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Archive | July, 2011
Governor Beebe’s weekly column and radio address: Comfort After Disaster
Posted on 29 July 2011
While Arkansas was coping with severe storms and flooding this May, one of the deadliest tornadoes in American history struck our neighbors to the north. The EF-5 tornado that razed a 6-mile swath of Joplin, Missouri, killed more than 150 people, injured hundreds more and left thousands homeless. In the aftermath of such a tragedy, [...]
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House approves doomed Boehner bill as debt crisis looms
Posted on 29 July 2011
WASHINGTON — House Republicans today approved 218 to 210 a plan to avert a looming debt crisis that was doomed in the Senate where Democrats are uniformly opposed.
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UA Assistants ‘Fired Up’ About Season
Posted on 29 July 2011
FAYETTEVILLE — Defensive coordinator Willy Robinson remembers Arkansas’ most complete game in 2010.
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Gean Prepared For Meet
Posted on 29 July 2011
Olivia Gean couldn’t help but fall in love with competitive swimming. It’s in her DNA.
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PCSSD board, superintendent missing the point
Posted on 29 July 2011
They just don’t get it The response of the Pulaski County Special School District trustees to the district being placed in fiscal distress is indicative of how it got there in the first place — extravagant spending, lack of financial control and being out of touch with reality.
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White flight by educators
Posted on 29 July 2011
Last week, 32 Pulaski County Special School District teachers and administrators walked out of diversity training. One of their chief complaints as voiced by board member Gloria Lawrence was that the facilitator made them feel uncomfortable and used the term “white,” which they found objectionable.
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Pulaski County school board has ethical woes
Posted on 29 July 2011
During last week’s emergency meeting of the Pulaski County Special School District board, new board member Tom Stuthard of Jacksonville moved to go into executive session because he said he had some things he wanted to say to board members in private and not “out here for everyone to hear.”
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Players new, but ethical issues still dog PCSSD
Posted on 29 July 2011
The new version of the Pulaski County Special School District board is changed, but not necessarily for the better.
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NLR, Pulaski County school districts earn F’s
Posted on 29 July 2011
Both the North Little Rock and Pulaski County Special school districts deserve a grade of F for their recent placement on the state’s list of financially distressed school districts.
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