🌱 Hardy votes to end 3% food and lodging tax
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- Hardy votes to end 3% food and lodging tax
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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📰 News we're reading
• Hardy Arkansas Votes to Eliminate 3% Restaurant Tax (arkansasradio.com) — Hardy's additional 3% tax on prepared food and lodging is scheduled to end January 8, 2027, following a 4–2 City Council vote. The ordinance also abolishes the city's tourism promotion commission, with no replacement funding plan announced for its work. Other state, county and city sales taxes remain in place. 
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Cave City Holiday Parade 2-Miler →
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Fall Picture Day
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Kailey Moss Scholarship Chili Supper Fundraiser
Izard County Consolidated School District Brockwell, AR 72517
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Basketball @ Concord
VIOLA SCHOOL DISTRICT Viola, AR 72583
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Basketball Black & Gray - All Teams
Izard County Consolidated School District Brockwell, AR 72517
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(HOMECOMING) Basketball vs Shirley
VIOLA SCHOOL DISTRICT Viola, AR 72583
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Basketball @ Hillcrest - All Teams
Izard County Consolidated School District Brockwell, AR 72517
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Basketball @ Manilla - Teams: 1,3
Izard County Consolidated School District Brockwell, AR 72517
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Basketball vs Timbo
VIOLA SCHOOL DISTRICT Viola, AR 72583
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MHS: BB vs Highland @ Home (7G, JG, SG) 5 PM
MELBOURNE SCHOOL DISTRICT Melbourne, AR 72556
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Basketball @ Salem - Teams: 2B,2
Izard County Consolidated School District Brockwell, AR 72517
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Blood Drive at Mammoth Spring High School →
Mammoth Spring High School Multi-Purpose Building, 400 Goldsmith, Mammoth Spring
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🗞 Nearby News
Pocahontas
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Melbourne
- Obituary: Tina Marie Boyd (imbodenlive.com)
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