... he hoped opponents would be respectful and realize that people can share a faith but differ on policy. The Rev. Stephen Copley, a Methodist minister who heads the Arkansas Friendship Coalition, said he could see churches playing a role in ...

... eligible for, has already received nearly 1,300 telephone calls for assistance, its board chairman, the Rev. Stephen Copley of North Little Rock, said. "And that doesn't include the people who are actually showing up at one of our sites ...

... approved the language of a proposal to raise the minimum wage from $5.15 an hour to $6.15 an hour. The Rev. Stephen Copley, chairman of Give Arkansas a Raise Now, said he hopes to begin collecting signatures as soon as Tuesday to place ...

... group's proposal, saying supporters needed to clear up some confusing language in the ballot title. The Rev. Stephen Copley, senior pastor of the North Little Rock United Methodist Church and a leading sponsor of the proposal, said he ...

... envisioned every step as a step to a point where people would have enough money at minimum wage to live on," said Stephen Copley, who headed a coalition that advocated for the state increase last year. "This is a step in that direction. It ...

... company with $10 billion in profits to force tens of thousands of its employees onto public health," said the Rev. Stephen Copley, senior pastor at the First United Methodist Church in North Little Rock. "We feel like Wal-Mart has a responsibility ...

... constitution, making it harder to change, and would have required an annual inflationary adjustment. The Rev. Stephen Copley, the chairman of Give Arkansas a Raise Now, said his coalition of church and community groups is abandoning the ...

... part of a national effort to raise the minimum wage on a state-by state basis. The coalition's chairman, Rev. Stephen Copley, said the campaign welcomes Halter's support but isn't endorsing his candidancy. Copley and other leaders in ...

... think it's good for the workers, the ones who need it. ... Everybody has to give in a little bit." The Rev. Stephen Copley, the head of the coalition pushing for the proposal, said the agreement has an April 15 deadline. If a special ...