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Little Rock awarded $2M to design I-30 deck park
Officials at the engineering firm Garver wrote the U.S. Department of Transportation grant application after a local nonprofit group, Fifty for the Future, committed $125,000. Read More
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US Dept. of Transportation awards Little Rock $2M grant for deck park over I-30
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded the city of Little Rock a $2 million planning grant to begin design work for a proposed deck park over Interstate 30. The grant is part of the reconnecting Communities Pilot Program, which helps reconnect communities that were separated by construction of the interstate system.…
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Jacksonville’s $36M Unity Health Set to Open Next Month
Jacksonville will end a three-and-a-half-year stretch without a hospital when Unity Health’s newest facility starts seeing patients as expected next month. Read More
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Arkansas court awards $15.7M judgment against nursing home chain over woman’s death
Joseph Schwartz, the New York state owner of the failed Arkansas nursing home chain, Skyline Health Care, who is facing tax and Medicaid fraud charges in Arkansas, has been ordered to pay the family of a Little Rock woman who died in one of his facilities $15.7 million for neglect and wrongful death. Read More
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Jacksonville police still looking into 2022 drive-by
In March 2022, Jacksonville officers responded to Johnson Park about a drive-by shooting. Upon arrival, they discovered one man unresponsive with a gunshot wound. Read More
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UCA awarded $1.6 million grant to help low-income, first-gen students succeed
The University of Central Arkansas is working to raise the playing field for incoming freshmen by creating a five-year program through grant funding. Read More
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Metroplan awarded $700k to improve safety on Arkansas roads
A new grant program called Safe Streets and Roads for All is being implemented nationwide— including in four Arkansas counties. Read More
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Building Permits
Building Permits are needed for all construction within the city.Read More






