Claudia Lauer
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Ordinance on LR board’s plate seeks $19,208 raise for mayor
posted: 05/25/2013 5:03 a.m. Comments 5
An ordinance before the Little Rock Board of Directors on Tuesday proposes to increase the mayor’s salary by almost $20,000, matching the city manager’s salary.
LR board OKs capital-improvement list
posted: 05/22/2013 5:18 a.m. Discuss
Little Rock residents will start to see asphalt hitting the road in the next few months after the Little Rock Board of Directors approved on Tuesday the next round of capital-improvement projects to be funded by voter-approved taxes.
LR to curb free parking slots
posted: 05/22/2013 5:17 a.m. Discuss
More than 100 parking spaces in the River Market District will no longer be free after the Little Rock Board of Directors approved a contract Tuesday night to install new pay-and-display parking stations along four blocks.
LR directors pass $6,000 pay increase
posted: 05/22/2013 12:48 a.m. Comment 1
For the first time in almost 20 years, the Little Rock Board of Directors got a raise.
Downtown Deli drops alcohol-sale bid
posted: 05/21/2013 4:09 a.m. Discuss
A public hearing on whether to allow alcohol sales at a neighborhood store scheduled for tonight’s Little Rock Board of Directors meeting has been canceled.
OUR TOWN: Little Rock notebook
posted: 05/19/2013 4:24 a.m. Discuss
Hearings to take up two zoning appeals The Board of Directors will hold two public hearings Tuesday for requests to overturn decisions of the Planning Commission.
HUD to take Friday furloughs
posted: 05/18/2013 5:18 a.m. Discuss
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Friday that all of its regional and field offices will take furloughs on seven selected Fridays as a result of automatic government wide spending cuts, while the Metropolitan Housing Alliance is still considering how to shoulder its budget cuts.
Drilling quits tech-park post
posted: 05/16/2013 4:54 a.m. Discuss
Another member of the Little Rock Technology Park Authority Board has resigned from the board, citing expanded responsibilities in his job.
Visa, MasterCard suit sees LR file objection
posted: 05/16/2013 12:08 a.m. Discuss
Little Rock signed on Wednesday with hundreds of other cities and companies — including Arkansas-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc. — that have objected to a multi-billion dollar settlement of an antitrust lawsuit against Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc.
Arts Center collects $822,000
posted: 05/15/2013 5:21 a.m. Discuss
With more than $822,000 in preliminary revenue raised last week, things are looking up for the Arkansas Arts Center’s coffers.
