Beebe: More than $17K in trips received last year

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Gov. Mike Beebe received more than $17,000 worth of airfare, lodging and other expenses for trips he went on last year, with most for a pair of economic development missions overseas, according to a financial interest report he filed Thursday.

Beebe reported the four trips as gifts and non-governmental sources of payment on his annual statement of financial interest. Thursday was the deadline for elected officials to file the documents, which detail their income, gifts and holdings.