We talk with Charles Stewart, who worked his way up the corporate chain at Regions Financial Corp. to become the first Black banking executive in Arkansas, helped integrate women and other minorities into the workforce during his tenure on the Arkansas State Police Commission, put his efforts toward ending hunger and poverty at Heifer International and now serves as CEO and co-founder of the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame.
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State Police promotion conflict brings ‘reverse discrimination’ civil rights lawsuit
A “reverse discrimination” lawsuit over a State Police promotion alleges the governor worked with agency director to favor a Black officer over a more qualified white officer.
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Jim Hinkle named to State Police Commission
Jim Hinkle of Conway, former owner of a bank and telephone company in Mountain View, has been named to the State Police Commission by Gov. Asa Hutchinson.
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Live, it’s Saturday night
Here’s an open line for you. Some odds and ends:
* STATE POLICE COMMISSIONER HAS SAY: We linked earlier a tough column by Steve Barnes on the State Police Commission’s decision to overrule two different agency directors and reinstate Andrew Rhew, despite violating rules on siren and light use during a high-speed patrol run that ended in a fatal crash with another driver.
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State Police Commission rapped for reinstating Rhew
A tough column this week by Steve Barnes on the case of Andrew Rhew, the trooper who resigned after a DWI in Missouri last weekend.