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MySaline’s Jobs List for Central Arkansas — 060722 – MySaline

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MySaline’s Jobs List for Central Arkansas — 060722 – MySaline

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Ar – Little Rock – 1099 Property Claims Adjuster – Copper Claims Providers, Inc. – Little Rock, Ar
Entry Coordinator Iii – Uams Medical Heart – Little Rock, Ar
Entry Coordinator Ii – Prn – Uams Medical Heart – Little Rock, Ar
Entry Coordinator Ii – Uams Medical Heart – Little Rock, Ar
Account Analyst I (Cust Svc/Self Pay Collector), Affected person Accounts, Full Time – Arkansas Youngsters’s Hospital – Little Rock, Ar
Account Developer – Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. – Little Rock, Ar
Account Govt – Pinnacle Enterprise Programs – Little Rock, Ar
Account Supervisor Ii – Enterprise (Ar, Ky, Tn) – Lumen – Little Rock, Ar
Account Supervisor – 0000 (Arkansas) – Miles Partnership Lllp – Little Rock, Ar
Admin Assistant/ Analysis & Program Coordinator – Tegna – Little Rock, Ar
Administrative Assistant – Welspun Tubular Llc – Little Rock, Ar
Administrative Assistant I – Good Shepherd Group – Little Rock, Ar
Administrative Assistant – Serrato Company – Little Rock, Ar
Admissions Coordinator- Should Be A Nurse – The Blossoms At North Little Rock – North Little Rock, Ar
Grownup Habilitation Aide (Lr) – Ucp Of Arkansas – Little Rock, Ar
Superior Observe Registered Nurse (Aprn) – Pinnacle Dermatology @ Little Rock, Ar – Little Rock, Ar
Aesthetic Guide (In-Clinic) – Best Picture Improvement Company – Little Rock, Ar
Plane Paint Detailer – Prime Completions – Little Rock, Ar
Plane Painter – Prime Completions – Little Rock, Ar
Plane Painters/Prep – Prime Completions – Little Rock, Ar
Anr Digital Utility Developer – College Of Arkansas At Monticello – Little Rock, Ar
Condominium Upkeep With A Selection Of Abilities – Little Rock – Bella Asset Administration – Little Rock, Ar
Equipment Service Technician – Benefit Service Firm – North Little Rock, Ar
Utility/Oracle Developer – Pearlsoft Options – Little Rock, Ar
Appointment Enterprise Heart Scheduler Iii For Bhi/Surgical Specialties – Uams Medical Heart – Little Rock, Ar
Space Enterprise Improvement Supervisor – Securitas Safety Providers Usa, Inc. – Little Rock, Ar
Assistant Building Supervisor – Vinebrook Houses, Llc – Little Rock, Ar
Assistant Soccer Coach/Assistant Baseball/7-12 Social Research Licensed – Bauxite Faculty District – Bauxite, Ar
Assistant Entrance Workplace Supervisor – Harmony Hospitality – Little Rock, Ar
Assistant Normal Supervisor – Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers | Ffc Franchise Group Inc – North Little Rock, Ar
Asst Housekeeping Supervisor – Capital Lodge – Little Rock, Ar
Assistant Supervisor – Little Caesars – Sherwood, Ar
Assistant Retailer Supervisor- Tommy Hilfiger – Pvh – Little Rock, Ar
Assistant Retailer Supervisor – Edwards Meals Big – Little Rock, Ar
Affiliate Director Of Product Administration, Search – S&P International – Little Rock, Ar
Affiliate Challenge Supervisor – Industrial Applications – Dassault Falcon Jet – Little Rock, Ar
Affiliate Technical Account Supervisor – New Relic – Little Rock, Ar
Audio Visible Stay Occasion Technician – Convention Applied sciences, Inc. – Little Rock, Ar
Automotive Detailer – Automobile Washer – Enterprise Holdings – Little Rock, Ar
Baker – Crumbl Cookies | Arkansas – Benton, Ar
Barista And Cashier – Three Fold Noodles + Dumpling Co. – Little Rock, Ar
Bartender – Jj’s Grill – Little Rock, Ar
Bartender – On The Border Mexican Grill And Cantina – Sherwood, Ar
Magnificence Guide – Walgreens – Benton, Ar
Behavioral Well being Technician, Full Time, Tue/Wed/Thu , 7p-7a – Arkansas Youngsters’s Hospital – Little Rock, Ar
Behavioral Well being Technician, Full Time, Fri/Sat/Solar, 7p-7a – Arkansas Youngsters’s Hospital – Little Rock, Ar
Behavioral Well being Technician, Half Time, Sat/Solar, 7a-7p – Arkansas Youngsters’s Hospital – Little Rock, Ar
Behavioral Well being Technician, Full Time, Fri/Sat/Solar 7p-7a – Arkansas Youngsters’s Hospital – Little Rock, Ar
Bilingual Human Sources Coordinator – Precedence Wire & Cable Inc – Little Rock, Ar
Bilingual Private Banker – First Comfort Financial institution – Bryant, Ar
Billing Specialist/Premium Specialist – Prime Consulting Inc – Little Rock, Ar
Bindery Lead Operator – Democrat Printing & Litho – Little Rock, Ar
Boat Gross sales – Dealer Invoice’s Outside Sports activities – Little Rock, Ar
Enterprise Improvement Consultant – Ppg Industries – Little Rock, Ar
Enterprise Programs Analyst – Merkle – Little Rock, Ar
Butterfly Studying Heart Floaters – Ucp Of Arkansas – Little Rock, Ar

