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Members of the Little Rock Board of Directors at a meeting today are scheduled to take up a measure that would require new police officers and firefighters to reside within Pulaski County as a condition of employment.
Racial politics and the Little Rock sales tax proposal Racial politics and the Little Rock sales tax proposal May 10, 202111:51 am Charles Blake, chief of staff for Mayor Frank Scott Jr., addresses head-on today a factor present from the beginning of the discussion of a one-cent sales tax increase — race. The mayor — clearly and appropriately — has indicated a wish to address a significant amount of the new spending in areas of greatest need. These areas tend to be identifiable by ward boundaries, income and racial characteristics. Advertisement Some resistance on the city board has be...