R.L. Lemon, Intern at SRC I would like to share a bit of trivia. For my internship here at the Spring River Chronicle, I could not help but notice the black and white photos of newsboys on the walls. One was missing a leg, and another held a paper with a huge headline about the tragedy of Titanic. They were compelling because history is one of those things that people my age…
Asa Hutchinson, Arkansas Governor The ability to read well is one of the most crucial skills we can give our students, and today I’d like to encourage you to join in our efforts to build a culture of reading in Arkansas. Reading is not simply one skill of many that we choose to master. Young people who don’t learn to read well will always struggle in life. Reading changes everything. We can…
James Sturch, Arkansas Senator Every year the sales tax holiday is the first weekend in August. This year it will be Saturday, August 6, and Sunday, August 7. Consumers will not have to pay sales tax on any articles of clothing that cost lessthan $100. The exempted items include not only ordinary clothing such as pants, shirts, dresses and shoes. Also free from sales tax are bathing suits, baby blankets, underwear, raincoats,…
James Sturch, Arkansas Senator Two interest groups submitted petitions to the Secretary of State seeking to have two proposed constitutional amendments placed on the November general election ballot. One would legalize marijuana and the other would remove Pope County as a possible site for a gambling casino. The group seeking to legalize marijuana turned in more than 190,000 signatures. The other group submitted more than 103,000 signatures. To qualify for a place…
By Mack Thompson, Editor Let me be clear, I don’t have a degree in law although I did take Constitutional Law in college a few decades ago. But unlike most of you reading this I have read the 1973 decision. I read it in 1977 while in college and recently revisited it from the same text book I had then. The late seventies were a time of great discord in this country.…