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Name Heart Consultant/Buyer Service – Prime Consulting – Little Rock, Ar
Marketing campaign Analyst – Merkle – Little Rock, Ar
Cardiac Telemetry Nurse – Chi St. Vincent Well being – Little Rock, Ar
Care Coordinator, Built-in Care Workforce – Empower Healthcare Options, Llc – Little Rock, Ar
Caregiver – Sevita – Benton, Ar
Cashier – Rooster Salad Chick – Benton, Ar
Cashier – Edwards Meals Big – Little Rock, Ar
Cashier – Pilot Firm – Benton, Ar
Cashier – Wingstop – North Little Rock, Ar
Cashier/Buyer Service – Complete Hog Cafe – Little Rock – Little Rock, Ar
Licensed Veterinary Technicians And Veterinary Assistants – Out West Veterinary Pressing Care – Little Rock, Ar
Chargeback Affiliate I – Fis International – Little Rock, Ar
Chargeback Supervisor – Fis International – Little Rock, Ar
Youngster Care Assistant Director (Ar) – Assistant Director | Monday – Friday 9am – 6pm (Faculty 191) – Childcare Community, Inc. – Little Rock, Ar
Youngster Care Instructor (Ar) – Youngster Care Toddler Instructor | Monday-Friday | 630am-330pm – Childcare Community, Inc. – Maumelle, Ar
Youngster Care Instructor (Ar) – Youngster Care Three Yr Outdated Instructor | Monday – Friday | 830am – 530pm – Childcare Community, Inc. – Little Rock, Ar
Youngster Care Instructor (Ar) – Three Yr Outdated Youngster Care Instructor| Monday – Friday | 830am – 530pm – Childcare Community, Inc. – Maumelle, Ar
Youngster Care Instructor (Ar) – Youngster Care Instructor Pm Floater | Monday-Friday | 11am-5pm – Childcare Community, Inc. – Little Rock, Ar
Youngster Care Instructor (Ar) – Three Yr Outdated Instructor | Monday-Friday | 830am-530pm – Childcare Community, Inc. – Little Rock, Ar
Youngster Care Instructor (Ar) – Youngster Care Help Instructor Infants | Monday – Friday | 9am – 6pm – Childcare Community, Inc. – Little Rock, Ar
Youngster Care Instructor (Ar) – Youngster Care Prek Instructor | Monday-Friday | 9am-6pm – Childcare Community, Inc. – Maumelle, Ar
Youngster Care Instructor – Youngster Care Instructor – Childcare Community, Inc. – Bryant, Ar
Youngster Care Instructor – Youngster Care Toddler Instructor – Childcare Community, Inc. – Bryant, Ar
Youngster Care Instructor (Ar) – Assistant Instructor 3 Yr | Monday-Friday | 9am-6pm – Childcare Community, Inc. – Little Rock, Ar
Youngster Care Instructor (Ar) – Youngster Care Assistant Instructor 4 Yr Olds | M-F | 9a-6p – Childcare Community, Inc. – Little Rock, Ar
Youngster Care Instructor (Ar) – Youngster Care Floater | Monday-Friday | 10am-6pm – Childcare Community, Inc. – Little Rock, Ar
Consumer Account Administration, Specialist – Deloitte – Little Rock, Ar
Consumer Relationship Guide 2 (Banker) One Riverfront Place, Ar (35 Hrs) – U.S. Financial institution – North Little Rock, Ar
Consumer Service Specialist (Teller) – Financial institution Ozk – Malvern, Ar
Medical Compliance Supervisor – Anthem – Little Rock, Ar
Medical Psychologist – Little Rock, Ar – Matrix Suppliers – Little Rock, Ar
Medical System Specialist – Pure State Laboratories And Pure State Genomics – Little Rock, Ar
Cmms Upkeep Planner – Cbre – Little Rock, Ar
Cnc Machine Operator – Lexicon, Inc – Little Rock, Ar
Espresso Attendant – Pilot Firm – Benton, Ar
Coldline Workforce Member – Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers | Ffc Franchise Group Inc – North Little Rock, Ar
Collections Analyst – Priority1 – Little Rock, Ar
Collections Specialist – Arkansas Dental Facilities – Little Rock, Ar
Industrial Service Technician – Coaching Supplied – Little Rock, Ar – Goodyear – Little Rock, Ar
Group Residing Association – Residential Employee – Ucp Of Arkansas – Little Rock, Ar
Join Academy Pre-Okay Instructor – Join Afc – Benton, Ar
Building Foreman – T. D. Sims Firm Inc. – Little Rock, Ar
Coronary Care Nurse – Chi St. Vincent Well being – Little Rock, Ar
Courtesy Clerk – Edwards Meals Big – Little Rock, Ar
Crain Hyundai Elements Advisor Nlr – Crain Automotive Workforce – Bryant, Ar
Crain Hyundai Elements Advisor Nlr – Crain Automotive Workforce – Benton, Ar
Crain Hyundai Elements Advisor Nlr – Crain Automotive Workforce – North Little Rock, Ar
Crain Hyundai Elements Advisor Nlr – Crain Automotive Workforce – Sherwood, Ar
Cruise Ship Doctor – Aspen Medical – Little Rock, Ar
Custodian Techincian Ii – Ucp Of Arkansas – Little Rock, Ar
Customized Safety Officer – Armed – Allied Common® – Little Rock, Ar
Buyer Expertise Specialist (Advisor) – Finest Purchase – Little Rock, Ar
Buyer Expertise Specialist (Advisor) – Finest Purchase – North Little Rock, Ar
Buyer Relations Consultant – State Farm Agent Workforce Member – Matt Morris – State Farm Agent – Little Rock, Ar
Buyer Service Affiliate – Momentary – Walgreens – Little Rock, Ar
Buyer Service Consultant – Avis Price range Group – Little Rock, Ar
Buyer Service Consultant I – Ar Well being & Wellness – Little Rock, Ar
Buyer Service Consultant – Revolution Firm – Little Rock, Ar
Buyer Service Consultant – Mr. Equipment Of Larger Little Rock – Little Rock, Ar
Buyer Service Consultant- $16/Hr-$17/Hr – The Prime Consulting Inc – Mabelvale, Ar
Damper And Door Technician – Hearth And Smoke – Life Security Providers Llc – Little Rock, Ar
Day Shift Nursing Aide – Pediatric Complicated Care Of Arkansas – North Little Rock, Ar
Devoted Regional Driver – Coastal Freight And Transportation – Little Rock, Ar
Deli-Bakery Clerk – Edwards Meals Big – Little Rock, Ar
Deli Manufacturing Workforce Member – Pilot Firm – Benton, Ar
Full Time Supply Driver (Bumper To Bumper Auto Elements) Retailer #68 Little Rock, Ar – Alternative Elements Inc. – Little Rock, Ar
Dietary Aide – Evergreen Residing Heart – Bryant, Ar
Dietary And Meals Aide – Sevita – Benton, Ar
Digital Media Planner – Merkle B2b (Media) – Little Rock, Ar
Digital Merchandise-Activation Supervisor/Implementation Supervisor – Value Waterhouse Coopers – Little Rock, Ar
Malvern Direct Care Employee – Ucp Of Arkansas – Malvern, Ar
Direct Help Supplier – Sevita – Benton, Ar
Director Of Governmental Affairs – Arkansas Advocates For Youngsters And Households – Little Rock, Ar
Director Of Nursing (Don) – The Blossoms At Cumberland – Little Rock, Ar
Director Of High quality Assurance – Ucp Of Arkansas – Little Rock, Ar
Canine Daycare Attendant / Coach – Pawsh Park Llc – North Little Rock, Ar
Canine Walker Pet Sitter – Alork Hound – North Little Rock, Ar
Dotnet Developer- Midlevel-Onsite Solely – Seersolutionsinc – Little Rock, Ar
Drafter I – Summit Utilities, Inc. – Little Rock, Ar
Drafter I – Summit Utilities Inc – Little Rock, Ar
Driver, Domiciled – Fp – Us – Freshpoint – Little Rock, Ar
Dueño Operador/ Hasta 88% Del Gross Semanal – Freightech Inc – Little Rock, Ar

