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Arkansas Mayor Sues Pot Co. Harvest Over Moved Grow
Law360 (April 7, 2021, 7:28 PM EDT) The mayor of Newport, Arkansas, is suing multistate cannabis company Harvest on behalf of the town s residents after Harvest accepted hundreds of thousands in incentives to open a cultivation facility in Newport and then moved it to another county.
Mayor David Stewart, the Newport Economic Development Commission and the Northeast Arkansas Charitable Foundation are part of a group suing Harvest Health & Recreation in state court after Harvest sold its cultivation license following regulatory trouble and the buyer announced plans to move the whole facility to a new town.
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Lawsuit filed over license and sale of Newport medical marijuana cultivation facility
Lawsuit filed over license and sale of Newport medical marijuana cultivation facility By Region 8 Newsdesk | April 6, 2021 at 9:43 PM CDT - Updated April 6 at 11:22 PM
NEWPORT, Ark. (KAIT) - The city of Newport filed a lawsuit in Jackson County Circuit Court on Monday, April 5 with 11 different counts, including breach of contract after the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission approved the sale of Natural State Wellness Enterprises, LLC to Good Day Farm, LLC back on Nov. 10, 2020.
The sale transferred the cultivation facility from Newport to Pine Bluff.
The city of Newport, the Newport Economic Development Commission, the Northeast Arkansas Charitable Foundation, and the Newport-Jackson County Industrial Development Bond Board are seeking over $5 million in damages “without notice” about the sale and transfer.
Danna Wagnon Taylor of the Medical Center for South Arkansas in El Dorado
Danna Wagnon Taylor has been appointed chief quality officer for the Medical Center for South Arkansas in El Dorado. Taylor has been in the health care industry for a decade. Most recently, she served as vice president of operations for MCSA.
Dr. Taqi Zafar of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock
Dr. Taqi Zafar has been hired by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock as an epilepsy specialist.
Zafar is an assistant professor for the adult epilepsy program and also sees patients at UAMS Health Epilepsy & Neurology Clinic.