by - May 21, 2024 8:23 pm
Arkansas’ worst-in-the-nation voter registration and turnout rankings are part of a larger challenge of civic engagement that the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute and its partners are working to address. The Institute…
by - May 20, 2024 8:57 am
What should a city do when a piece of riverfront property remains blighted and in need of redevelopment after an NFL team skipped town? It might start by asking a…
by - May 4, 2024 10:22 am
City leaders can only effect change at the pace the community is willing to go. It helps when residents can see short-term successes. It also helps when cities work to…
by - May 2, 2024 9:38 pm
A draft Arkansas Insurance Department rule that would have required pharmacy benefit managers to reimburse pharmacists for 110% of their drug acquisition costs plus a $10.50 dispensing fee has hit…
by - April 24, 2024 6:57 pm
Arkansas should focus on its strengths, particularly its easily accessible and affordable outdoor spaces, the state’s first gentleman said Wednesday (April 24) at Power Up Little Rock, an economic development…
by - April 10, 2024 6:40 pm
Gov. Sarah Sanders opened the 2024 fiscal session Wednesday (April 10) by telling assembled lawmakers that if they pass a budget that reflects her priorities, she will sign it. The…
by - March 29, 2024 8:00 am
Marcus Jones, the retired U.S. Army colonel running as a Democrat to replace U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Little Rock, said he would support veterans in Congress and announced he was…
by - March 6, 2024 1:46 pm
Three women who integrated a New Orleans public school as six-year-olds in 1960 while being escorted by U.S. Marshals, including one from Little Rock, formed a lifelong bond in that…
by - March 5, 2024 9:30 am
The Arkansas Democratic Party is in a worse position today than the minority Republican Party was in the 1970s, the author of a new book on the state’s transformation from…
by - March 4, 2024 7:03 pm
The total solar eclipse on April 8 could be “one of the largest tourism events in our state’s history,” Gov. Sarah Sanders said Monday (March 4). Various state agencies are…
by - February 29, 2024 7:57 pm
Many of the challenges facing central Arkansas are regional and not limited to a city or county – a reality that leaders must communicate to the public, Pulaski County Director…
by - February 16, 2024 11:27 pm
Financing major lithium projects in south Arkansas will be a challenge because of the uncertainties surrounding the ventures, but Arkansas has a history in the extraction industry and a supportive…
by - February 15, 2024 8:00 pm
Arkansas can become the center of the lithium industry in North America, but success will require predictable and efficient regulations, fiscal competitiveness and certainty, and infrastructure, said Patrick Howarth, lithium…
by - February 6, 2024 4:17 pm
Mark Bremer’s path to becoming vice president of industrial programs for Dassault Falcon Jet started 38 years ago at the Little Rock Air Force Base. On Feb. 2, he was…
by - January 30, 2024 1:18 pm
Editor’s note: The State of the State series provides reports twice a year on Arkansas’ key economic sectors. The series publishes stories to begin a year and stories in July/August…
by - January 28, 2024 4:45 pm
Editor’s note: The State of the State series provides reports twice a year on Arkansas’ key economic sectors. The series publishes stories to begin a year and stories in July/August…
by - January 24, 2024 3:18 pm
The Arkansas Racing Commission is ready to roll the dice again. The five-member panel agreed Wednesday (Jan. 24) to review proposed rules for a new application process for a Pope…
by - January 19, 2024 3:39 pm
The city of Searcy should focus on growing its legacy businesses and industry along with firearms and ammunition, aerospace and aviation, and data centers, a consultant told community leaders Friday…
by - December 21, 2023 4:38 pm
A coalition has submitted a proposed amendment to the Arkansas Constitution that would require private schools receiving state funds to meet public school state standards. It also would obligate the…
by - December 12, 2023 2:31 pm
A quarter of registered voters in Arkansas with K-12 students living in their homes said they would change their children’s learning environment if provided state funding for non-public school options….
