Webb rejected 2nd time for 2nd Housing Authority term
For a second time, Little Rock city directors rejected the appointment of a Housing Authority board member who led the opposition campaign to the city’s recent…
Stories by Kristin Netterstrom
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Yard-parking ban needs work, LR mayor says
A change in city code that would make parking in yards an automatic ticketable offense needs more work, Little Rock Mayor Mark Stodola said Tuesday.
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Map of LR wards not quite final
Little Rock’s public hearings over new ward boundaries are through, but a quirk in state law gives the Pulaski County Election Commission final say over the bo…
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Downtown LR panel looks ahead to 2017
With the Metrocentre Mall a distant memory, a new generation of movers and shakers is contemplating the future of downtown Little Rock and the Metrocentre Impr…
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Library system looks at March bond vote
Central Arkansas Library System is looking at going to the voters in March for a $32 million bond refinancing that will pay off old debt and raise additional m…
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Cars in yards drive LR plan for tickets
After receiving more than 2,000 complaints about cars parked in yards, Little Rock officials say they’re ready to start ticketing vehicles instead of leaving n…
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LR directors OK redrawn districts despite dissent
Several neighborhoods west of Interstate 430 will find themselves in a new ward next year and a handful of resident associations will be split under changes to…
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Utility looks to Texas for water-saving tips
Little Rock is wetter and a few degrees cooler during the summer than Austin, but the local water utility director has looked to the Texas capital and other ci…
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Little Rock notebook
Work starts soon on new fire station City Manager Bruce Moore said he expects the city to break ground next month on a new fire station in west Little Rock.
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Ethics panel to look further at pro-tax group, editor says
The Arkansas Ethics Commission reviewed a complaint Friday that involves expense reports from the campaign that supported Little Rock’s recent sales tax electi…
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LR plans to remap wards up for vote
Daniel Stewart likes his neighbors and doesn’t want them to move. Not that they’re selling their homes, but his neighbors living across Fair Park Boulevard wil…
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Housing board member backed
More than a dozen Little Rock residents turned out in support Tuesday night of a Housing Authority board member whose second term was rejected by city director…
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Little Rock notebook
Trust buys land on utility’s behalf A recent $2.63 million land purchase by the national Trust for Public Land in Pulaski County was done on behalf of Central …
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Water rates to hold, at least in ’12
Central Arkansas Water customers won’t see their rates increase next year despite the utility’s plan to tackle $28.7 million in capital projects. However, thos…
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Neighbors of LR park learn city covets land
Little Rock residents living near the southern entrance to War Memorial Park are discovering that City Hall thinks their property is ideal to expand the 212-ac…
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Backers of LR rise in sales tax spent $203,753
The group supporting Little Rock’s recent sales-tax election spent $203,753 on promoting the tax, according to final campaign expense reports filed Thursday.
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Land-plan stance still up in air, utility says
Central Arkansas Water commissioners said Thursday that they can’t take a stance on Pulaski County’s proposed land-use regulations aimed at protecting the util…
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Official seeks ward vote Tuesday
Little Rock City Manager Bruce Moore plans to ask city directors to vote next week on new ward boundaries, he said at the first of three public hearings this w…
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First public meeting on LR ward changes tonight
Little Rock residents have an opportunity tonight to weigh in on proposed boundary changes for the city’s seven wards at the first of three public meetings thi…
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Aging drains lurk under LR sites
Some of Little Rock’s best known addresses have aging drainage systems buried underground, according to a list of locations Little Rock Public Works crews revi…
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Housing-board term stirs dispute
When the Little Rock Housing Authority board meets Wednesday, commissioners are expected to discuss the city board’s recent rejection of a second term for Robe…
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Parking tickets paid at faster pace in LR
While the number of parking tickets papering windshields in downtown Little Rock has dropped drastically in the past year, the capital city is seeing scofflaws…
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LR approves ‘retro’ McDonald’s despite traffic worry
A McDonald’s restaurant approved by city directors for one of Little Rock’s busiest intersections won’t break ground until at least next year, the franchise ow…
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LR to go to bigger bins, bigger bill for recycling
Little Rock residents will have larger recycling bins to put at their curbs in coming months, but a bigger bill won’t arrive until 2013.
