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Little Rock consulting firm sues Black Mayors Association, says group breached contracts, owes money
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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June 14, 2025
Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. A Little Rock consulting company filed a lawsuit this week in Pulaski County Circuit Court claiming the Arkansas Black Mayors Association breached two contracts...
North Little Rock man sentenced to 34 years in prison for woman’s fatal stabbing
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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June 14, 2025
Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. A 33-year-old North Little Rock man has accepted a 34-year prison sentence for fatally stabbing his longtime companion in front of two of her children, ages 2 and...
Former Little Rock Golf Club to be honored with historical marker in James Island
WCSC - South Carolina
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June 13, 2025
JAMES ISLAND, S.C. (WCSC) - The Little Rock Golf Club is being remembered with a historical marker and ceremony this weekend. The non-segregated course came to be in the 1950s when the Country Club of Charleston was only open to white people....
Little Rock Port annexation for Amazon expansion, other company’s data center endorsed by planning commission
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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June 13, 2025
Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. Plans for a $1 billion data center project and Amazon's new 950,000 square-foot warehouse at the Port of Little Rock cleared another hurdle on Thursday. The...
Omahogs help bring business boom to Arkansas amid College World Series
KTHV - Arkansas
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June 13, 2025
Hog fans are preparing for their watch parties ahead of Saturday's big game, and that means businesses in Arkansas are expecting a big boom over the weekend. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Not everyone is traveling to Omaha, Nebraska, for Razorback baseball,...
Stitched & Stamped sells “Uptown Strong” shirts to help Jackson businesses impacted by fire
KFVS - Missouri
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June 14, 2025
Jackson, Mo. (KFVS) - A local business in Uptown Jackson is showing support for the businesses impacted by last week’s fire. Stitched & Stamped owner Christie Blessing designed a t-shirt with the slogan “Uptown Strong” as a way to help raise money...
Local author chronicles Arkansas’ forgotten wildlife crisis and the birth of conservation | 5OUTDOORS
KFSM - Arkansas
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A deep dive into how Arkansas nearly lost its wildlife — and the sportsmen, wardens, and lawmakers who sparked the state’s early conservation movement. ARKANSAS, USA — A newly released book is shedding light on a dramatic but often overlooked...
The Arkansas Newswrap: June 13, 2025
Little Rock Public Radio - Arkansas
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June 13, 2025
FEMA is in Arkansas helping victims from the spring storms. We'll tell you how you can get financial assistance. New funding goes toward researching the effects of smokeless tobacco on teens. And we go below deck to visit one of central Arkansas’...
FYI Calendar: The Theatre Collective of Northwest Arkansas is casting “Steel Magnolias” for the stage
Free Weekly - Arkansas
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June 13, 2025
Full Of Pride! Gay Friendship Bracelets — Come to The Library Vintage anytime during the month of June to meet new people and help make gay friendship bracelets to pass out at the Pride parade. Store is open 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday and...
Arkansas residents could lose Medicaid under budget reconciliation bill
Stuttgart Daily Leader - Arkansas
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June 13, 2025
As Congress considers cuts to safety-net programs for what Republicans are calling the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” new analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates 16 million Americans — including 95,000 Arkansans — would...
Extension to help Arkansans apply for USDA Local Agriculture Market Program grants
Stuttgart Daily Leader - Arkansas
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June 13, 2025
LITTLE ROCK — Amanda Philyaw Perez, extension associate professor of food systems and food safety specialist for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, said she encourages Arkansas farmers to take advantage of $26.5 million in...
Arkansas Health & Wellness Partners with Sober Sidekick to Transform Substance Use Disorder Recovery Across Arkansas
Swark Today - Arkansas
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By Press Release Innovative digital app offers increased support for substance use recovery LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (June 2025) – Arkansas Health & Wellness, administrator of Ambetter health insurance, today announced a strategic partnership with...
Arkansas Supreme Court authorizes judge suspensions, orders cooperation with disciplinary probes
Arkansas Times
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June 13, 2025
A five-member majority of the Arkansas Supreme Court granted the state judicial discipline commission’s request for changes to the rules for judges’ and justices’ conduct in a Thursday per curiam order. The changes concern accusations of judicial...
Ardot invites public input on proposed highway changes in Little Rock
Pulaski Times - Arkansas
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June 13, 2025
The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) is set to hold a public involvement meeting on Tuesday, June 17, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The purpose of the meeting is to gather input on proposed changes to Highway 5 (Stagecoach Road). These...
Virginia bank sells stake in doctor-focused fintech partner
American Banker - New York
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June 13, 2025
A Virginia bank expects to realize a $22 million gain on the sale of part of its interest in a fintech partner that lends to medical professionals.Bloomberg Creative Photos/Bloomberg Primis Financial in McLean, Virginia, is reaping a $22 million...
Weekly Column from the Arkansas House of Representatives 6-13-25
Swark Today - Arkansas
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This week, several members of the Arkansas House of Representatives traded their suits for aprons and served meals, not in the Capitol, but at the annual Serving Up Solutions fundraiser. This event supports the Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance, and...
House Financial Services Committee approves ‘trigger leads’ bill
JD Supra - California
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June 13, 2025
The House Financial Services Committee has approved a bill that would restrict the use of “trigger leads” in the mortgage industry. The committee approved H.R. 2808, the Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act in a 46-0 vote. Companion legislation has...
Business owners discuss how Meadow Creek’s rising tides can lift BV boats
The Chaffee County Times - Colorado
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When Jed Selby came to Buena Vista in the early 2000s, he had a vision of a new urbanist community by the Arkansas River on what was then the town dump. He also had a dream that he had carried with him since discovering the Grateful Dead as a...
Arkansas Times Film Series screens ‘The Insider’ (1999) Tuesday
Arkansas Times
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June 13, 2025
ARKANSAS TIMES FILM SERIES: ‘THE INSIDER’ (1999) TUESDAY 6/17. Riverdale 10 VIP Cinema. 6:30 p.m. $12-$14. In 1996, “60 Minutes” ran a controversial interview with biochemist Jeffery Wigland in which he alleged that the company he’d been fired...
Beth Anne Rankin Baker seeks 2026 Republican nomination for Arkansas House seat
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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June 13, 2025
Consultant Beth Anne Rankin Baker of Magnolia, who served as a policy advisor and director of state-federal affairs for Gov. Mike Huckabee, will seek the 2026 Republication nomination in District 99 in the state House of Representatives -- a House...