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Uber conversation set in Little Rock; tickets written in Fayetteville

Word comes today that the Little Rock City Board will finally have a discussion on the Uber car service at its agenda meeting next week. A representative from Uber will talk. The local cab franchise holder, who opposes Uber operation here, will talk. No proposal is on the table yet.
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Fayetteville Council votes 6-2 for civil rights ordinance that protects gay, transgender people

At 3:20 a.m. today, the Fayetteville City Council voted 6-2 to approve a historic civil rights ordinance that includes LGBT people in its umbrella of employment, housing and accommodation protections. The vote followed 10 hours of comment from 140 people and poignant testimony from gay and transgender people about discrimination they've experienced.
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Michelle Duggar and the Family Council try to torpedo Fayetteville non-discrimination ordinance with lies

The Arkansas Family Council has enlisted Michelle Duggar to oppose a Fayetteville non-discrimination ordinance with a fear-mongering robocall.

Fayetteville civil rights ordinance runs into opposition

The Fayetteville City Council amended a proposed civil rights ordinance to satisfy some objections, but people with religious objections to preventing discrimination against gay people turned out to protest the measure.
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'Not Nostalgic': A Q&A with Fayetteville's SW-MM-NG

The fellows from Fayetteville’s SW/MM/NG are about to go places— literally, as they hit the road next month as part of a national tour with stops far from home, and more figuratively, as they’ve procured a spot on Old Flame Records’ roster and are poised to finally release their full-length debut.

New music from SW-MM-NG, 'Some Dreams Come True'

The debut record from SEO-friendly Fayetteville garage pop band SW/MM/NG, "Feel Not Bad," is due out August 29 via Old Flame Records (a label they share with Little Rock's The Coasts), but you can pre-order it now or stream the first single, "Some Dreams Come True," over at Consequence of Sound.
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Former UA Football player arrested on animal cruelty charges

Police in Fayetteville arrested a former player for the Arkansas Razorbacks after animal control officers allegedly found one dead dog and another starving in a  

Poet Maya Angelou cancels Fayetteville event, issues most eloquent cancellation letter ever

Writer Maya Angelou has cancelled an appearance at an April 11 event in Fayetteville sponsored by the Fayetteville Public Library, citing health problems that have left her hospitalized. As a consolation, however, Angelou — who was born in St. Louis in 1928 and raised in the tiny town of Stamps, Arkansas — sent along what might be one of the more lovely "so sorry, can't attend" letters in history.
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Police recover child kidnapped this morning in Fayetteville

KNWA in Fayetteville reports that a child taken from an apartment this morning by a man described as "rambling incoherently" has been recovered and is home safe. 

Human Rights Campaign scores cities on LGBT friendliness; Arkansas cities rate low

The Human Rights Campaign yesterday released the second annual edition of their Municipal Equality Index, which measures cities and towns on the basis of how inclusive their laws and policies are of LGBT people.
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Police: Warrant issued for F'ville man who threatened to 'shoot up' school.

40/29 News in Ft. Smith reports that a warrant has been issued for a man who made a threat to "shoot up" an elementary school in Fayetteville. 

William Shatner to remind us all that it's 'Shatner's World: We Just Live in It'

William Shatner comes to the Walton Arts Center Jan. 11.
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