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State Tipoffs Involving Arkansas Newsletter for Saturday March 01, 2025 ( 4 items )  

Attorney General Griffin Joins 37 AGs Urging Congress to Increase Penalties for Organized Retail Crime
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Feb. 28 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Griffin Joins 37 AGs Urging Congress to Increase Penalties for Organized Retail Crime Griffin: 'This legislation we are asking Congress to pass will help us in our local fight against organized retail crime' LITTLE ROCK - Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement after joining a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general on a letter urging Congre  more

ATU Trustees Approve Summer Improvement Projects
RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, Feb. 28 -- Arkansas Tech University issued the following news: * * * ATU Trustees Approve Summer Improvement Projects Arkansas Tech University will invest more than $1 million in facility renovations and improvements during summer 2025 following approval by the ATU Board of Trustees during its meeting on Friday, Feb. 28. The scope of the summer 2025 projects includes $489,500 in projects overseen by the ATU Office of Facilities Management. Those projects include exter  more

Entergy Arkansas philanthropic giving, volunteerism has record year
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Feb. 27 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Entergy issued the following news release: * * * Entergy Arkansas philanthropic giving, volunteerism has record year LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Philanthropic giving from Entergy Arkansas topped $1.8 million in 2024, with 240 nonprofit partners with similar missions to improve communities and the lives of its citizens across the state receiving grants of $5,000 on average. While providing safe, reliable and affordable electricity to more than  more

Governor Sanders Announces Appointment
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Feb. 28 -- Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Sanders Announces Appointment LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders today appointed Dawn Egan as Judge on Arkansas' Fourth Judicial Circuit, Division 3. Dawn replaces Judge Stacey Zimmerman, who will retire effective March 1 st, 2025. She will take office on March 1st, 2025, and her term will expire December 31 st, 2026. "Dawn is a very experienced and   more