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Arkansas Department of Education blames letter grade discrepancies on a sorting error - Arkansas Times (opens the original)
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Revelations of temporary but significant discrepancies in letter grades the Arkansas Department of Education issues to public schools and school districts is causing a bit of an uproar this week, as advocates speculate about why the grades changed and question the value of those grades to begin with. Helena World Publisher Andrew Bagley launched the uproar with an article posted Tuesday, describing a team of journalists’ discovery of a conflicting set of grades on a spreadsheet that’s since been
Local baker cooks up a sweet idea to cover funeral expenses for Waffle House employee - Arkansas Times (opens the original)
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A Central Arkansas baker whisked into action upon the news of the death of a Maumelle Waffle House employee this weekend, caused by an intoxicated driver barreling into the restaurant shortly after midnight Sunday. The victim, Tracy Long of Conway, reportedly had a sweet tooth and was a regular customer for The Muffin Man, a cottage-industry baker who’s now churning out bread puddings to help cover Long’s funeral expenses. “A pan of bread pudding can’t make a loss like this any easier. But it wa
Still at an impasse with Blue Cross, CHI St. Vincent CMO argues for fairness and healthy competition - Arkansas Times (opens the original)
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Since the beginning of the month, customers of Blue Cross Blue Shield, the state’s largest insurer, have been locked out of network at CHI St. Vincent as the hospital continues its battle for higher reimbursement rates. The impasse over these rates has direct, real-world consequences for your friends and neighbors, and maybe even for you. Who among doesn’t have friends asking around for doctor recommendations now that their usual go-to provider is no longer in their health insurance network? Whi
U.S. House takes up familiar debate over who pays for data centers' electric infrastructure - Arkansas Times (opens the original)
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Arkansas is not at all special in its ongoing tussles over how and if to embrace artificial intelligence and the hot, loud, sprawling data centers it requires. As local news broke Wednesday that Entergy was dropping legal action in its attempt to keep the secret details of its deal to power a West Memphis Google data center under wraps, federal lawmakers were also wrangling with how to power data centers and who should pay. The U.S. House overwhelmingly approved a bill Wednesday that aims to hav
Longtime state senator behind changes to utility regulations resigns for job with electric coop - Arkansas Times (opens the original)
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State Sen. Jonathan Dismang, the Beebe Republican known for his mastery of the unwieldy Arkansas state budgeting process and his advocacy for utility companies, is leaving his lawmaker role to become vice president of external affairs for Arkansas Electric Cooperatives Inc. In his new role, Dismang will handle government relations for 17 electricity distributors that serve about a million customers in Arkansas and surrounding states. His resignation is effective immediately; a special election m
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