by - October 2, 2021 5:20 pm
Grant Tennille, the former economic development chief under Gov. Mike Beebe who helped bring Big River Steel to Arkansas, was elected chair of the Democratic Party of Arkansas and said…
by - September 30, 2021 3:55 pm
School districts can continue deciding whether to require students to wear masks after the Arkansas Supreme Court Thursday (Sept. 30) declined to issue a stay of a preliminary injunction in…
by - September 27, 2021 8:48 pm
Lawmakers considered eight more proposed Congressional District maps Monday (Sept. 27), including two that would move Sebastian County to the 4th District and one that would bring Pope County into…
by - September 23, 2021 7:05 pm
The House and Senate State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committees on Thursday (Sept. 23) heard presentations on four Congressional redistricting maps, including one that would move U.S. Rep. French Hill’s…
by - September 8, 2021 6:30 am
Windstream will begin construction this month on the first of seven fiber broadband expansion projects that will deliver gigabit-speed internet service to more than 15,100 rural households and small businesses…
by - September 6, 2021 9:19 pm
Sarah Huckabee Sanders kicked off the second stop of her in-person campaign tour for Arkansas governor in Benton Monday (Sept. 6) by defending the campaign she has been running so…
by - September 1, 2021 7:41 pm
The Arkansas Bureau of Legislative Research (BLR) submitted a survey to school districts Wednesday (Sept. 1), asking about their COVID numbers and requesting that their answers be returned the same…
by - August 31, 2021 9:01 am
Pine Bluff saw the largest population drop of any metropolitan area in the nation, according to a New York Times report that compared 2020 census numbers with those from 2010….
by - August 12, 2021 12:58 pm
At least 73 Arkansas school districts have enacted mask mandates as of noon Thursday, while 38 have decided against the mandates, according to a list compiled by the Arkansas Center…
by - August 10, 2021 8:17 am
Will Gulfside Casino get to keep its Pope County license? It depends on what the meaning of the word “the” is. Gulfside, which operates a casino in Gulfport, Miss., was…
by - May 28, 2021 1:21 pm
Arkansas Term Limits and other plaintiffs filed suit Friday (May 28) in the federal Eastern District of Arkansas to overturn a new state law that limits who can gather signatures…
by - May 25, 2021 6:40 pm
The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit Tuesday (May 25) against the state of Arkansas over a newly passed law that prohibits health care professionals from providing gender-transition procedures to…
by - May 20, 2021 9:59 am
The League of Women Voters and the immigrant advocacy group Arkansas United have filed a lawsuit in the Circuit Court of Pulaski County challenging new voting laws passed by the…
by - May 15, 2021 8:03 am
Sen. Jim Hendren, I-Gravette, and four former Arkansas state legislators are founding signatories of “A Call for American Renewal,” a movement that says it is “pushing for the Republican Party…
by - May 12, 2021 3:58 pm
The “significant fracture” that shut down the 48-year-old Hernando de Soto Bridge across the Mississippi River between West Memphis and Memphis on Tuesday (May 11) could have led to a…
by - May 12, 2021 8:59 am
Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part series on legislation passed during the 2021 Arkansas Legislative Session. The first addressed Act 309, and this second story focuses on…
by - May 11, 2021 8:05 am
Editor’s note: This first of a two-part series on legislation passed during the 2021 Arkansas Legislative Session will focus on Act 309. The second part will focus on Act 626…
by - April 21, 2021 6:44 pm
A bill creating a tax credit for donations to organizations providing private school scholarships for K-12 students narrowly passed the Arkansas House of Representatives Wednesday (April 21). Senate Bill 680…
by - April 20, 2021 6:21 pm
Arkansas House members on Tuesday (April 20) approved the 2021-22 appropriation bill for the Arkansas Department of Human Services Division of Medical Services on the fifth attempt paving the way…
by - April 19, 2021 8:28 pm
In an arrangement Sen. Joyce Elliott, D-Little Rock, compared to being one of the final three contestants in a beauty pageant, three senators sat together in front of their fellow…