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Firm hired to plot future for Robinson Hall
Little Rock Advertising and Promotion Commissioners hired an architect Monday to help them with initial research and concept design on future renovations to th…
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Clinton: Let span represent harmony
President Bill Clinton dedicated the Clinton Presidential Park Bridge on Friday during a ceremony that felt like a family reunion for many in the crowd and an …
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Little Rock notebook
LR savings, fees to offset tax lag Little Rock’s finance director anticipates bigger vacancy savings and higher utility franchise fees than expected will offse…
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LR unveils new maps for wards
Little Rock released a map Thursday showing ward boundary lines across the city that were redrawn to accommodate a westward population shift reflected in the 2…
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Rule on building height kept for Capitol district
Members of the Capitol Zoning District Commission decided against a rule change Thursday that would have allowed taller buildings on a two-block section of dow…
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LR is set to unveil changes to wards
Proposed ward boundary lines reflecting shifts in population across Little Rock after the 2010 Census should be released Friday, with public hearings to follow…
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McDonald’s plan faces LR concerns on traffic
McDonald’s is eyeing one of Little Rock’s busiest intersections for a new location, causing concern for some city officials who say the popular fast-food resta…
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LR plan raises recycling fee, pares pickups
Little Rock residents would pay $8.28 more a year for recycling pickup that will stop by their homes every other week instead of every week under a seven-year …
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Board revisiting LR curfew law
Little Rock officials are tackling a number of issues put on the back burner during the recent sales-tax increase debate, including a revamped juvenile-curfew …
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2 confirmed for technology-park board
Little Rock city directors confirmed the appointment of two business leaders to the Central Arkansas Technology Park Authority on Tuesday, days after the city …
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Not obligated to fix driveway, west LR homeowner testifies
A west Little Rock property owner testified in district court Monday that she’s not responsible for repairing a collapsing driveway at a house built for her in…
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Clinton Park Bridge nears debut
Former President Bill Clinton is expected to dedicate the bridge that shares his name Friday in a public ceremony capping off a decade-long effort to renovate …
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City directors want role in picking panel
Little Rock city directors want a say on the makeup of a citizens oversight committee that will make regular reports on how the city spends its new sales-tax r…
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Little Rock notebook
Healthful food focus of forum Little Rock is hosting a two-day Healthy Food and Active Living Summit to bring residents and policy leaders together to talk abo…
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Land Bank panel OKs sale of LR lot
Little Rock Land Bank commissioners approved their first land transfer Wednesday for a noncityrelated project.
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Affluent passed LR tax
Voters in Little Rock’s more established, affluent neighborhoods, such as the Heights and Hillcrest, carried Tuesday’s sales tax election, according to precinc…
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LR voters approve jump in sales tax
Little Rock voters approved their first sales-tax increase in 18 years Tuesday, saving dozens of police officer and firefighter jobs on the chopping block next…
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LR voters to decide today on sales tax
Little Rock voters go to the polls today to decide whether to give City Hall more money to function as well as pay for a decades worth of road projects and new…
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Little Rock notebook
Schools’ day set at Clinton center Students and teachers can enter the Clinton Presidential Library for free on Sept. 24 as part of the sixth annual “Thea Pave…
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Both taxes must pass, Stodola says
Little Rock officials say two sales-tax measures on Tuesday’s ballot are so intertwined that passing one and not the other “makes no sense.” City Hall is askin…
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Water utility OKs Wye Mountain merger
Central Arkansas Water commissioners agreed Thursday to allow the Wye Mountain Water System to merge into their regional water utility that serves 400,000 cent…
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LR near deadline to spend millions
Little Rock has until February to spend $4.3 million from its $8.6 million pot of federal stimulus dollars awarded in 2009 to build new houses and remodel othe…
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Sales-tax voting in LR draws 473 on 1st day
The first day of early voting in Little Rock’s special election to raise the city’s sales tax ended with 473 people voting ahead of next Tuesday’s election.
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Pension raise among goals of LR tax plan
Little Rock contributes more than $18 million a year to its various employee retirement savings plans, but city officials say it’s typical for nonuniform retir…
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In LR tax vote, business aim sticky
Little Rock’s City Hall wants to join a growing number of city governments that dedicate sales-tax revenue to projects that are supposed to attract new busines…
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Teens + library = fun, games?
The word “cool” at the Main Library in downtown Little Rock can be defined this way: neon lights, a gaming area and fun furniture.
