Global Warming Commission holds first meeting
Posted 10-03-2007 9:14 am

 Wednesday, Oct 3, 2007

By John Lyon
Arkansas News Bureau
LITTLE ROCK - Protecting the environment and promoting economic development don't have to be mutually exclusive goals when reasonable people seek common ground, Gov. Mike Beebe said Tuesday in convening the newly formed Governor's Commission on Global Warming.

When the goals cannot be reconciled, Beebe said, the environment is his top priority.

On Tuesday, the panel elected the House sponsor, state Rep. Kathy Webb, D-Little Rock, co-chairman of the commission, along with Pearlie Reed of Marion, former chief conservationist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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Feeding The Hungry
Posted 9-28-2007 4:38 pm
Rep. Kathy Webb of Little Rock has taken the lead in forming a bipartisan caucus to propose hunger-fighting legislation in the next session beginning in January 2009. Her House Republican co-chairman will be Rick Green.

Webb is the first openly gay member of the state Legislature. There were those who thought she would be shunned and, through no fault of her own, ineffective in a legislature dominated by conservative rural males.

Not so.

"Kathy's great," Green told me. "She works hard. And she's solid as a rock. If she tells you something, you can count on it. And that's all you can ask of a legislator." » read article   

U.S. Gay-Rights Groups Heartened by Political Gains
Posted 6-25-2007 8:23 am
Gay rights leaders encouraged by America's progress in regards to LGBT issues. » read article   

Gay lawmaker's agenda includes environment, health care
Posted 5-14-2007 8:39 am
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Arkansas Rep. Kathy Webb stops anti-gay adoption bill
Posted 5-01-2007 8:59 am
Rep. Kathy Webb, a Victory-endorsed candidate in 2006, has been instrumental in stopping a bill that would have banned adoption by gay couples in Arkansas.  Webb, the state's first openly gay elected official, lobbied her colleagues on the State House Judicicary Committee to kill the measure, and many groups involved in the fight say her mere presence on the committee and in the House went a long way to stopping the vicously anti-gay measure. » read article   

Brunch speakers: You're changing American politics
Posted 5-01-2007 8:58 am
Utah State Sen. Scott McCoy holds up his official license plate during a speech delivered at the Victory Fund’s 7th Annual Champagne Brunch held last weekend. » read article   

Environmentalists say legislative session moderately successful
Posted 4-17-2007 9:12 am
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Gay candidates win in record numbers across U.S.
Posted 3-30-2007 8:52 am
The Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund reported unprecedented success in electing openly gay candidates in 2006. » read article   

Gay and Lesbian Candidates Win In Key Races Across the U.S.
Posted 3-26-2007 12:48 pm
No Local Impact Seen from Washington D.C. Marriage Debate » read article