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Windfall undermines legislators’ seeming piety
Last November we published an editorial opposing the use of state funds to operate programming at religious-based schools. It was…
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The Flaws of Mitt and Newt
Newt Gingrich has an exquisitely sensitive moral antenna, and Mitt Romney’s remark suggesting indifference to the poor sent it quivering.…
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Watson Chapel to seek millage hike in April special election
The Watson Chapel School District will seek an increase of 5 mills in a special election April 10.The school board…
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Youth Commission approved by council
The Pine Bluff City Council unanimously voted Monday to revive a Commission on Children and Youth that has not been…
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Debt collector settlement reached
LITTLE ROCK — A debt collection company has agreed to pay up to $50,000 in restitution to Arkansas consumers as…
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Pine Bluff superintendent responds to directives from school board
Pine Bluff School District superintendent Jerry Payne recently submitted his responses to a set of written directives presented to him…
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Lottery commission sets $175,000 cap on director’s pay
LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Lottery Commission voted Monday to set a $175,000 cap on the annual salary it will…
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Student from PB honored at Quiz Bowl tournament
Axel Ntamatungiro, a seventh-grade student at Subiaco Academy was named to the All-Tournament team at the end of the Junior…
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Suspect from Jefferson County found near Guatemala, officials say
A Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Most Wanted Fugitive was arrested near Guatemala on Saturday, according to Major Lafayette Woods Jr.,…
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Plant Board chief: Boll weevils gone, program needed
LITTLE ROCK — Despite being boll weevil free for years, Arkansas still needs an eradication program to make sure the…