by - January 13, 2020 5:44 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson defended his decision allowing Arkansas to opt in to the Trump administration’s program of accepting foreign refugees, but some state legislators were skeptical at a committee meeting…
by - January 7, 2020 8:07 pm
The Arkansas Levee Task Force formally presented its report to Gov. Asa Hutchinson Tuesday (Jan. 7) with 17 recommendations, including tying state grants to participation by local levee districts in…
by - December 31, 2019 10:39 am
Census Bureau estimates show the poverty rate fell nationally from 2017 to 2018, but rose half a percent in Arkansas. Meanwhile, the estimated median household incomes rose both in Arkansas…
by - December 18, 2019 3:38 pm
The first study on the long-term effects of vaping shows a link between it and respiratory illnesses, while another study found 12% of young people self-reported vaping in the last…
by - December 16, 2019 6:29 pm
The House and Senate Education Committees voted Monday (Dec. 16) to hire a consulting firm to conduct an adequacy study of the state’s education system, and now the decision rests…
by - December 11, 2019 8:12 am
Legislators, lobbyists, and state government employees brought Christmas presents to the Capitol for foster kids Tuesday (Dec. 10), two months after the state’s foster care agency released a report showing…
by - December 7, 2019 9:54 am
Mark DeYmaz started a multiracial church in Little Rock for white, black and brown people to worship together because, he says, “the kingdom of heaven isn’t segregated.” Now he says…
by - December 4, 2019 5:26 pm
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson told the Arkansas Farm Bureau Wednesday (Dec. 4) that he will ask the Legislature to increase permanent funding for the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture…
by - November 26, 2019 6:31 pm
The message that generates the most support for a proposed half-cent sales tax extension is that it would affect highways in all four corners of the state, Gov. Asa Hutchinson…
by - November 26, 2019 8:59 am
Guatemalan immigration to the United States is rooted partly in low coffee prices, the CEO of Heifer International said Monday (Nov. 25). However, the United States must learn how to…
by - November 7, 2019 8:17 am
Manufacturing employment in Arkansas has been growing faster than in the rest of the economy the past 18-20 months, while overall job growth has occurred mostly in Northwest Arkansas, central…
by - November 1, 2019 2:35 pm
The filing period for Little Rock School Board candidates would be July 27 through Aug. 3, 2020, for elections that would occur during the Nov. 3 general elections under a…
by - October 29, 2019 10:09 pm
Little Rock “community schools” would be administered with the help of Community School Partnership Alliances, and the state would not recognize the Little Rock Education Association or any other entity…
by - October 28, 2019 11:10 am
Rep. John Walker, who represented African-American students and Nolan Richardson as an attorney and also represented his Little Rock district in the Arkansas House of Representatives, was found dead in…
by - October 27, 2019 5:44 pm
The Libertarian Party of Arkansas nominated candidates for next year’s U.S. Senate race and two U.S. House of Representatives races Saturday (Oct. 26), assuming a court of appeals allows those…
by - October 21, 2019 2:46 pm
Garver brought most of its 700 full-time employees to Little Rock last week to celebrate its centennial year, and it used the occasion to announce it is being led by…
by - October 21, 2019 11:30 am
A report says Arkansas should adopt a combined corporate income tax reporting requirement after tax legislation passed this year will cut corporate taxes to benefit wealthy individuals while raising internet…
by - October 20, 2019 9:07 am
When President John F. Kennedy proclaimed in May 1961 that the United States would reach the moon by the end of the decade, engineers at first were less than inspired….
by - October 9, 2019 1:19 pm
Arkansas saw an 11% increase in public schools earning an A and a 14% decrease in schools earning an F on accountability reports released by the Arkansas Department of Education…
by - October 8, 2019 4:21 pm
Some Arkansas legislators Tuesday (Oct. 8) wanted to hire Augenblick, Palaich and Associates to study the state’s educational adequacy efforts, some wanted to hire Shuls and Associates, and some wanted…
