John Payton, Arkansas State Senator As soon as the 2023 legislative session adjourned, the Senate and House Committees on Education began work on school funding in preparation for the 2025 session. Every two years the committees issue an adequacy report that sets a level of state funding of public schools that will comply with the state Constitution and state Supreme Court orders in school funding cases. The adequacy report issued by the…
Tammy Curtis, Publisher UPDATE: While we don't have county totals from Fulton in at this time, we have state totals and it appears we have two new state legislators. Incumbent State Representative Marsh Davis lost to Trey STEIMEL for the District 2 Seat by a margin of 59 percent to Davis 41 percent. The second runoff race mirrored the House race in percentages as Incumbent Senator James Sturch lost his seat to…
Current county and city office holders seeking county offices met with media questions By Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor As the end of the campaign season for the May 24 Primary closes several locations have held political forums for candidates. In Sharp County, the last one of the season was held at Cave City’s newest venue, The Meadows. The Sharp County Republican Party and Justice of the Peace Brianna Diorio hosted the well…
