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How do you benefit from government?

submitted by Nikki Heck I cannot answer that for every level or every office of government, but I can explain how you benefit from the Commissioner of State Lands Office, both collectively and individually. If you attend public school, visit the library, are sent to most hospitals or drive on public roads, you benefit from this office.

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Crystal Bridges

Peggy Mason The mission of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is to welcome all to celebrate the American spirit in a setting that unites the power of art with the beauty of nature. Founded by philanthropist and arts patron Alice Walton, Crystal Bridges is a public non-profit charitable organization.

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Inflation Reduction Act

Candice Lawrence, Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce/AIA Little Rock - The Arkansas State Chamber/ Associated Industries of Arkansas released a statement today regarding the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act pending in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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The Best Known Rock Wall in Town

contributing Columnist Cindy Wood Young Lately I have been cleaning out a bunch of stuff I have had in storage for at least seven or eight years, much of it having been boxed up even more years than that. In this heat, it has been difficult, tedious, hot work, but also a fun stroll down “memory lane,” in many cases.

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AGFF to honor five at August banquet

Randy Zellers, Assistant Chief, Communications Little Rock – The Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation will induct five conservationists into its highly acclaimed Arkansas Outdoor Hall of Fame Saturday, August 27, at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock. “For more than 100 years, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission has worked to conserve the state’s wildlife resources, thanks to the selfless contributions of people such as our 2022 slate of inductees and award winners,” said Deke Whitbeck, president of the Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation.

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U.S. Supreme Court Orders Abortion Clinics to Pay for State’s Legal Costs

Little Rock – Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge issued a statement following the U.S. Supreme Court’s judgment in Rutledge v. Little Rock Family Planning Services vacating a lower court order blocking Arkansas’s ban on abortions performed solely on the basis of a Down syndrome diagnosis and ordering Little Rock Family Planning Services to pay the State of Arkansas for filing costs associated with seeking Supreme Court review.

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Mid MC Rotary Club Banquet

The Mid-Marion County Rotary Club recently held their annual banquet at the 178 Club in Bull Shoals, Arkansas. There were nineteen Rotarians and guests in attendance. Everyone enjoyed a nice dinner, and fellowship among the members in attendance.

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COSL announces Boone County tax auction

Nikki Heck, APR, CPM, Director of Public Affairs LITTLE ROCK, Ark – Commissioner of State Lands Tommy Land announced that his office will auction tax-delinquent property in Boone County on Wednesday, July 20, at 10 a.m. The auction will be held at the Durand Center – Side B in Harrison, with registration beginning at 9:30 a.m.

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