by - January 29, 2025 9:22 am
Gov. Sarah Sanders’ 2023 LEARNS Act changed K-12 education. Her focus now is on changing higher education. In her Jan. 14 State of the State address, Sanders introduced the Arkansas…
by - January 28, 2025 7:06 pm
A controversial bill that the sponsor said would prohibit discrimination or preferential treatment by Arkansas state agencies and public entities passed the Senate Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs…
by - January 19, 2025 10:23 am
Toni Lindsey is called “Mama T” by business leaders thanks to her work with the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Arkansas program. She calls former Arkansas Razorbacks coaches Houston…
by - January 18, 2025 7:51 pm
More than half of the Arkansas children living in rural counties were covered by Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in 2023, a new study has found, ranking…
by - January 16, 2025 7:26 pm
A bill filed Thursday (Jan. 16) in the Arkansas Legislature would prohibit pharmacy benefit managers and insurance companies from obtaining retail permits and operating pharmacies and mail order services in…
by - January 8, 2025 3:04 pm
A bill being drafted by Sen. Bryan King, R-Green Forest, would appropriate $600 million in fiscal year 2025 to expand county jails, particularly those in areas of the state where…
by - December 18, 2024 3:29 pm
Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport officials and Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott broke ground Wednesday (Dec. 18) on a $5.24 million project that will expand the airport’s curbside canopy….
by - December 16, 2024 1:51 pm
State government could save $300 million over the next six years, primarily through procurement and information technology improvements, according to a progress report prepared as part of Gov. Sarah Sanders’…
by - November 19, 2024 8:27 pm
Doubling the number of engineering and computer science graduates at the University of Arkansas College of Engineering from 2024 to 2035, along with doubling research and development spending and doubling…
by - November 12, 2024 3:24 pm
Average salaries would increase 9.8% for 14,539 state employees, or about two-thirds of cabinet agencies’ total workforce, under a $102 million state employee pay plan announced Tuesday (Nov. 12) by…
by - November 12, 2024 1:14 pm
With the help of a $100 million gift from the J.B. Hunt Foundation, the University of Arkansas announced the creation of its Land of Opportunity Scholarship for Pell grant-eligible and…
by - October 29, 2024 1:32 pm
Luxembourg-based Faymonville Group announced Tuesday (Oct. 29) it will build a manufacturing facility on a 54-acre site at the Port of Little Rock. The facility is expected to employ 500…
by - October 21, 2024 12:54 pm
Votes for the Medical Marijuana Amendment of 2024 will not be counted after the Arkansas Supreme Court ruled Monday (Oct. 21) that the popular name and ballot title were misleading….
by - October 16, 2024 4:33 pm
Almost 65% of Arkansas parents favored restricting student cell phones in schools in a poll commissioned by the national school reform group ExcelinEd. In other education news, the Arkansas Department…
by - October 9, 2024 7:57 pm
Two-thirds of Arkansas students in grades 3-10 scored below “proficient” in English language arts on the state’s new ATLAS end-of-year exam, according to a system of cut scores that Arkansas…
by - October 9, 2024 1:32 pm
Individuals and entities should have a “maniacal focus” on cybersecurity, which includes having strong passwords and backing up data regularly, according to Gary Vance, chief information security officer with the…
by - October 8, 2024 8:49 pm
U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, said the United States shouldn’t tell Israel how to defend itself following the attacks on it by Hamas last Oct. 7. His Democratic challenger, Caitlin…
by - October 8, 2024 9:06 am
Companies and individuals can take four simple steps to protect themselves from cyber threats, and the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) can help them do it. That was part…
by - October 7, 2024 7:29 pm
Republican U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Little Rock, and his Democratic opponent, retired Army Col. Marcus Jones, both expressed opposition to a nationwide abortion ban in their 2nd Congressional debate Monday…
by - September 30, 2024 3:11 pm
The state of Arkansas is suing YouTube, Google and its parent company, Alphabet, Attorney General Tim Griffin announced Monday (Sept. 30). Griffin filed a lawsuit in Phillips County Circuit Court…
