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Mayor’s tie-breaking vote increases size of parks commission
Mayor Debe Hollingsworth got her wish to increase the troubled parks and recreation commission’s membership when she cast a tie-breaking…
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Two independent studies pinpoint risks for steel mill incentives
Having a major industrial project in your backyard can be good or bad so it’s well worth studying the potential…
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Improve education of 4-year-olds
President Barack Obama’s call for universal preschool exists more as a noble aspiration than as something the White House can…
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Vote follows racial lines in residency repeal defeat
Pine Bluff’s City Council split along racial lines Monday night in its latest action concerning conflicting residency requirement legislation for…
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Bielema on Saban remark: It’s a joke
FAYETTEVILLE — Bret Bielema had a message Monday for anyone up in arms about comments he made during a recent…
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Senate approves ‘Andy’s Law’
LITTLE ROCK — The state Senate on Monday approved legislation that would allow victims of terrorist acts to recover damages…
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‘It Was a First Day’: Lions feel bigger target on backs
For the first time in his college football career, Arkansas-Pine Bluff linebacker Jer-ryan Harris knows how it feels to go…
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County home sales increase in February
The real estate market in Jefferson County showed gains in average prices, units sold and valuation of sold residential units…
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House votes to override veto of voter ID bill
LITTLE ROCK — The House on Monday completed a legislative override of Gov. Mike Beebe’s veto of legislation to require…
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House, Senate leaders endorse private option for health care expansion
LITTLE ROCK — The Republican leaders of the state House and Senate on Monday threw their support behind the private…