AK WCC Shuffled; Butch Reeves Chairman

Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee shuffled the membership of the Workers Compensation Commission Friday, appointing Olan "Butch" Reeves, as chairman to replace retired Eldon Coffman.Reeves had served as Huckabee's chief legal counsel. The move will result in a pay raise for Reeves of about $12,000 to $99,264. Coffman, 75, of Fort Smith, said his six-year term on the Workers Compensation Commission ended last month, and that he wanted to retire. The other two representatives on the Commission are Terry Turner, husband of Huckabee Chief of Staff Brenda Turner for labor, and Joe Yates of Benton...