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City seeks to hire overseer of HR

The human resources director at the city of Little Rock told the mayor and his chief of staff that the use of a racial slur in any context was prohibited by the citys disciplinary action policy after an employee claimed City Attorney Tom Carpenter used a racial slur, records show.

The human resources director at the city of Little Rock told the mayor and his chief of staff that the use of a racial slur in any context was prohibited by the citys disciplinary action policy after an employee claimed City Attorney Tom Carpenter used a racial slur, records show.

There are 17 commissions with vacancies in Little Rock, which is preventing meetings from being held and decisions from being made.

A 2023 budget proposal presented to the Little Rock Board of Directors at a meeting Tuesday would provide pay raises to police officers, firefighters and 911 communications personnel.

In a letter addressed to members of the Little Rock Board of Directors on Friday, a Little Rock employee accused City Attorney Tom Carpenter of using a racial slur during a recent conversation.

Members of the Little Rock Board of Directors voted on Tuesday to boost pay for the lowest-paid full-time municipal employees to a minimum of $15 an hour, fulfilling a goal Mayor Frank Scott Jr. laid out in his most recent State of the City speech.

The Little Rock Board of Directors is set to vote next week on an ordinance raising the minimum wage for full-time, non-uniform city employees to $15 an hour after the measure was added to the board's agenda Tuesday.

An outside investigator resigned from her part-time job with Little Rock's Human Resources Department this fall, one day after Mayor Frank Scott Jr. suggested her investigation into Police Chief Keith Humphrey had been tainted by bias and announced that Humphrey would face no disciplinary action.

An outside investigator resigned from her part-time job with Little Rock's Human Resources Department this fall, one day after Mayor Frank Scott Jr. suggested her investigation into Police Chief Keith Humphrey had been tainted by bias and announced that Humphrey would face no disciplinary action.