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The city board will vote on Director Antwan Phillips' tenants’ rights ordinance and other resolutions at its meeting next Tuesday.

$6 million in voter-approved bond funds is going toward street resurfacing projects that will extend into 2025.

When it’s all said and done, the solar array is expected to provide 70% of Little Rock city government's electricity needs. At that rate, about $27 million would be saved over the next two decades, according to an estimate provided Tuesday.

City directors' annual salaries will increase by $7,000. It's their first raise in a decade.

Should the Little Rock Board of Directors vote to give themselves a $7,000 pay raise? Or should the voters decide?

Will easing restrictions on allowable building heights downtown ruin river views for condo dwellers? Does the city's executive administration need a social media manager? These were among the topics discussed at Little Rock's Tuesday night city board meeting.

The mayor and board members said they want housing commissioners to resign after HUD reports revealed spotty record-keeping and questionable expenses.

Some Little Rock officials want to oust members of the Metropolitan Housing Alliance as the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development continue to find problems.

Directors expressed concerns about an eastward UAMS move. Meanwhile, Director Lance Hines took shots at Mayor Frank Scott Jr. about his financial leadership.

The proposed tax would generate $600 million over its 10-year lifespan, Mayor Frank Scott Jr. said Thursday.

Anyone under 18 years old lingering in one of Little Rock’s three entertainment districts without a parent or guardian after 9 p.m. will be violating curfew, the city’s board of directors voted Tuesday.

Debate between taking decisive action versus taking the time to collect constituent feedback set flame to the Tuesday Little Rock Board of Directors meeting. A proposed curfew for young people is expected to be voted on at a June 13 meeting.