C&T: September 2024

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As summer turns to fall in Arkansas, we take a look back at the 2024 Annual Planning Meeting, and League General Counsel John Wilkerson stops by to offer some insight into legislative priorities ahead of the next Arkansas General Assembly. We also hit the courts at the 2024 UAMS Health Little Rock Open and swing by northwest Arkansas, where a fun art project is bouncing from city to city.

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Time to fall back1On November 3, we’ll turn our clocks back one hour thus removing ourselves from daylight saving time (DST). The concept of DST is simple: save energy and make better use of daylight. It was first used in Thunder Bay, Canada, in 1908 but became popular after Germany adopted it in 1916. There’s some debate, like a lot of our daily practices, as to who originated the idea of DST. Some claim it to be Ben Franklin, he of the kite, thunderstorm and electricity experiment. 1784 is often thought to be the year Ben had the idea. Others cite the Romans as the first to conceptualize and utilize the idea. Who knows really?! Today over 70 countries worldwide use DST. https://armuni.org/3BFNUry