We have another busy week in the region as the Bentonville City Council updated its Plan Bentonville comprehensive plan update, the Springdale School District started work on Westwood Elementary School and the Washington County Quorum Court adopted an ordinance subjecting most resolutions to committee hearings before being introduced in the full body.

Our Comment from the Capitol describes the week in Washington following Easter recess for Congress.

And our trip off the beaten path takes us to New Jersey, where the promoter of the Santa Con bar crawl put himself on Santa's naughty list, which coincided with the Manhattan District Court's docket.