by - April 19, 2021 4:12 pm
Should the Arkansas Legislature have the power to call itself into an extraordinary session? The Senate State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committee on Monday (April 19) passed SJR 10, a…
by - April 15, 2021 3:45 pm
The Arkansas House voted Thursday (April 15) to eliminate a relic in state culture from the segregation era. HB 1916 would eliminate “Confederate Flag Day” and replace it with “Arkansas…
by - April 14, 2021 4:19 pm
A program that would create a tax credit scholarship for impoverished students to attend private schools was passed Wednesday (April 14) during the state Senate Tax and Revenue Committee meeting….
by - April 13, 2021 2:49 pm
For decades, there have been no changes made to the cost of fishing and hunting licenses issued to residents in Arkansas. That could change in the near future. In a…
by - April 13, 2021 9:33 am
As planting season begins in Arkansas, feral hogs continue to do damage and the cost is difficult to quantify. Most damage estimates, however, include only the crop itself, said Jennifer…
by - April 12, 2021 4:53 pm
Despite a controversial vote out of committee last week, SB 622, a bill that would provide class protections in criminal cases survived a full vote in the Arkansas House on…
by - April 12, 2021 9:26 am
Citizens Bank, headquartered in Batesville, has appointed Adam Mitchell as its CEO, succeeding outgoing CEO Phil Baldwin. Baldwin’s retirement, originally announced for mid-year, has been shortened due to the successful…
by - April 7, 2021 7:44 pm
St. Bernards Healthcare has entered into a partnership with Arkansas State University-Newport (ASUN) to provide employment for individuals dislocated from work or struggling with poverty. The partnership, part of the…
by - April 7, 2021 5:22 pm
A bill that hasn’t been called a hate crimes bill, but has been lauded by some lawmakers as its equivalent passed the Arkansas Senate on Wednesday (April 7). SB 622…
by - April 7, 2021 1:19 pm
The Arkansas Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday (April 7) voted down SB 3, the original hate crimes bill that was filed at the beginning of the session earlier this year….
by - April 6, 2021 10:50 am
According to the 2021 Rural Profile of Arkansas, the state’s rural population decreased about 3.3% between 2010 and 2019, while the overall population of Arkansas grew by more than 3%…
by - April 5, 2021 4:16 pm
The Arkansas State University System board of trustees agreed Monday (April 5) to a 15-year extension of its partnership with New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at…
by - April 5, 2021 12:50 pm
Arkansas has the distinction of being the only state that criminalizes failure to vacate a property where the rent is overdue. The Arkansas Legislature likely won’t change that during this…
by - April 4, 2021 11:01 am
As a new decade continues to unfold, there might be a few glimmers of hope for farmers as the spring planting season begins. Wes Ward, Arkansas secretary of agriculture, told…
by - April 3, 2021 10:47 am
A red brick, tattered building sits in the heart of the Black community in Newport. The large facility, built in 1923, was the Newport Colored School, later named W.F. Branch…
by - April 1, 2021 10:43 am
Arkansas is one of the only states without some type of hate crime law on the books, and Gov. Asa Hutchinson has said more than once it’s a top priority…
by - March 31, 2021 12:24 pm
FNBC has formed a Deposit Leadership Team to better position the bank for future growth and expansion, it said Wednesday (March 31). The team of four has a depth of…
by - March 31, 2021 6:50 am
Gov. Asa Hutchinson eliminated the mask mandate on Tuesday (March 30) and dropped the age to qualify for a COVID-19 vaccine to 16 years old. The changes come as cases…
by - March 30, 2021 4:08 pm
The COVID-19 pandemic revealed something that economic developers and those who live in rural areas in Arkansas already knew: access to broadband internet in many parts of the state is…
by - March 30, 2021 1:32 pm
The Arkansas Senate State Agencies and Governmental Affairs committee heard Tuesday (March 30) of a proposed constitutional amendment that would create open or so-called “jungle primaries.” The amendment, and two…
