Craighead County and Jonesboro voters Tuesday voted to slash funding to their library system which has been criticized recently for excessive spending and LGBT exhibits.
An initiative to cut nearly half of the Craighead County Jonesboro Library System s funding will go before voters next month in an effort by a group of citizens who are saying they want to pay less taxes.
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A judge on Friday declined to grant relief in U.S. Senate candidate Jake Bequette's suit over an error that misidentified him as "Jack" Bequette on ballots in two Arkansas counties but allowed the case to remain open.