Two sales taxes that Pine Bluff residents voted down less than three months ago will be back in the hands of voters for a November special election, pending full City Council approval.
Two sales taxes that Pine Bluff residents voted down less than three months ago will be back in the hands of the voters for a November special election, pending full City Council approval.
A state representative from Pine Bluff verbally sparred with officials from the Arkansas Black Mayors Association over how funding for watershed projects in the city and surrounding communities works.
Representatives from the Arkansas Black Mayors Association and Pine Bluff Mayor Shirley Washington were taken to task over persistent flooding problems and whether Pine Bluff could lose federal funding if the city decides to pursue completion of watershed projects on its own.
The city of Pine Bluff Administration Committee will be sending a few items to the full council with no recommendations after Committee and Council Member Bruce Lockett and Chair Lloyd Holcomb were split with their decisions.