The Little Rock Board of Directors took another step toward building a city-owned solar array Tuesday evening with the approval of a $12 million plan to finance the project. If built, it could save the city $27 million over the next two decades.

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A group of Arkansas legislators have called a press conference at the Capitol as part of their a quest for more information on how the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives served a search warrant at Bryan Malinowski’s house. #arnews

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The House OK'd a resolution today that opens the door to a one-time 3% raise for state employees as per Gov. Sarah Sanders pay plan

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ICYMI, here's David Ramsey's report yesterday on dueling efforts to change the Arkansas law that keeps local govts from reining in noisy, wasteful bitcoin mining operations.

We'll have a full report on today's developments later this evening.

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A second former officer involved in the brutal beating of a Mulberry man outside a convenience store in 2022 is preparing to change his plea in a federal civil rights case, Debra Hale-Shelton reports

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Police arrest four suspects tied to Wynne block party shooting #arnews

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Beef-a-Roo has reopened with a new breakfast menu following a fire in the kitchen that occurred just a few months after the restaurant made its Little Rock debut last October.

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A multi-faith coalition turned up Tuesday to ask Little Rock leaders to get on the right side of history by supporting a ceasefire in the Middle East. #arnews

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Want a play-by-play of today's lecterngate show? Here it is.

Arkansans come for the legislators who threw them to the crypto mines. If all of the anti-crypto crowd is as peppery as Jackie Johnson of DeWitt, the Legislature will probably want to get this mess fixed real quick.
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Lawmakers questioned Gov. Sarah Sanders' staff over the lectern audit on Tuesday, and while the lawmakers asked some good questions, they didn't receive many good answers. #arnews #arpx

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Rep. Julie Mayberry asks when podium will be used, where it is and why press hasn’t seen it. Judd Deere says podium is sitting in governor’s office, has been available for media to visit and will be used in the future.

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Former Republican Nate Bell games out Democrats’ path to victory. He argues that to win, Democrats need to be strategic, not emotional. arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/… via @arktimes

Smoke stop: Officers make second-biggest cigarette seizure in Tobacco Control's history

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McGehee native Marquesha Davis was selected by the New York Liberty with the No. 11 overall pick of the first round in the WNBA Draft Monday night in Brooklyn, New York.

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Tom Cotton encourages vigilante violence against protestors of the violence in Gaza, envisions ripping their skin off and throwing them over bridges. Weird stuff, but on brand for Cotton. arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/… via @arktimes

Eight months after breaking ground on their new headquarters in the East Village, the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra invited members of the media to the Stella Boyle Smith Music Center for a 'hard hat' tour.

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Republicans aren't a monolith (sometimes).
State Rep. Rick McClure of Malvern and Sen. Josh Bryant of Rogers are getting called out here by a fellow Republican for throwing constituents to the dogs to carry crypto miners' water.

Looks like all the crypto resolutions will move forward out of House Committee, so now needs 2/3 approval on House floor to be considered.

Sort of a bummer that no #arleg Democrat has taken a leadership role on this crypto mine regulation issue, it's like the perfect issue for a red-state democrat, on a platter. Session's not over tho!