REPUBLICAN: Dabbs Remember “Republican” Jill Dabbs, the mayor of Bryant, and Bryant clerk “Republican” Heather Kizer? The Saline County GOP sent out an email this afternoon asking for Republicans to come to tonight’s city council meeting to show support the “Republicans.” From county party Chairman Brett Hooton: As you know Bryant City Clerk Heather Kizer and Bryant [...]

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ACLU Arkansas has sent a letter to the Gould City Council asking them to repeal three ordinances passed by the council on July 13. The ordinance that drew the most criticism banned the Gould Citizens Advisory Council from meeting within the city of Gould and banned any new organizations from forming without council approval. That [...]

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HARDING: Tries his hand at teaching. Rush Harding of Crews and Associates, and a former chairman of the University of Central Arkansas Board of Trustees, will teach a course at the UCA College of Business starting this fall. The course is titled “Fixed Income and Municipal Finance” and will be a part of the Department of [...]

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Glass installed Wednesday at the Fort Smith Police Department will enclose the information desk and the criminal investigation department’s secretary’s desk.

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FORT SMITH — An 11-year-old temperature record has been broken in Fort Smith.

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Loretta Hendrix, 62, a member of the Little Rock Historic District Commission and an “education strategist” with a background in curriculum development, has filed as a write-in candidate for Position 1 on the Little Rock School Board. Hendrix, the daughter of City Director Erma Hendrix, said she filed because Katherine Mitchell, the long-time incumbent, had decided [...]

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WASHINGTON — Arkansas freshmen Reps. Steve Womack, Tim Griffin and Rick Crawford said today they favor House Speaker John Boehner’s bill to end the looming default crisis.

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BOEHNER: Screaming “Hell no you can’t!” Ah, the good old days. Slate has a running update of the debt ceiling debate in Washington. So far it looks like Speaker of the House John Boehner will have the votes in the House to pass his plan. Sen. Harry Reid has said the bill will be defeated when [...]

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The Fort Smith Board of Directors voted 7-0 Thursday to refer a proposed 1 percent food tax to a Nov. 8 ballot.

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Columnist Steve Brawner invited readers to chime in on changes to improve the nation’s political system.

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