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Pulaski County Special School District leaders are submitting to voters on Nov. 2 a plan to generate $80 million for school additions and other improvements without raising annual taxes or extending the levy of debt-service tax mills beyond their current 2048 expiration date.

Clawsons mayor just resigned. Reese Scripture charged the city manager with not giving council enough time for good budget decisions.

Shreveport VA reaches 5,000 COVID-19 vaccine milestone “I hope all Veterans will come on and get their shots" When Vietnam Veteran William O. Smith, Jr. arrived at the Overton Brooks VA Medical Center in Shreveport, Louisiana, for a regular medical appointment Feb. 3, he did not expect anything out of the ordinary. To his surprise, the staff greeted Smith with balloons, flashing cameras (pictured above), media interviews, a gift basket and a special certificate presented by the medical center...

Cricket by James Matthey 22nd Jan 2021 11:18 AM Former Australian skipper Ian Chappell has questioned why David Warner cant captain his country but Steve Smith can as questions are asked about Tim Paines future after a disastrous series loss to India. An inability to bowl India out on day five in Sydney or Brisbane allowed the tourists to secure a stunning 2-1 win, and saw critics take aim at Paines tactical nous. The ONLY place t...

Sydney: Former skipper Ian Chappell says star batsman Steve Smith might get back the Australia captaincy despite his involvement in the infamous

The Secret to the Best Vegetable Gratin Is a Double Dose of Pork Bloomberg 1/8/2021 (Bloomberg) -- Editor’s Note: As more people are working from home, Bloomberg Pursuits is running a weekly Lunch Break column that highlights a notable recipe from a top cookbook and the hack that makes it genius. Here’s a word that usually dominates January conversation but has been notably absent in 2021: “diet.” While the concept of Dry January continues to take hold—in the U.K., the number o...

Delusions, justice, accountability and freedom in America Paul C. Taylor, The Washington Post Dec. 18, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail "Stakes is High: Life After the American Dream" By Mychal Denzel Smith - - - Near the end of his small but indispensable book, Mychal Denzel Smith acknowledges a fear that haunts politically engaged writing. "It is difficult to think it is useful to write more words," he says, "while children languish in concentration camps at the border." Troubled times seem to requ...