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E&C Privateness & Info Safety Supervisor (Incident Response) – Value Waterhouse Coopers – Little Rock, Ar
Echo Cardiographer – Arc Healthcare Llc – Sherwood, Ar
Ediscovery Challenge Coordinator (Relativity Analytics) – Deloitte – Little Rock, Ar
Ekg Technician – Uams Medical Heart – Little Rock, Ar
Elementary Well being / Pe Instructor – Friendship Aspire Academy Pine Bluff – Little Rock, Ar
Elementary Music Instructor – Friendship Aspire Academy Little Rock Elementary – Little Rock, Ar
2022-2023 Elementary Instructor Scs Okay-6 – Teachers Plus Constitution Faculty – Scott, Ar
Emergency Veterinarian – Arkansas Veterinary Emergency & Specialists – Little Rock, Ar
Rising Firm Options – Skilled Affiliate – Value Waterhouse Coopers – Little Rock, Ar
Rising Firm Options – Supervisor – Value Waterhouse Coopers – Little Rock, Ar
Engineering Enterprise Intelligence Supervisor – Verizon – Little Rock, Ar
Enterprise Options Architect – Value Waterhouse Coopers – Little Rock, Ar
Entry Degree Buyer Coaching Specialist – Touring – Reynolds And Reynolds – Little Rock, Ar
Entry Degree Gross sales Consultant – Cbg Monetary Group – Malvern, Ar
Entry Degree Touring Buyer Coach – Reynolds And Reynolds – Little Rock, Ar
Environmental Svcs Tech – Chi St. Vincent Well being – Little Rock, Ar
Environmental Help Providers Accomplice -Encore (Ft Variable Shift) – Arkansas Coronary heart Hospital – Bryant, Ar
Night And Closing Crew Members – Crumbl Cookies | Arkansas – Benton, Ar
Night Information Anchor – Tegna – Little Rock, Ar
Night Shift Nursing Aide – Pediatric Complicated Care Of Arkansas – North Little Rock, Ar
Govt Administrative Assistant – Harrison Vitality Companions – Little Rock, Ar
Govt Workforce Chief Human Sources (Assistant Supervisor Hr) – Little Rock, Ar – Goal – North Little Rock, Ar
Services Director – Beztak – Little Rock, Ar
Facility Upkeep Ctt Teacher – Serrato Company – Little Rock, Ar
Household Service Employee (Statewide Openings)_ – Arkansas Division Of Human Providers – Little Rock, Ar
Fedex Floor Supply Driver – Iyoyo Enterprise Transportation Inc (Iet) – Little Rock, Ar
Monetary Information Analyst – Verizon – Little Rock, Ar
Hearth Sprinkler Inspector – Summit Hearth & Safety – North Little Rock, Ar
Firmwide Alumni Supervisor – Value Waterhouse Coopers – Little Rock, Ar
Fixture Installer – Provantage Company Options – Little Rock, Ar
Fixture Installer – Provantage Company Options – North Little Rock, Ar
Meals Preparation Technician – Uams Medical Heart – Little Rock, Ar
Meals Server – Parkstone Place – North Little Rock, Ar
Entrance Counter Cashier Meals Expediator – Black Angus Cafe, Inc. – Little Rock, Ar
Entrance Desk Clerk – Harmony Hospitality – Little Rock, Ar
Entrance Desk Clerk (3-11 Pm, 4 Days A Week) – Hampton Inn & Suites Little Rock – Little Rock, Ar
Entrance Desk Receptionist – Arkansas Therapeutic Arts Therapeutic massage And Wellness – Little Rock, Ar
Half Time Entrance Desk Receptionist – Wright By Your Facet In Residence Care – North Little Rock, Ar
Entrance Workplace Assistant (Dental Options Of Little Rock) – Mb2dental Resolution – Little Rock, Ar
Entrance Workplace Receptionist And Affected person Consumption – Arkansas Dental Facilities – Little Rock, Ar
Ft-Gross sales Affiliate – Instruments-Closing – Lowe’s – North Little Rock, Ar
22-23 Full-Time Custodian Mce – Teachers Plus Constitution Faculty – Maumelle, Ar
Furnishings Restore Technician – Hank’s Nice Furnishings – North Little Rock, Ar
Normal Labor – Proform Trailers Inc – Sheridan, Ar
Normal Supervisor – Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers | Ffc Franchise Group Inc – North Little Rock, Ar
Kfc Normal Supervisor – Kfc – Little Rock, Ar
Normal Supervisor Full Time-Gmb-203110 – Prolonged Keep America – Little Rock, Ar
Normal Supervisor In Coaching – Retail – Love’s Journey Stops & Nation Shops – N Little Rock, Ar
Normal Supervisor In Coaching – Retail – Love’s Journey Stops & Nation Shops – Malvern, Ar
Grocery Stocker – Edwards Meals Big – Little Rock, Ar
Grounds And Gentle Upkeep- Little Rock Space – Gorman & Firm – Little Rock, Ar
Visitor Providers Chief Ii – Pilot Firm – Benton, Ar
Visitor Providers Rep Full Time-104010 – Prolonged Keep America – Little Rock, Ar
Visitor Providers Rep Full Time-104010 – Esa Administration, Llc – Little Rock, Ar
Head Custodian – Little Rock Faculty District – Little Rock, Ar
Well being Screener – Uams Medical Heart – Little Rock, Ar
Assist Desk Technician – Central Arkansas Workforce Improvement Space – Little Rock, Ar
Excessive Faculty Counselor – Jacksonville Lighthouse Excessive Faculty – Little Rock, Ar
In Residence Caregiver- Jacksonville, Ar – Synergy Homecare Of Little Rock – Little Rock, Ar
Hospice Guide – Legacy Hospice, Inc. – Little Rock, Ar
Hospital Waste Providers Technician – Stericycle – Little Rock, Ar
Host – Jj’s Grill – Little Rock, Ar
Scorching Shot Driver – Guthrie Specific Trucking Llc – Little Rock, Ar
Hotline Workforce Member – Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers | Ffc Franchise Group Inc – North Little Rock, Ar
Housekeeper Full Time-101010 – Esa Administration, Llc – Little Rock, Ar
Housekeeper Full Time-101010 – Prolonged Keep America – Little Rock, Ar
Houseperson – Doubletree By Hilton Lodge Little Rock – Little Rock, Ar
Hst Technical Supervisor – Deloitte – Little Rock, Ar
Hr Supervisor – Jm Huber Company – Bauxite, Ar
Inbound Name Heart Agent/Buyer Service Consultant – Prime Consulting Inc – Little Rock, Ar
Inbound (Will Name) Selector – Sysco – Little Rock, Ar
Independence Session Supervisor – Deloitte – Little Rock, Ar
Toddler Instructor – Kidd Kave Studying Heart – Little Rock, Ar
Injection Molding Course of/Set-Up Technician – Ecotech Client Merchandise – Little Rock, Ar
Insurance coverage Gross sales Agent & Trainee (2600) – $17 Per Hour & 4 Weeks Pto! – Nationwide Normal Insurance coverage – Little Rock, Ar
Stock Affiliate – Wis Worldwide – Sherwood, Ar
Stock Affiliate – Wis Worldwide – Little Rock, Ar
Stock Affiliate – Driver – Wis Worldwide – Little Rock, Ar
Stock Affiliate/Supervisor (Pt) – Wis Worldwide – Sherwood, Ar
Stock Specialist – Walgreens – Benton, Ar
Stock Supervisor – Wis Worldwide – Sherwood, Ar
It Purposes Analyst Iv – Simmons Financial institution – Little Rock, Ar
It Purposes Analyst Ii – Simmons Financial institution – Little Rock, Ar
It Enterprise Analyst Iii – Simmons Financial institution – Little Rock, Ar
It Cloud Operations & Compliance Supervisor – Deloitte – Little Rock, Ar
It Technician – Survival Flight – Little Rock, Ar

