Vice Mayor Lance News Today

The city is increasing salaries to help Little Rock be more competitive with surrounding cities, and first responders will see the biggest increases.

The Little Rock Police Department should assign more officers to patrol the city and use civilians to fill more roles, to avoid the risk of further burnout at the understaffed agency, the head of an independent team that conducted a survey of the departments staff told the citys Board of Directors last week.

Five individuals submitted paperwork to run for office in the city of Little Rock on Friday, the first day of the filing period for those hoping to appear on the ballot during the Nov. 8 election.

Instead of halting new dollar stores, directors said they're going to find more solutions to fighting food deserts.

The Little Rock Board of Directors at a special called meeting Wednesday appointed Virgil L. Miller Jr., a local community-development banker, to serve out the remaining term of the late Ward 1 City Director Erma Hendrix, who died last month at age 91.