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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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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The new version of the Pulaski County Special School District board is changed, but not necessarily for the better.

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The new version of the Pulaski County Special School District board is changed, but not necessarily for the better.

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When I hear “Take Me Out to the Ballgame,” sung by Carly Simon on the soundtrack of “Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns,” I am moved in different ways.

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LITTLE ROCK — House and Senate redistricting maps proposed by Gov. Mike Beebe received final approval from the state Board of Apportionment today in a 2-1 vote.

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A $73 million rate increase requested by OG&E would translate to an additional $6.50 a month on residential electric bills in Oklahoma, according to a news release.

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LITTLE ROCK — Steve Cook of Malvern was named to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission today by Gov. Mike Beebe.

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How ’bout an open line? But first… *“A SPENDING ADDICTION”: CNN tweaks Rep. Tim Griffin and other Republicans who’ve adopted a hardline on debt talks, while carrying significant personal debts of there own. According to disclosure forms released in June, Griffin had racked up at least $15,000 in credit card debt on his American Express. *ARKANSAS REPUBLICANS ARE [...]

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Remember when the Secretary of State’s office and the state Republican Party filed FOIA requests to try to catch the authors of the now-defunct Blue Hog Report blogging and Tweeting on state time? (Republican Party of Arkansas Executive Director Chase Duggar said there was no connection between the SOS office and the FOIA request, although [...]

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