The state’s latest attack on gender nonconformity is thwarted, but probably not for long.
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Big if true: Pro-lifers claim no abortions in Arkansas in 2023
An Arkansas Department of Health report tallies zero abortions in the state for all of 2023. We have questions.
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Few LRSD teachers in good standing will lose jobs, even with budget cuts
Superintendent Jermall Wright hoped to dispel rumors and provide some reassurances to the LRSD community by going over the hard numbers on job cuts.
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Arkansas Supreme Court greenlights four laws that make voting harder
“While the right to vote has been held to be fundamental, the right to vote in a particular manner is not guaranteed,” the state Supreme Court said Thursday.
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Judicial ethics commissioner Dak Kees out amid questions about his own ethics
Making calls on others’ ethics infractions was an awkward role for former U.S. Attorney Dak Kees, whose own foibles on that front recently came to light in a story from The Intercept.
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Central High principal’s salary adjustment to close a gender pay gap up for approval Thursday
Board members will vote on a plan to adjust Nancy Rousseau’s salary after it came to light that she was making $33K less than a principal who is new to the district.
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Glitch sends out contract renewals to all LRSD employees, even the ones losing their jobs
A mistake adds insult to injury for Little Rock School District employees whose contracts are not being renewed.
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Single-engine plane crash kills two
The victims have been identified as Joseph Bryant, 72, and Sharon Bryant, 73.
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Author Jen Fawkes teases forthcoming fabulist novel about Civil War-era prostitutes
In a letter to readers, Jen Fawkes shares how her debut novel came together after multiple tries.
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Beaver Liquors shut down in latest Fairfield Bay skirmish
Fairfield Bay, a resort town on Greer’s Ferry Lake where a property owners’ association controls some of the utilities and a lot of the politics, is in upheaval over the closure of a local business after the owner declined to pay dues.