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Janitor – Little Rock, Ar – Kellermeyer Bergensons Providers – Little Rock, Ar
Janitorial Space Supervisor – Diversified Upkeep – Little Rock, Ar
Junior Database Developer – Merkle – Little Rock, Ar
Junior Oracle Database Administrator – Distant / Secret Clearance – Deloitte – Little Rock, Ar
Kitchen Line, Prep, Baker, Busser, Dishwasher – Saltgrass S. Little Rock (Bass Professional) – Little Rock, Ar
Kitchen Workforce Member – Ygfbfkitchen – Little Rock, Ar
Kronos Ukg Supervisor – Deloitte – Little Rock, Ar
Lab Technician – Ache Remedy Facilities Of America – Little Rock, Ar
22-23 Lead Custodian/Upkeep Mcm – Teachers Plus Constitution Faculty – Maumelle, Ar
Lead Studying And Improvement Specialist – Deloitte – Little Rock, Ar
Lead Help Analyst – Salesforce Managed Providers – Value Waterhouse Coopers – Little Rock, Ar
Chief (Management Gadgets) – Metropolis Of Little Rock, Ar – Little Rock, Ar
Leasing Skilled – Brookside Properties – Little Rock, Ar
Degree 1 Assist Desk Analyst – Tabit Applied sciences, Inc – Little Rock, Ar
Line Service Technician / Plane Fueler – Tac – The Arnold Corporations – Little Rock, Ar
Lisa West Center Faculty – Math Instructor – Lisa Academy – Little Rock, Ar
Loader – Cornerstone Constructing Manufacturers – Benton, Ar
Lpn Night time Shift – Avenir Reminiscence Care At Little Rock – Little Rock, Ar
Lpn Day Shift Full Time – Avenir Reminiscence Care At Little Rock – Little Rock, Ar
Lpn Iha-Parkway Heights – Baptist Well being Arkansas – Little Rock, Ar
Lpn Supervisor – Baptist Well being Arkansas – Little Rock, Ar
Machine Operator – Plastic Ingenuity – Maumelle, Ar
Machine Operator – Cornerstone Constructing Manufacturers – Benton, Ar
Upkeep Affiliate – Sevita – Benton, Ar
Upkeep Tech – Ascent Residential, Llc – Little Rock, Ar
Upkeep Techincian Ii – Ucp Of Arkansas – Little Rock, Ar
Upkeep Technician – Eagle Nest – Little Rock, Ar
Upkeep Technician- Little Rock Space – Gorman & Firm – Little Rock, Ar
Supervisor, Studying And Improvement Supervisor – Deloitte – Little Rock, Ar
Supervisor, Variety, Fairness, And Inclusion (Dei) Institute – Deloitte – Little Rock, Ar
Co Supervisor – Little Caesars – Benton, Ar
Supervisor-Operations – Intralot Inc – North Little Rock, Ar
Marine Elements Gross sales – Dealer Invoice’s Outside Sports activities – Little Rock, Ar
Market Supervisor For Little Rock Territory – Mike Kirk & Associates – Little Rock, Ar
Mctfs Technical Lead Architect – Distant / Secret Clearance – Deloitte – Little Rock, Ar
Mds Coordinator – The Blossoms At West Dixon – Little Rock, Ar
Mds Coordinator The Springs Chenal – The Springs Little Rock – Little Rock, Ar
Meat Clerk – Edwards Meals Big – Little Rock, Ar
Meat Cutter – Edwards Meals Big – Little Rock, Ar
Meat Supervisor – Edwards Meals Big – Little Rock, Ar
Medical Lab Tech Iii (Mlt Iii) – Baptist Well being Arkansas – Little Rock, Ar
Medical Workplace Entrance Desk/Receptionist (Bilingual) – Arkansas Inside Drugs Clinic, P.A. – Little Rock, Ar
Med/Surg Rn – Midas Analysis – North Little Rock, Ar
Psychological Well being Outpatient- Doctor Assistant – Us Veterans Well being Administration – North Little Rock, Ar
Psychological Well being Outpatient- Superior Observe Registered Nurse – Us Veterans Well being Administration – North Little Rock, Ar
Psychological Well being Technician – Chi St. Vincent Well being – Little Rock, Ar
Merchandiser (Seasonal) – Benefit Options – Little Rock, Ar
Merchandising Gross sales Affiliate – Tractor Provide – No Little Rock, Ar
Microsoft Azure Architect – Value Waterhouse Coopers – Little Rock, Ar
Mid Oracle Database Administrator – Distant / Secret Clearance – Deloitte – Little Rock, Ar
Mid Scrum Grasp – Distant / Public Belief – Deloitte – Little Rock, Ar
Cell Technician Supervisor – Dickinson Fleet Providers – Little Rock, Ar
Morning Mmj/Midday Anchor – Tegna – Little Rock, Ar
Morning Inventory Affiliate – Ross Costume For Much less Rogers – North Little Rock, Ar
Mortgage Area Providers – Scorching Spring County – Far Inspections – Malvern, Ar
Mortgage Area Providers – Pulaski County – Far Inspections – Little Rock, Ar
Mortgage Area Providers – Saline County – Far Inspections – Benton, Ar
Mortgage Area Providers – Grant County – Far Inspections – Sheridan, Ar
Multi-Media Account Govt – Tegna – Little Rock, Ar
Multi-Expert Journalist (Reporter) – Tegna – Little Rock, Ar
Music Instructor – -Chicot Elementary Faculty (2443) – Little Rock Faculty District – Little Rock, Ar
Ndt Degree Ii Inspector – Welspun Tubular Llc – Little Rock, Ar
New Enterprise Consultant – X2logicsstaffingsolution.Com – Little Rock, Ar
Half Time New child Listening to Display screen Technician – Pediatrix – North Little Rock, Ar
Night time Auditor Capital Lodge – Harmony Hospitality – Little Rock, Ar
Nis – Itsco – Safety Danger Supervisor – Value Waterhouse Coopers – Little Rock, Ar
Occup Well being Nurse – Baptist Well being Arkansas – Little Rock, Ar
Workplace Supervisor – Arkansas Therapeutic Arts Therapeutic massage And Wellness – Little Rock, Ar
Onsite Supervisor – Staffmark – North Little Rock, Ar
Outbound Buyer Service Consultant – Prime Consulting Incorporation – North Little Rock, Ar
Outbound Warehouse Supervisor – Sysco – Little Rock, Ar
Outdoors Gross sales Consultant – Diesel Elements & Service – Arkansas – Taylor Diesel Group – North Little Rock, Ar
Outdoors Gross sales Consultant – Flypaper Digital Advertising – Little Rock, Ar
In a single day Server – Waffle Home – Little Rock, Ar

