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Chinese textile plant coming to Forrest City will consume all cotton farmed in state, news report says

Why exactly are Chinese companies opening plants in the U.S. when labor in China costs so much less than labor in America? Automation.
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Chinese textile maker to invest in Forrest City; 800 jobs promised

The state announced today that a Chinese company planned to invest $410 million in the former Sanyo plant in Forrest City to spin yarn for textile use.
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Diamond Pipeline protests continue

Protesters, described as being mostly from Arkansas have handcuffed themselves to barrels at the Memphis terminal of Valero in protest of the Diamond Pipeline being built across Arkansas.

State Board of Education flouts law on school transfer

The state Board of Education indicated yesterday that it has little respect for state law on school transfers. It will decide case by case whether to obey the law or not.
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Memphis Council votes removal of Confederate general Forrest's remains from city park

The Memphis City Council has voted to remove the remains of Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest from a city park. On a related note, civil rights lawyer John Walker, whose history includes struggles in Forrest City, thinks the city name should be changed because of the taint of the general's name.

New anti-school consolidation law to get its first test Thursday

The state Board of Education is scheduled to consider Thursday the involuntary consolidation of the Hughes School District because its enrollment has fallen below 350 students. However, a new state law, adopted with emergency clause, exempts schools otherwise meeting standards from consolidation when they fall below 350 students.
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T.I. back in the Forrest City pokey

Arrested for violating probation in Los Angeles, rapper T.I. is returning to the Forrest City Correctional Institute.
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