A restructuring at Sparks Health System resulted in the elimination of some 50 jobs today, but the people affected will be given priority in applying for 100 open positions, a hospital spokesman said.

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A restructuring at Sparks Health System resulted in the elimination of some 50 jobs today, but the people affected will be given priority in applying for 100 open positions, a hospital spokesman said.

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Analysts who follow Acxiom offer thoughts on the company’s Wednesday management announcements.

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LITTLE ROCK — Alleged Cabot mobster George Wylie Thompson and Ralph F. Deleo of Somerville, Mass, were sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Little Rock for their involvement in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy.

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WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Mike Ross, D-Prescott, joined a small band of pro-agriculture legislators today in introducing legislation to eliminate the federal estate tax.

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With the legislative session winding down, the State Senate will be a primary focal point on Friday.

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Let’s make this an open line. Too much going on in my earlier post. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

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A bunch of late stuff to relate: * PULASKI/NLR SCHOOL WOES: The Pulaski County School District AND the North Little Rock School District face a fiscal distress finding by the state Education Department. The Pulaski District has scheduled an emergency board meeting tonight to discuss it. Maybe KIPP could take it over. More details here. The [...]

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WALTER KIMBROUGH Had to happen. Dr. Walter Kimbrough, president of Philander Smith College, is one of 10 names submitted by a search firm for a commitee’s consideration for the job of chancellor of Southern University in Baton Rouge, La. DHR Executive Vice President Robert Clayton described some of the applicants as rising “superstars,” including Philander Smith College [...]

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Interesting story in Education Week. KIPP charter middle schools enroll a significantly higher proportion of African-American students than the local school districts they draw from, but 40 percent of the black males they enroll leave between grades 6 and 8, says a new nationwide study by researchers at Western Michigan University. “The dropout rate for African-American males [...]

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