Election day

There are three contested school board elections in Miller County today - two in Fouke and one in Texarkana (from the Sandflat area to College Hill). Voters in 10 school districts will vote on millage increases, but the state's biggest election is in Fayetteville, where voters will decide whether to approve a 4.9-mill property tax increase to finance a $115 million bond issue for construction of a new school. Go vote.

As an aside, some of the highest millage rates in the state are right here in Miller County. Fouke has the highest school millage rate in the state at 49.0, but next door, Genoa is higher (63.0) when considering the overall city and county total. Little Rock has the highest overall total at 70.5. If Fayetteville voters approve the millage increase there, the rate for that school district will be 47.8. A mill is one-tenth of a cent. Each mill produces $1 of tax for every $1,000 of assessed valuation. Here's the complete schedule of millage rates in Arkansas.