Category: Elections

October Quorum Court Covers a Lot of Ground

In comparison to the 3-hour-plus committee meetings the week before, October’s Quorum Court meeting covered a lot of ground in only about an hour. JPs had a second reading on the proposed dues election...

JPs OK Ordinances & Grant Positions

After very quick last-minute Personnel and Budget Committee meetings (the second for both this month), JPs at September’s Quorum Court meeting followed the Committees’ lead, approving four Ordinances: Ordinance 23-23 – Amended Appropriation Ordinance...

JPs Move on Salary Hikes, VFD Dues Election, Overdose Response Team

As we reported earlier, Faulkner County’s Quorum Court Committees took major action at Committee meetings on September 12. In addition to routine business, JPs approved a dues election in March for the Pine Village...

Committees Ready to OK Almost $300,000 in Salary Hikes

Faulkner County’s Quorum Court Committees are kicking into gear for the 2024 budget cycle, with about $300,000 in proposed salary hikes on September agendas. There’s also a proposal for an election to allow the...

Republicans Welcome Kari Lake & OK Resolutions at Area Meeting

About 15 Faulkner County attendees joined over 500 Republican party members and guests for a joint meeting of Congressional Districts 1, 2, and 4 entitled “Operation Freedom” that was held at Cabot’s Veterans Park...

Phillips County Election Troubles Referred for Possible Criminal Charges

Arkansas’ State Board of Election Commissioners has referred their Phillips County investigation to local prosecutors, the Attorney General’s office, and federal law enforcement for possible criminal charges after finding evidence that a Republican candidate...

Improve Conway Schools – An Exodus of Experience?

The rebuttal continues, as another email came out Monday from ImproveConwaySchools.org: Resignations ImproveConwaySchools.com reported that there has been an exodus of experience leaving the schools and this was at “an alarming rate” and that...