sen. Tracy Steele, D-North Little Rock, said he may present to a Senate panel this week legislation that would establish the statewide ...

... with trauma in the state of Arkansas," said Rep. Gene Shelby, the House sponsor of the measure introduced by Sen. Tracy Steele, D-North Little Rock. Gov. Mike Beebe last week signed $87.8 million increase in taxes on cigarettes and other ...

... The violation would be a felony, punishable by six to 30 years in prison and a maximum fine of $15,000. Sen. Tracy Steele, who voted against the ban, told Taylor he was concerned that the measure may go too far with its penalties. "I ...

... advanced by a committee. The Arkansas House of Representatives voted 89-4 in favor of the trauma-system bill by Sen. Tracy Steele, D-North Little Rock. The bill is the latest step in setting up a trauma network something that backers say is sorely ...