LITTLE ROCK — Representatives Bill Abernathy, Steve Harrelson, John Lowery, Bill Sample and Robert Moore will serve as chairmen of high-profile House committees this legislative session.

House Speaker Robbie Wills, D-Conway, announced the appointments during the House’s opening session Monday.

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Abernathy, D-Mena, will serve as chairman of the House Education Committee, while Harrelson, D-Texarkana, will lead the Judiciary Committee. Lowery, D-El Dorado, will serve as chairman of the Revenue Committee, while Sample, R-Hot Springs, was tapped to lead the House Transportation Committee.

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Moore, D-Arkansas City, will serve as chairman for the Rules Committee — the committee that will hear proposals to establish a lottery and scholarship program in Arkansas.

This article was published January 12, 2009 at 1:53 p.m.

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