Friday, June 26, 2009

Arkansas: Officials share plans for stimulus

State representatives from the Arkansas Recovery Office made stops in two Northwest Arkansas cities Thursday to detail spending plans for the state's $2.9 billion share of federal stimulus dollars.

A dozen or so state officials have traveled in vans and buses over the past two weeks to brief area leaders on the recovery money available from various state agencies and departments and the chances local, private and nonprofit groups have in getting some of it...