by - April 18, 2022 2:52 pm
Arkansas has 210,000 households underserved by broadband services, but 100,000 of them are being addressed by federal and state programs. Using federal funding, the remaining 110,000 households could be reached…
by - April 13, 2022 4:57 pm
The United Kingdom wants to do more business with the United States and with Arkansas, the U.K.’s minister of state for trade policy said in Little Rock Wednesday (April 13)….
by - April 12, 2022 6:56 pm
Black women in Arkansas face health challenges as a result of a history of discrimination and unconscious bias, so health policies should intentionally and aggressively seek to create health equity,…
by - April 6, 2022 4:14 pm
Arkansas has been so welcoming to U.S. Steel that officials are being offered free bottled water and help moving to town, President and CEO David Burritt said at the Arkansas…
by - March 29, 2022 8:37 pm
Investments made during President Bill Clinton’s administration helped lead to the mapping of the human genome as well as advances in the fight against AIDS and later, COVID, according to…
by - March 17, 2022 9:08 am
The percentage of Arkansas students classified as obese rose more than 3% during the COVID-impacted 2020-21 school year, a much larger jump than the three preceding years combined. A new…
by - March 8, 2022 2:06 pm
A committee formed to oppose efforts to remove the Pope County casino from the Arkansas Constitution is starting with $1.1 million cash on hand provided by Oklahoma-based Cherokee Nation Businesses,…
by - February 24, 2022 5:29 pm
A coalition opposing an amendment that would require a 60% supermajority to amend the Arkansas Constitution or pass an initiated act filed paperwork with the secretary of state’s office Thursday…
by - February 23, 2022 1:35 pm
A Little Rock attorney is attempting to launch a smartphone application that would connect subscribers with attorneys during a police encounter. DispatchJustice, founded by estate planning attorney Elizabeth Richardson, would…
by - February 21, 2022 11:41 am
The Libertarian Party of Arkansas nominated more than 50 candidates for office Feb. 20, including candidates for governor, U.S. Senate, three U.S. House races, and 39 state legislative races. Candidates…
by - February 11, 2022 1:50 pm
Doc Washburn, a radio personality who until last year hosted a radio show on KARN 102.9, is floating his name as a candidate for the Republican nomination for governor. On…
by - January 27, 2022 10:21 am
A group of community organizations is paying off more than $35 million in medical debt for 23,896 Arkansans in all 75 counties. It’s also making recommendations to prevent medical debt…
by - January 20, 2022 11:46 am
The new year begins much as the past two did, with Arkansas’ health care system facing uncertainty amid a pandemic. On Jan. 14, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences…
by - January 19, 2022 3:05 pm
Arkansas’ public schools are now in their third school year that’s been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, but educators at least now have plenty of practice, and they have federal…
by - January 12, 2022 5:44 pm
The announcement by U.S. Steel that it will build a $3 billion plant in Osceola will make Mississippi County the nation’s leading steel-producing county and sets the stage for Arkansas…
by - January 11, 2022 4:25 pm
About 30% of the COVID-related hospitalizations in Arkansas Jan. 4 involved patients who had checked into the hospital for other reasons and incidentally tested positive for the disease, Gov. Asa…
by - January 5, 2022 5:47 pm
The Arkansas Department of Health is ending COVID-19 contact tracing at the end of the day Jan. 17, its communications director said Wednesday (Jan. 5). Meg Mirivel said the department’s…
by - January 5, 2022 4:25 pm
The number of school districts in highly infected communities has nearly quintupled in a week, so all school districts should require masks, the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement president and…
by - November 29, 2021 2:12 pm
Arkansas would have 12 majority-minority state House districts including its first with a majority voting-age Latino population under maps approved by the Board of Apportionment Monday (Nov. 29). Four Senate…
by - November 27, 2021 8:05 pm
When Phil Schmidt’s aging mother suffered a double concussion, it seemed to him that the caregiving industry didn’t operate like the process-driven companies with which he had been involved. So…
