Debra Hale-Shelton, Author at Arkansas Times

UPDATE: Conway deputy superintendent gets a nice raise

by Debra Hale-Shelton May 3, 2024 5:12 pmJune 21, 2024 5:40 pm

Jason Black’s new contract provides for a salary increase of more than $14,000 in the coming school term. Black has made news recently for his consulting gig, which he said does not conflict with his day job.

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Rapert at odds with other Sanders appointee on State Library Board

by Debra Hale-Shelton May 3, 2024 3:17 pmJune 21, 2024 5:40 pm

Rapert draws an unlikely foe on the State Library Board: Sanders’ only other appointee to the panel.

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Rapert pledges to keep advocating for book censorship as next library board meeting nears

by Debra Hale-Shelton May 2, 2024 7:46 pmJune 21, 2024 5:39 pm

Jason Rapert says he will try at future State Library Board meetings to defund libraries who violate the spirit of a state censorship law. But first, he wants to read the books on the naughty list.

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Bontiea Goss, health executive who bribed Arkansas lawmakers, is sentenced to 3 years in federal prison

by Debra Hale-Shelton April 29, 2024 4:11 pmJune 21, 2024 5:38 pm

A federal judge today also fined Bontiea Goss, whose husband was also sentenced to prison just days ago.

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Former health executive sentenced in sprawling bribery scandal that ensnared Arkansas lawmakers

by Debra Hale-Shelton April 26, 2024 10:54 amJune 21, 2024 5:36 pm

Tommy Ray Goss, the former CFO of Preferred Family Healthcare, was sentenced to six years in prison on Thursday. His wife, Bontiea Goss, awaits sentencing next week.

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Conway School Board member’s question reveals Collum is only superintendent getting paid to work for CJI

by Debra Hale-Shelton April 23, 2024 4:22 pmJune 21, 2024 5:36 pm

Only one other school superintendent teaches for the Criminal Justice Institute. Unlike Conway’s Jeff Collum, that superintendent does not accept pay other than travel expenses, an institute official said.