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Arkansas governor names Shea Lewis as Parks, Heritage and Tourism secretary
By The Associated Press
Fri,08/11/23-5:30PM , 73 Reads
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Friday announced that interim Parks, Heritage and Tourism Secretary Shea Lewis will now serve in the post permanently.

Sanders appointed Lewis, who was named interim secretary when Mike Mills resigned in June after serving less than six months in the position.
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Opinion: Reading gains are real
By Russ Latino
Fri,08/11/23-4:26PM , 221 Reads 13,723 Statewide
Earlier this month, Los Angeles Times columnist Michael Hiltzik declared Mississippi’s much touted gains in reading a sham. Hiltzik, whose most recent claim to fame was calling for unvaccinated covid deaths to be “mocked,” argued the Magnolia State “gamed” its results.
He was dead wrong. Embarrassingly so.
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Opinion: At 65, glad I came back to Mississippi
By Wyatt Emmerich
Fri,08/11/23-4:14PM , 238 Reads 18,422 Statewide
Time for my annual birthday column. This birthday is a biggie. I’m 65, what used to be the official retirement age.
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Winners Announced for the 2023 Computer Science Students of Distinction Awards
By Dumas Clarion
Thu,08/10/23-10:27PM , 635 Reads
Sixty-one students from 13 Arkansas high schools were named the 2023 Computer Science Students of Distinction by the Arkansas Academy of Computing (AAoC). Each has been recognized by their school and will be added to the over 137 awardees from previous years on the Academy’s website.
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