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Papa John’s Supply Driver! – Ozark Pizza Firm – Bryant, Ar
Paraprofessional – Particular Training – Hyperlinks – Bryant Faculty District – Bryant, Ar
Paratransit Dispatcher – Rock Area Metro – North Little Rock, Ar
22-23 Half-Time Custodian 4 Hours Mcm – Teachers Plus Constitution Faculty – Maumelle, Ar
22-23 Half-Time Custodian 4 Hours Mce – Teachers Plus Constitution Faculty – Maumelle, Ar
Half-Time Materials Handler- Benton, Ar (All Shifts) – Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated – Little Rock, Ar
Half-Time Manufacturing Assistant – Nexstar Broadcasting – Little Rock, Ar
Affected person Entry Consultant I Bilingual – Prn – Arkansas Youngsters’s Hospital – Little Rock, Ar
Affected person Care Tech – Baptist Well being Rehabilitation/third Ground Rehab – Baptist Well being Arkansas – Little Rock, Ar
Affected person Care Technician One Day Surgical procedure – Uams Medical Heart – Little Rock, Ar
Affected person Care Technician I, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Full Time, 3p-11p – Arkansas Youngsters’s Hospital – Little Rock, Ar
Pest And Termite Technicians – Command Pest Management – Little Rock, Ar
Pharmacy Buyer Affiliate – Designated Hitter – Walgreens – Benton, Ar
Pharmacy Technician – Kroger Shops – Little Rock, Ar
Pharmacy Technician Teacher, Academy – Goodwill Industries Of Arkansas – Little Rock, Ar
Phlebotomist – Chi St. Vincent Well being – Little Rock, Ar
Bodily Safety Specialist I – Simmons Financial institution – Little Rock, Ar
Doctor (Teleradiologist) – Us Veterans Well being Administration – Little Rock, Ar
Doctor Assistant-Licensed – Pinnacle Dermatology @ Little Rock, Ar – Little Rock, Ar
Doctor Assistant Or Superior Nurse Practitioner – Kidney Care Heart – Little Rock, Ar
Planning Specialist Ii – Reliability Assurance – Southwest Energy Pool, Inc. – Little Rock, Ar
Porter – Vesta Realty, Llc – Little Rock, Ar
Place: High Paid Insurance coverage Agent – Persevere Monetary And Insurance coverage Providers, Inc – Little Rock, Ar
Press Brake Setup/Operator – Tfc Inc. – North Little Rock, Ar
Major (2022/2023 Faculty Yr) – Pulaski County Particular Faculty District – North Little Rock, Ar
Personal Investigator – Allied Common® Compliance And Investigations – Little Rock, Ar
Produce Clerk – Edwards Meals Big – Little Rock, Ar
Produce Supervisor – Edwards Meals Big – Little Rock, Ar
Programmer/Analyst Ii – Net Developer – Southwest Energy Pool – Little Rock, Ar
Challenge Coordinator I – Ar Well being & Wellness – Little Rock, Ar
Challenge Supervisor – Mckinstry – Little Rock, Ar
Supplier Providers Liaison – Lumeris Healthcare – Little Rock, Ar
Psychometric Rater – Evolution Analysis Group – Little Rock, Ar
Psychometrician Neuropsychology Tech – Arkansas Youngsters’s Hospital – Little Rock, Ar
Half Time Public Security Officer-1 – College Of Arkansas Pulaski Technical Faculty – Pulaski, Ar
High quality Assurance Inspector – Usbl – Us – Sysco – Little Rock, Ar
High quality Assurance Tester – Distant – Palco – Little Rock, Ar
Rater (Distant): – Pearson – Little Rock, Ar
Regional Supervisor – Friendship Group Care Inc – Bryant, Ar
Registered Dental Assistant I, Mon-Th 7:30a-6p – Arkansas Youngsters’s Hospital – Little Rock, Ar
Registered Nurse (Rn)- Prn – Wellpath – Malvern, Ar
Registered Nurse (Rn)- The Blossoms At Arkansas Company- – The Blossoms At North Little Rock – North Little Rock, Ar
Registered Nurse – Icu – Nitelines Usa, Inc – Little Rock, Ar
Registered Nurse – Sevita – Benton, Ar
Registered Nurse (Hospice) – Saline Memorial Hospice – Bryant, Ar
Registered Nurse (Rn) Prn All Shifts – Cornerstone Specialty Hospitals – Little Rock, Ar
Registrar / Faculty Secretary – Friendship Aspire Academy Little Rock – Little Rock, Ar
Reduction Driver – Republic Providers – Little Rock, Ar
Distant Name Heart Consultant/ Administrative Assistant – Queen’s Crescent Faculty – Little Rock, Ar
Distant Technical Help Consultant – Verizon – Little Rock, Ar
Analysis Assistant – Medical – Arkansas Youngsters’s Hospital – Little Rock, Ar
Reservations Clerk- Be part of A 4 Diamond Profitable Workforce! – The Capital Lodge – Capital Lodge – Little Rock, Ar
Reservations Supervisor- Be part of A 4 Diamond Profitable Workforce! – Harmony Hospitality – Little Rock, Ar
Residential Advisor – Serrato Company – Little Rock, Ar
Residential Actual Property Appraisal Officer I – Financial institution Ozk – Little Rock, Ar
Residential Actual Property Appraisal Supervisor – Financial institution Ozk – Little Rock, Ar
Restore Affiliate – Entrance Desk – Habitat For Humanity Central Arkansas – Little Rock, Ar
Retail Banker – Sherwood Banking Heart – First Safety Financial institution – Sherwood, Ar
Retail Banker – Markham I-430 Banking Heart – First Safety Financial institution – Little Rock, Ar
Retail Key Holder – Goodwill Industries Of Arkansas – Little Rock, Ar
Retail Gross sales Guide- At&T – Prime Communications – Bryant, Ar
Retail Gross sales Guide Lakewood – At&T – North Little Rock, Ar
Rn Ii, After-Hours Clinic, Sat/Solar Weekend Possibility 8a-8p – Arkansas Youngsters’s Hospital – Little Rock, Ar
Rn Ii, Circle Of Associates Clinic, Mon-Fri 8:30a-5p – Arkansas Youngsters’s Hospital – Little Rock, Ar
Rn-Director Of Well being & Wellness – Serrato Company – Little Rock, Ar
Rn Nurse Supervisor- Weekends – The Blossoms At Cumberland – Little Rock, Ar
Rn Affected person Care Unit – Arkansas Surgical Hospital – Doctor Owned – North Little Rock, Ar
Rn Telemetry. Nightshift – $60.50/ Hr. In Little Rock. Ar – Pulse Medical Alliance – Little Rock, Ar
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Education, maternal health, mental health will spark debate among Arkansas lawmakers in 2025 • Arkansas Advocate

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Education, maternal health, mental health will spark debate among Arkansas lawmakers in 2025 • Arkansas Advocate

Arkansas Republican lawmakers will continue championing Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ policy priorities during the 2025 legislative session, while Democrats hope to secure enough support to pass a wide-ranging agenda despite the ongoing GOP supermajority in both chambers, according to legislative leaders.

The Senate will be “largely a photocopy of itself” in January compared to the 2023 session, said Minority Leader Greg Leding, D-Fayetteville. Republicans will hold 29 Senate seats while Democrats will have six for the second consecutive session; Democrats gained one House seat in November and will have 19 to Republicans’ 81.

House Democrats presented their four-pronged policy agenda in November, focusing on maternal health care, mental health care, public education and access to voting and direct democracy. House Minority Leader Andrew Collins, D-Little Rock, has since filed 36 bills and three resolutions addressing aspects of all four priorities. Rep. Denise Ennett, D-Little Rock, is the only other Democrat to have filed legislation.

Sen. Greg Leding, D-Fayetteville (John Sykes/Arkansas Advocate)

“Our intention is to fight for all of this legislation, but I also think there is value in making clear what we as a caucus stand for,” Collins said.

Leding said he expects that regardless of topic, any policy proposal “with a hefty price tag will be met with opposition” by GOP lawmakers.

“It seems a lot of the discussion right now is on removing or minimizing things that we don’t like rather than expanding proactive services,” Leding said.

Republicans will focus their energy on school vouchers, the correctional system and efforts to regulate minors’ access to cellphones, said Senate President Pro Tempore Bart Hester, R-Cave Springs.

Hester told Talk Business & Politics that the Legislature should examine the cost and effectiveness of Arkansas’ Medicaid program. The state’s expansion waiver at the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is up for renewal in 2025.

Sen. Bart Hester, R-Cave Springs (John Sykes/Arkansas Advocate)

“No matter what we’ve sent [CMS] in the past, I think we will send something different to this administration, and whatever we send I’m confident will get reasonably quickly approved,” Hester told the Advocate. “That’s one good thing about having a governor that is very close with the president.”

Sanders was President-elect Donald Trump’s press secretary from 2017 to 2019, during his first term. He won reelection last year after losing in 2020.

Hester told the Advocate lawmakers should ensure Medicaid is serving “the most vulnerable” rather than people who “refuse to work or find it inconvenient.” Sanders and the Department of Human Services sought a federal waiver in 2023 requiring work or volunteering for able-bodied adults to receive the full package of Medicaid expansion services.

Education

The LEARNS Act of 2023, Sanders’ signature legislation, altered several aspects of Arkansas’ public education system and passed with solely Republican support.

Democrats criticized many facets of the law, particularly the creation of the Education Freedom Account program, which provides state funding for allowable education expenses, including private school tuition. Some Republicans joined Democrats in voting against LEARNS, arguing that directing taxpayer funds to private schools and homeschooling families would hurt public schools.

“As much as we attempted to make that argument in the discussion about LEARNS, it certainly bears repeating, and we’re going to have to come back to it because it’s too important,” Collins said. “Public schools serve 95% of Arkansas kids, and we cannot undermine them and expect to have good educational outcomes in our state.”

Collins’ House Bill 1020 would repeal the Education Freedom Account program and set aside an annual $3,862, multiplied by the number of students with individualized education plans (IEPs), to fund special education statewide. Supporters of school vouchers have said parents of students with disabilities deserve a chance to choose where their children attend school.

House Minority Leader Rep. Andrew Collins, D-Little Rock, — House Minority Leader Andrew Collins, D-Little Rock, asks a question about the state’s biennium budget on Nov. 21, 2024. (Mary Hennigan/Arkansas Advocate)

Education Freedom Accounts are set to become available to all Arkansas families in the 2025-26 school year after two years of limited eligibility. The program included help with private school tuition for students with disabilities in its first year.

Arkansas’ fiscal year 2025 budget included a $65 million spending increase for vouchers. Sanders’ proposed fiscal year 2026 budget raises the hike to $90 million, plus an additional $90 million in set-aside funding to meet an anticipated increase in demand.

Since the program is “growing even faster than maybe we expected,” Hester said, it begs the question of why so many families want to choose private schools or homeschooling over “the system they are forced into.”

“We want competition,” Hester said. “We want our public schools to say, ‘Why are children leaving our schools?’”

Collins also introduced a bill that would reinstate the Teacher Fair Dismissal Act, which the LEARNS Act repealed, and one that would create an income tax credit for some early childhood education workers.

The LEARNS Act raised K-12 teachers’ minimum salary from $36,000 to $50,000. Early childhood educators were not included in the policy.

Democratic lawmakers proposed teacher pay raises in legislation separate from the LEARNS Act that did not advance in 2023.

Sanders has named higher education policy as a priority for the 2025 session but has not shared details. Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Jonesboro, has proposed a bill to eliminate required minority recruitment and retention plans and reports from public school districts and higher education institutions.

Sullivan has criticized diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, calling it “state-sponsored discrimination,” and sponsored a failed 2023 bill to end affirmative action in Arkansas. The new bill contains much of the same language.

Sullivan was the lead sponsor of Act 372 of 2023, which would create criminal liability for librarians who distribute content that some consider “harmful to minors” and give local elected officials the final say over the availability of challenged materials. Parts of the law were temporarily blocked in federal court in July 2023 and permanently blocked on Dec. 23.

Collins’ House Bill 1028 would repeal Act 372 and require public libraries to have “a written policy prohibiting the practice of banning books or other materials because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval” in order to receive state funding.

Maternal health and reproductive rights

Maternal health has become a bipartisan concern for elected officials due to Arkansas’ consistently high rates of maternal and infant mortality.

Last March, an executive order from Sanders created a strategic committee to make plans to improve the state’s maternal health infrastructure and outcomes. Sanders’ budget proposes $13 million for Medicaid to support recommendations made by the committee in September.

Sanders has said extending Arkansas’ Medicaid coverage for postpartum mothers from 60 days to 12 months after birth would be “redundant,” citing the state’s other health insurance options. The task force’s report did not recommend this policy, and Arkansas remains the only state that has not adopted this federal option.

Rep. Aaron Pilkington, R-Knoxville, proposed the same policy in a 2023 bill that did not advance due to cost concerns. In November, he followed through on his promise to reintroduce the bill for 2025.

Collins introduced the same proposal in a similarly worded bill, as well as other maternal health policies he said “would go further than some of the proposals that have been talked about by the task force.”

The 128-page Restore Roe Act would allow abortion before fetal viability, “with limited exceptions following fetal viability for the health or life of the mother or in case of rape or incest perpetrated on a minor.”

Arkansas bans abortion in all circumstances except for endangerment of the pregnant person’s life. The “trigger ban” went into effect upon the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Collins is also sponsoring bills to protect the right to fertility treatments in Arkansas and require the State and Public School Life and Health Insurance Program to cover in vitro fertilization (IVF).

More Democrat-led bills would create a tax credit for dependent children and a tax exemption for menstrual products, diapers and breastfeeding items. Collins said these measures that “impact the bottom line of mothers and families” should be part of the maternal health policy discussion.

“I do hope there are enough Republicans that want to see improvement on this issue that we can get some of these over the hump and expand the conversation,” Collins said.

Arkansas Legislature saw wide range of maternal and reproductive health legislation in 2023

Since Arkansas’ abortion ban went into effect, Republicans have doubled down on their support for it and opposition to loosening it. In 2023, House Democrats proposed exceptions for incest, fatal fetal anomalies and to protect the mother’s health that Republicans voted down in committee.

All three exceptions were included in a proposed state constitutional amendment that received more than 102,000 signatures from Arkansans in more than 50 counties last year. The measure did not go before voters in November because it was disqualified on a technicality.

