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Superintendent contracts must now include performance targets because of the LEARNS Act passed by the Arkansas Legislature last year, attorney Cody Kees told the Beebe School Board at its December
Two lawsuits filed against the city of Pine Bluff have their roots in an allegation that the city, through the Urban Renewal Agency, is taking people's properties in an improper manner.
A federal judge has ruled that documents sought by attorneys representing a woman in her lawsuit against the Cabot School District may not be obtained through the use of the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act, although the judge ruled his order does not extend beyond the active participants in the lawsuit.
T he city of Pine Bluff has been called on the carpet by the Arkansas Legislative Audit -- this coming Friday -- to explain why there has been a hash made of more than $1.3 million in city finances, all of which is a problem that can be laid at the feet of Mayor Shirley Washington.
Officials with the Pine Bluff Urban Renewal Agency, which lost close to $700,000 in fraudulent payouts, will have to explain the negative audit findings associated with those transactions when their agency is called to a hearing on Oct. 13 with the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee.