Faulkner County Quorum Court committees met on July 11 to consider the following ordinances. As usual, all issues passed the Committees, and will be brought to the July Quorum Court for approval. Courts &...
JPs at the June Quorum Court meeting quickly approved four Ordinances after Judge Allen Dodson honored JP Jerry Boyer (R, Dist. 12), who passed away on May 31, but took no votes/official action on...
Following the lead of the May committee meetings, the Quorum Court on May 16 quickly approved an Equalization Board re-appointment, as well as the monthly appropriations Ordinance, an Ordinance approving a funding request for...
We can’t turn our backs on certain personal incidents that keep happening throughout the Conway Police Department. And, we appreciate the work of Conway attorney Landon Sanders, who did not turn his back after...
Faulkner County Judge Allen Dodson unveiled his vision for spending the County’s remaining unencumbered COVID relief funds at Tuesday night’s otherwise-routine Quorum Court meeting. Unfortunately, audio on the livestream is hampered by some sort...
With only one less-than-unanimous vote, JPs approved four Ordinances, one Resolution, and two appointments at the February 21 Quorum Court meeting. Boy Scout Troop 78 opened the meeting with the prayer and Pledge of...
It took JPs almost three hours to work their way through easy choices and some not-so-easy Ordinances at the last Quorum Court meeting of the 2021-2022 term on December 20. The outgoing Court eventually...
Conway’s School Board mixed in several high voltage topics with the routine business at its December 13 meeting, which was held — as has been the Board’s years-long practice — in the District Administration...
“If the Arabs put down their weapons today, there would be no more violence. If the Jews put down their weapons today, there would be no more Israel.”
— Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister
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— Peter Scheer, Executive Director, the First Amendment Coalition
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— Benjamin Franklin
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— Frederick Douglass
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— Michael Shellenberger