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Little Rock mayor outlines proposal for additional 1% sales tax, $600M in projects
by Scott Green, Central Arkansas Press Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr. addresses a crowd during a news conference at the Statehouse...
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Friday, August 4, 2023; Volume 1, Issue 1
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Government
Government
Summit receives PSC nod to start cutoffs, late fees
Customers in arrears to get at least 18-month pay plan ANDREW MOREAU ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE Summit Utilities Inc. can again shut off...
Is Cotton overreaching?
Central Arkansas Press, Scott Green Republican Tom Cotton, United States Arkansas junior senator since 2015 Typically, big law firms...
Council members make case for "Go Forward Pine Bluff" campaign
Pine Bluff Ward 2 Council Member Glen Brown Jr. (left) listens to proceedings during a City Council meeting July 17. A three-eighths-cent...
Badge of honor
Little Rock police Officer Zahra Guinn gets her badge pinned on by her son, R.J., as Guinn’s mother, Michelle (center), looks on after...
Jury: LR must pay ex-worker $323,000
FILE — Little Rock City Hall is shown in this 2019 file photo. A fired city of Little Rock worker is due more than $323,000 from the city...
Crime
Scott makes a case for the City’s decline of crime on national TV
Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr. explains how the City has been able to drive down crime on NewsNation Central Arkansas Press/Scott...
Education
PSC Student Ishmia Black is Named a 2023 White House HBCU Scholar
PSC Student Ishmia Black is Named a 2023 White House HBCU Scholar Philander Smith College is proud to announce that Ms. Ishmia Black, a...
Federal judge temporarily blocks parts of Arkansas' new library law
A federal judge on Saturday blocked the implementation of two provisions of a new state law on library materials, days before the law was...
PBSD sets orientation, names school principals
Ronnieus Thompson will remain principal of Pine Bluff High School, which will serve students of the former Dollarway High School...
African Politics
African leaders press to resume grain shipments
Putin unswayed, but says revenue could be shared COMPILED BY CENTRAL ARKANSAS PRESS STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS Russian President Vladimir...
Niger’s leaders defiant as coup unfolds
SAM MEDNICK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Supporters of mutinous soldiers hold a Russian flag as they demonstrate Thursday in Niamey, Niger....
Protests in Niger
Supporters of mutinous soldiers demonstrate Thursday in Niamey, Niger. Governing bodies in Africa condemned what they characterized as a...
Business
Obituaries
Information for the obituaries and funeral notices below was supplied to the Central Arkansas Press Advertising Department by funeral homes.
Keith Powell
Pine Bluff, AR, 1966 - 2023 Keith Powell passed away July 20, 2023. Funeral Service will be 10 a.m. on Saturday, July 29, 2023 at...
Vaniya Nicole Bennett
Pine Bluff, AR, 2009 - 2023 Vaniya Nicole Bennett 14, of Pine Bluff passed away July 16, 2023. Funeral Services will be 10 a.m. on...
Eddie Price
Pine Bluff, AR, 1951 - 2023 Eddie Price, Jr. passed away July 14, 2023. Funeral Services will be 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 29, 2023 at...
Veronica Denise Rice
Little Rock, AR, 1968 - 2023 Veronica Rice of Little Rock born November 26, 1968, passed July 15, 2023. She leaves to cherish her...
Robert Earl Scott
Little Rock, AR, 1968 - 2023 Mr. Robert Earl Scott was born June 10, 1968, in Temple, Texas, to the late Hosie Samuel Scott and...
Kenneth Ray Baker
North Little Rock, AR, 1961 - 2023 Kenneth Ray Baker was born on December 3, 1961, in Little Rock, Ark., to Alfonzo Baker, Sr. and...
Vicki Jones-Zacarias
Ft. Smith, July 9, 2023 FT. SMITH — Vicki Jones-Zacarias, age 64, fell asleep in death on July 9, 2023 in Little Rock, Ark. She resided...
VELMA CLARK
North Little Rock, July 18, 2023 VELMA CLARK, 83, of North Little Rock passed July 18, 2023. Loving memories left to husband:Lean-drew...
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