The city of Fayetteville yesterday became the fifty-fourth city in the nation — and the first in Arkansas — to commit to 100 percent clean and renewable energy.
The Fayetteville City Council decided last night to fill a council vacancy by appointment rather than special election and chose Kyle Smith, president of For Fayetteville,, to fill the seat.
Alan Long has resigned from the Fayetteville City Council with more than three years remaining on his term and the Council itself must decide at its meeting Tuesday whether to fill the seat itself or call a special election.
Here come the fireworks: A city ordinance to extend work, housing and public accommodation protection on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity will be up for a vote at the Fayetteville City Council this evening at 5:30
The Fayetteville City Council’s decision to try again on a civil rights ordinance, the Duggars’ Fox News appearance, Mike Huckabee’s latest stupid and insensitive riff, Attorney General Leslie Rutledge and Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin on open carry and Dennis Milligan still stumbling — all covered on this week's podcast.
In Fayetteville, the rights of the minority will be subject to the whims of the majority after all: The petition to put to a popular vote an ordinance that protects the civil rights of gay and transgender people has achieved enough signatures to go to referendum.