Gov. Mike Beebe stopped by Couch’s Bar-B-Que on Friday to have lunch with supporters and thank them for their efforts.

With a 70 percent approval rating, Beebe appears to be the exception in the current anti-Democratic, anti-incumbent political climate.

Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe spoke with University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff students in the student union Thursday as part of a last-minute campaign swing through the state.

Friday will be a big day for Jonesboro and Northeast Arkansas as NORDEX USA officially opens its plant here. After a morning plant tour and ceremony for invited guests, including Gov. Mike Beebe, NORDEX will open the wind turbine manufacturing plant to the public from 4-6 p.m.

"I think that he (Beebe) could wind up being considered the best governor Arkansas ever had," said Bumpers, who knew whereof he spoke, having held the job himself.

ENGLAND — So far, so good for state revenues during the first three months of the fiscal year — knock on wood, Gov. Mike Beebe told a crowd of supporters today in this Lonoke County farming community.

Arkansas has survived the recession and is recovering ahead of other states, said Gov. Mike Beebe during a campaign tour Monday afternoon in Texarkana.

LITTLE ROCK — When a new centralized communication system becomes active statewide, first responders will in some cases drive trauma patients past one or two hospitals to get them to the facility best equipped to treat their injuries.

Without question, this is the easiest endorsement made by The City Wire during this election cycle. Gov. Beebe has made a clear and compelling case for a second term, and we look forward to a second term from a man with the political skills and clout to leave state government in far better shape than he found it.

Arkansas ranks first in the nation for its increase in the number of math, science and English Advanced Placement test scores of 3, 4, or 5 earned by high school students this year as compared with 2009.