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In 2017, Go Forward Pine Bluff campaigned for a sales tax to improve the city and promised to raise an additional $19 million to finance initiatives that are not eligible to be funded with the tax. GFPB has raised just over $11.7 million in grants, donations and investments to date.
Sederick Charles Rice, Ph.D., a biology professor at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and chair of the Arkansas Minority Health Commission, is seeking a Ward 1 seat on the Pine Bluff City Council.
Jeffrey Neal, an educator and Realtor, announced his candidacy for the Ward 2 seat on the Pine Bluff City Council. Neal will seek the position in the May Democratic primary, according to a news release.
Reducing gang activity has been a top priority for Pine Bluff officials and community leaders and after months of planning, they're launching their new program.
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