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'Kathy Webb'

Riverdale faces water issues

The Arkansas River is dropping, but it leaves behind some serious water-related problems in the Riverdale area of Little Rock.
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The Little Rock budget debate heats up

An already unhappy Little Rock City Board got unhappier Friday after the Arkansas Blog reports that  War Memorial Golf Course would be closed at the end of June.
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Seven members of Little Rock City Board oppose school voucher bill, but three directors and mayor don't sign letter

Seven Little Rock City Board members signed a letter to Gov. Asa Hutchinson and the General Assembly last night opposing the school voucher legislation to provide state tax money to send Pulaski County children to private schools. Mayor Frank Scott Jr. and Directors Erma Hendrix, Joan Adcock and Lance Hines didn't sign the letter.

Kathy Webb wants to talk about the ‘good things’ happening in Little Rock

As Kathy Webb enters her fifth year as Ward 3 city director her priorities include improving public safety; working to reduce poverty, hunger and homelessness; and making Little Rock a more sustainable city. One of Webb’s greatest concerns is the way in which the public image of the Little Rock School District impacts its students and teachers.
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More Little Rock City Board filings

Two more candidates filed today for Little Rock city office, neither a surprise.

A stadium. A park. A plan? War Memorial

Uncertainty about the Hogs, the zoo's infrastructure needs stir call for a Little Rock Central Park.
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Coming to CHARTS: Photos of protest, peace

UA Pulaski Tech, 3000 W. Scenic Drive, opens an exhibition of photographer Danny Lyon's work, "Danny Lyon: Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement" and multimedia exhibition is "A Peace of My Mind: American Stories," with a reception from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 26, in its Center for the Humanities and the Arts.

Trump immigration protest at LR: Quick and fierce

It was not even 24 hours ago that Sophia Said, director of the Interfaith Center; City Director Kathy Webb and others decided to organize a protest today of Donald Trump's executive order that has left people from Muslim countries languishing in airports or unable to come to the US at all — people with visas, green cards,a  post-doc graduate student en route to Harvard, Google employees abroad, families. I got the message today before noon; others didn't find out until it was going on. But however folks found out, they turned out in huge numbers, more than thousand men, women and children, on the grounds of the state Capitol to listen to speakers from all faiths and many countries.
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Bill for healthy food stamp purchases approved in committee

Republican Rep. Mary Bentley got House Public Health Committee approval today for her HB 1035 to prevent use of food stamps for purchase of unhealthy food, a measure likely to prevent use of the supplemental nutrition benefit for soft drinks, candy and the like.

Session 101: Learn how the sausage is made with Kathy Webb

City Director Kathy Webb, who served three terms in the state House of Representatives, has been holding education seminars on the workings of local and state government to help folks get involved. Next up: Session 101 on the Arkansas Legislature.
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The Arkansas Travelers open line

Here's an early open line with a photo from the three busloads of Arkansas Travelers canvassing in Florida for Hillary Clinton.

Club Sway raises over $8,000 to assist Orlando victims and families

Club Sway raised over $8,000 for GLBT Community Center of Central Florida, an organization providing services to support the victims and families affected by the mass shooting at Orlando’s Pulse Nightclub.
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