Officials approved next year's budget at a meeting on Tuesday, and while the general makeup of the budget is consistent with previous years, there are a few changes.
The city of Little Rock has announced that the Little Rock Zoo won't be open to visitors Tuesday and Wednesday during the winter to cut costs in a tight city budget.
Mayor Frank Scott scolds the City Board for failure to approve a budget last night. In the process, he earns praise for refusing to exempt the chamber of commerce from budget reductions hitting everyone else.
The agenda for Tuesday's meeting of the Little Rock City Board has been posted with only four words referencing what promises to be big news -- "2019 budget amendment presentation."
A followup to Rebekah Hall's earlier report on Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr.'s announcement that cuts will be necessary in the city budget in part to pay for "priorities," such as his desire to expand the police force, but also to deal with the reality often mentioned here of stagnant to decling city sales tax revenue. Some quick ideas on that.