Only 35 hospitals in Arkansas have labor and delivery units, and four units have closed since the onset of the pandemic in 2020. Some Arkansas counties have no hospitals at all, according to the Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care.

Hester said he hopes the Legislature finds solutions to maternal health care deserts, particularly in South Arkansas. He also said physicians who deliver babies need liability protections. Critics of abortion bans have said such laws increase OB/GYNs’ medical malpractice insurance costs.

Additionally, fewer medical students have sought to practice in states with abortion bans since the reversal of Roe v. Wade, according to a study released in May by the Association of American Medical Colleges Research and Action Institute. This issue directly impacts Arkansas’ maternal health landscape, Collins said.

Mental health

Mental health, particularly among children, is another issue that members of both parties have said needs improvement. Republicans, including Sanders, have tied the issue of children’s anxiety and depression levels to their use of cellphones and social media.

Rep. David Ray, R-Maumelle (John Sykes/Arkansas Advocate)

Collins expressed support for Sanders’ proposals to reduce children’s cellphone access last year on X. He said in an interview that he plans to propose the Kids Online Safety Act as state policy in case it doesn’t become federal law. As of December, the bill is stalled in the U.S. House.

Hester agreed there should be limits to kids’ access to social media, saying it reduces their “life satisfaction.” House GOP policy chair Rep. David Ray, R-Maumelle, added that such limits could reduce online bullying.

Ray and Hester both praised a pilot program announced in July that restricts phone use in schools and broadens students’ access to mental health services.

In August, lawmakers allowed the Department of Education to distribute $7 million among school districts to pay for pouches or lockers where students can store their phones during class time.

“People might look at it as a social media conversation, but it’s really, in my mind, about trying to improve learning,” Ray said.

Leding said lawmakers could address the issue of phones as in-class distractions while also addressing the reasons children are facing higher rates of anxiety and depression, such as poverty, climate change and the prevalence of school shootings.

Collins’ House Bill 1033 is a “red flag” law, which several states have, that would prevent the sale of firearms to someone who poses a threat to people’s safety.

House Bill 1030 would require school counselors and school-based law enforcement officers to be trained in youth mental health first aid.

Other policy issues

Collins is sponsoring several bills meant to make voting and direct democracy easier, such as allowing Arkansans to register to vote online, during early voting and on Election Day. One bill would repeal a 2021 law that “in certain circumstances… makes it a criminal offense for a volunteer to bring water or food to someone waiting in line to vote,” among other things. Another bill would allow no-excuse absentee voting.

Meanwhile, GOP lawmakers have filed three health-related bills with ties to projected U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s stated agenda: one to repeal Arkansas’ water fluoridation mandate, one to outlaw certain artificial food dyes and one that would loosen restrictions on the sale of unpasteurized milk.

Republicans also continue to focus on criminal justice after overhauling the state’s parole system in 2023’s Protect Arkansas Act. Sanders supports building a 3,000-bed prison in Franklin County, where community members have expressed frustration about the plan.

“We need to build this new prison, and those of us in the Legislature need to be committed to funding it,” Ray said. “There’s no doubt that building a prison is an expensive undertaking, but what’s more expensive than building a prison is not building one.”

The state purchased 815 acres of Franklin County land for $2.95 million in October. The Legislature has set aside $330 million for the prison project, and there’s another $75 million in reserves.

Arkansas state employee pay plan overhaul boosts salaries for hard-to-fill jobs

Sanders’ FY 2026 budget includes $50 million for corrections. It also includes proposed pay raises for several hard-to-fill jobs with the state, including correctional officers and nurses.

While most of the $102 million commitment for pay raises comes from existing funding sources, mainly departments’ own budgets, the state budget also proposes $3.15 million to help with this endeavor, Sanders said in November.

Leding said he expects Republicans to continue legislative efforts to restrict the activities of transgender Arkansans. Such laws in 2023 focused on the uses of pronouns and bathrooms in public schools and transgender minors’ access to health care.

Leding also said he’s been contacted by Arkansans who share his concerns about future attempts to add exemptions to the Freedom of Information Act. Sanders and other Republicans met bipartisan opposition to such an effort in a 2023 special legislative session.

Collins and Sen. Bryan King, R-Green Forest, are both sponsoring resolutions proposing constitutional amendments that would restrict the Legislature’s ability to change laws pertaining to public records and meetings.

The Legislature can refer a maximum of three proposals to the statewide ballot for a public vote. The only legislatively referred ballot measure in 2024 proposed allowing vocational-technical students to access lottery scholarship funds, which voters overwhelmingly approved.

Collins said he expects at least one proposed amendment to make it to the ballot but also acknowledged that any legislation can be amended and nothing is guaranteed until session is underway.

“I’ve seen people oppose things that I thought were likely to pass, and I’ve seen people support things I thought would have a low chance to pass,” Collins said.

The 2025 legislative session begins on Jan. 13.

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Survivors of Tuesday’s Little Rock apartment fire recount ordeal | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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Survivors of Tuesday’s Little Rock apartment fire recount ordeal | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

When Beverly Culp woke from her afternoon nap Tuesday to the fire alarm going off in her first-floor unit at the Midtown Park Apartments off Markham Street, she had no idea the building she has called home for almost two years was on fire.

“I thought it was a joke or somebody was in need, and instead of being able to call 911 they pulled the fire alarm to bring help to them,” Culp said. “Then I noticed before I opened my window, like 120 people were there and they’re saying, ‘They can’t get out, they can’t get out.’”

After feeling no heat coming from the front door by her kitchen, Culp grabbed her yellow bag with a few belongings, “wadded” up a shirt she was wearing to cover her mouth and “let myself out,” she said.

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Thurston sworn in as Arkansas treasurer; doesn’t anticipate major changes to treasury | Arkansas Democrat Gazette

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Thurston sworn in as Arkansas treasurer; doesn’t anticipate major changes to treasury | Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Former Arkansas Secretary of State John Thurston was sworn in Wednesday morning as the state’s new treasurer.

Bill Huffman Jr. also was sworn in as chief deputy of the treasurer’s office, and Kenneth Burleson was sworn in as deputy treasurer and chief legal counsel in the treasurer’s office.

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