Dean Kumpuris shares concerns about city's future in letter to board and mayor
In a six-page letter sent by Dean Kumpuris to the board of directors, the longtime at-large director shared concern about the process for policy making on the board, the future of funding for the city's parks, the board's role in the city's school system, sources of economic development and the impact of Prevention, Intervention and Treatment programs on Little Rock's youth.
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Police review board ordinance in progress
Mayor Frank Scott Jr. today reiterated his desire to establish a citizen review board to review police misconduct and a Freedom of Information Act request has produced a draft of what City Attorney Tom Carpenter has come up with so far.
CDC investigates e-scooter safety
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating e-scooter crashes and injuries, CNN reports, in response to a request from the city of Austin, Texas.
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Lawyers show LRPD memo that indicates SWAT raids were standard practice for search warrants
In a press conference Tuesday afternoon, civil rights attorneys Ben Crump and Mike Laux shared an LRPD memorandum from a 2014 drug raid, which includes a portion that reads, "It is a mandate from the Office of the chief of Police that the SWAT team execute all search warrants." Three new alleged victims of no-knock search warrants also came forward.
Post writer presses case on no-knock Little Rock police drug raids
Radley Balko, the Washington Post writer who's exposed Little Rock police drug raid practices, has been pressing the city on its defense of LRPD.
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Little Rock giving Lime scooters the boot when trial period ends. But mayor later says he'll ask for new proposals.
Little Rock City Attorney Tom Carpenter has written Lime, which had an agreement to rent electric-powered scooters in the city, to terminate the deal because of dissatisfaction with the company's response to safety concerns.
OPEN LINE PLUS: Little Rock City Hall goes to court on judges' vacation pay claims
OPEN LINE PLUS To add to a pending question about whether former Mayor Mark Stodola is entitled to $173,000 or more for unused leave time during 12 years as mayor, City Attorney Tom Carpenter last week asked circuit court whether two current and one former city district court judges are entitled to pay for unused leave time from the period before their offices became full state judgeships, which carry no pay accrual. The judges are seeking less than when the Arkansas Blog first reported the dispute.
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City Board reviews city manager, city attorney; alters Moore's pay accrual deal
Little Rock City Board reviews city manager and city attorney. It also gave Manager Bruce Moore an improvement in his contract on accrued vacation and leave time.
UPDATE: Court battle poor solution to Little Rock campaign finance problem
The Little Rock City Board made the worst possible decision on resolving controversy over city rules for campaign finance for city board races.
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Frank Scott Jr. defends exploratory campaigning for Little Rock mayor
Frank Scott Jr. joined Rep. Warwick Sabin today in issuing a statement defending their forming exploratory committees to raise money to run for Little Rock mayor next year.
City attorney sees city-state conflict in law on exploratory committees
City Attorney Tom Carpenter has thrown a wrinkle into efforts by two candidates for Little Rock mayor to use exploratory committees to raise money for a race against incumbent Mayor Mark Stodola.
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