Arkansas lawmakers to look at override, end session

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas lawmakers are returning to the state Capitol to formally end this year’s session, but first are expected to consider whether to override Gov. Mike Beebe’s veto of a $5 million tax exemption for natural gas drillers.

The House and Senate are scheduled to convene Wednesday afternoon to adjourn this year’s fiscal session, which wrapped up last week. Lawmakers are expected to try to override Beebe’s line-item veto of a measure exempting sand used in natural gas drilling from the state sales tax.