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Sheridan School Board votes against mask mandate for students

Monday, August 9 by Staff

By: Luke Matheson The Sheridan School Board voted against a mandatory mask mandate for students during the 2021-22 school year in their monthly meeting held Monday night at the Sheridan High School cafeteria. The vote came after Pulaski County Circuit Judge Tim Fox issued a preliminary... Read More.

Sheridan City Council votes to rezone Industrial Park property

Tuesday, August 3 by Staff

By: Luke Matheson The Sheridan City Council voted unanimously to rezone a 66.77-acre parcel of property in the Industrial Park property located northwest of Walker Drive from Industrial to R-2 (Residential) Tuesday night at the Sheridan Community Center. Sheridan Mayor Joe Wise, Jr. spoke with DeltaplexNews.com... Read More.

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Council committee votes to waive competitive bidding on police cars

Friday, April 16 by Ray King

By Ray King The Public Safety Committee of the Pine Bluff City Council on Friday recommended a proposed ordinance that will allow the city to waive competitive bidding and buy new police cars from a Pine Bluff dealer be approved. At a special called meeting, Mayor... Read More.

State Senate votes to prohibit state-wide mask mandate

Thursday, April 1 by Ray King

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers on Wednesday voted to prohibit the state from reimposing a mask mandate to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, a day after Gov. Asa Hutchinson lifted the requirement. The Senate voted 20-9 in favor of the measure prohibiting... Read More.

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council votes to waive competitive bidding

Tuesday, March 16 by Ray King

By Ray King The Pine Bluff City Council voted Monday night to waive competitive bidding on two proposed ordinances, votes that did not make one member of the council happy. While he did not vote against them, Council member Glen Brown Sr., said the city needed... Read More.

PB City Council votes to build downtown housing and hotel attached to Convention Center

Tuesday, March 16 by Greg

By Ray King After lengthy debate Monday night, the Pine Bluff City Council voted to authorize Mayor Shirley Washington to enter into development contracts with the P3 group regarding downtown housing and the hotel attached to the Pine Bluff Convention Center. As he has with anything... Read More.

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Cleveland County School District campaigning for millage increase

Monday, March 15 by Deseray Mckinzy

By Ray King The Cleveland County School District will soon begin a campaign asking voters to approve a millage increase on May 18. Superintendent Craig Duprey told Deltaplex News on Monday the district will be seeking a five-mill increase which will bring in $8.75 million in... Read More.

State Senate votes to censure Flowers

Wednesday, February 10 by Ray King

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas lawmaker was censured for calling a colleague a “dumbass” during debate Tuesday over a nonbinding resolution on history that was overwhelmingly rejected. The Senate voted to censure Democratic Sen. Stephanie Flowers over the remark made toward the end... Read More.

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Jefferson County Quorum Court votes to rescind previous Tax Collector budget approvals

Tuesday, January 5 by Staff

By Ray King The Budget and Finance Committee of the Jefferson County Quorum Court voted Tuesday night to rescind their previous approval of changes in the budget for the Tax Collector which included increasing the salary of the Chief Deputy. After a discussion that sometimes became... Read More.

Council votes to name Aquatics Center after former Mayor Carl Redus Jr.

Monday, December 21 by Staff

The Pine Bluff City Council passed a resolution to name the Pine Bluff Aquatic Center after former Mayor Carl Redus, Jr. at Monday night’s meeting. All council members voted for the measure, with the exception of Alderman Win Trafford who decided to abstain from... Read More.

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State Department of Education votes to annex Dollarway schools with Pine Bluff schools

Thursday, December 10 by Staff

The Dollarway School District and the Pine Bluff School District will annex into one district as of July 1 after a 7-0 vote by the Arkansas Board of Education on Thursday. Dollarway currently has 920 students, and was taken over by the state due to... Read More.

Pine Bluff City Council votes to repeal raise for city employees

Monday, December 7 by Staff

The Pine Bluff City Council voted to repeal a resolution passed in October to raise city employee salaries to meet the minimum average salary paid by cities across the state for similar positions. That resolution came about after a salary survey was conducted by the... Read More.

Stories tagged with: votes

Sheridan School Board votes against mask mandate for students

Sheridan City Council votes to rezone Industrial Park property

Council committee votes to waive competitive bidding on police cars

State Senate votes to prohibit state-wide mask mandate

council votes to waive competitive bidding

PB City Council votes to build downtown housing and hotel attached to Convention Center

Cleveland County School District campaigning for millage increase

State Senate votes to censure Flowers

Jefferson County Quorum Court votes to rescind previous Tax Collector budget approvals

Council votes to name Aquatics Center after former Mayor Carl Redus Jr.

State Department of Education votes to annex Dollarway schools with Pine Bluff schools

Pine Bluff City Council votes to repeal raise for city employees

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