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The Arkansas Legislative Council on Thursday signed off on a proposed $1.95 million state contract with a North Little Rock firm to provide administrative support to the state Department of Commerce's broadband office and the Arkansas Rural Connect broadband grant program.
County Judge Marvin Day of Craighead County on Friday speculated that the county might get about $250,000 back from former county clerk Kade Holliday as a result of Holliday's federal bankruptcy proceedings.
Steve Barnes This column has been updated to extract Rep. Stephen Meeks of Conway from two sentences. Nate Bell refers to him as “the little demagogue down in Florida.” Way down in Florida, in Palm Beach, at the resort called Mar-a-Lago. He owns the place, Donald Trump, and lives there, smoldering. And if he does not own outright the Republican Party, he is plainly in control of it. Defeated after a single term in the White House, but still enthroned. Remarkable. Remarkable, and to Bell – who left the GOP and declared himself an Independent while still in the Arkansas House of Represe...
Bill to censor teaching of the 1619 Project in Arkansas schools fails Bill to censor teaching of the 1619 Project in Arkansas schools fails February 9, 20214:45 pm Some AR lawmakers don't like the sentiment behind the 1619 Project, which views slavery as the defining component of American history. Arkansas lawmakers backed down from censoring the 1619 Project in the state’s public schools Tuesday, but tense disagreements remain at the Capitol over what American history is, how it should be taught and who gets to decide. The House Education Committee nixed House ...