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Meeting called on Department of Arkansas Heritage

A date has been set for "A Summit Concerned Arkansans" about the Department of Arkansas Heritage, the state Archives and other issues related to management of the dpartment by Stacy Hurst.
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Stacy Hurst fires back at criticism of her leadership of the Department of Arkansas Heritage

Stacy Hurst, director of the Department of Arkansas Heritage, has sent a note to staff responding to blistering criticism of her management.
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Friends of the Arkansas State Archives rally support

The Friends of the Arkansas State Archives has produced this measured video plea of support for the agency, roiled recently by the resignation of long-time archivist Dr. Lisa Speer who found, as others have, it difficult to work for Heritage Department Director Stacy Hurst. Hurst's agency took over supervision of the archives after Asa Hutchinson took office.

Hutchinson's solid-gold campaign committee includes a state employee

Gov. Asa Hutchinson's re-election campaign announced his finance committee and you'd have to put the cumulative net worth in the tens of billions. They include Stacy Hurst, a Hutchinson appointee as director of a state agency.
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State historian Lisa Speer resigns, indicates friction with department leadership

Dr. Lisa Speer, the state historian and director of the state archives since 2013, has resigned. Tension in dealing with Department of Heritage Director Stacy Hurst on personnel issues seemed to underly her decision.

Property owners miffed by Hurst decision on historic register bid

In March, Department of Arkansas Heritage Director Stacy Hurst nominated three public housing towers to the National Register of Historic Places so that Little Rock's housing authority would be eligible to receive millions of dollars in state and federal tax credits for the tower's renovations. As Arkansas Business reports, downtown Sharon Welch-Blair and Jill Judy, who rent out residential property downtown, are unhappy that the nomination could soak up most of the available tax credits for historic renovations.
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And the hits just keep on coming: Guns, 'luxury' food and political payback

Late bill filings include some gun nut stuff and a piece of legislation that has political payback at its root.

McSwain's departure as head of Historic Preservation confirmed

As mentioned in the previous post about the new Arts Council director, which was prepared before the official announcement, the Department of Arkansas Heritage announced today that Missy McSwain, longtime director of the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, has resigned. Her resignation takes effect March 15.
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Arkansas heritage department's open-door policy: It's the exit

Multiple sources, including a member of the history listserv maintained by the University of Arkansas that is widely disseminated, report that a key employee of the Department of Arkansas Heritage has been fired.

Call for support for state archives UPDATE II

Fallout continues from the 2016 legislature's move of the Arkansas History Commission, and neutering of the agency's governing board, to the Stacy Hurst-led Department of Arkansas Heritage.
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Black Lives Matter T-shirts no longer for sale at Mosaic Templars Cultural Center. Will they be restocked?

Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen alerted me yesterday that Black Lives Matter T-shirts, once banished and then returned to the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, are no longer for sale at the state's museum of the African-American experience.

Another departure from Heritage Department; Stacy Hurst fires Delta Cultural Center leader

Several sources have informed the Arkansas Times that Department of Arkansas Heritage Director Stacy Hurst traveled to Helena yesterday to fire Katie Harrington, the director and long-time employee of the Delta Cultural Center.
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