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The leaders of the legislative education committees filed a bill Thursday (March 23) that sets the foundation funding amount for public school students. The dollar figures in the measure will…
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Gov. Sarah Sanders’ LEARNS Act will increase beginning teacher salaries in the Bryant School District by $7,500 and give all teachers above $50,000 a raise of $2,000, but the district…
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A debate over books has cost Crawford County in recent months more than $65,000 in severance pay and attorney fees. The county is being asked to pay a $26,000 legal…
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State Rep. Jim Wooten, R-Beebe, and Chris Jones, Democratic candidate for governor in 2022, will headline an anti-LEARNS Act town hall discussion Tuesday (March 28) hosted by the Rural Caucus…
by - March 22, 2023 5:12 pm
University of Alabama assistant coach Bryan Hodgson has been hired as head coach of the Arkansas State University men’s basketball program, Vice Chancellor of Intercollegiate Athletics Jeff Purinton announced Wednesday…
by - March 21, 2023 10:44 am
Starting next year, John Anderson will be in a position to provide strategic guidance to the Southern Agriculture Economics Association, an organization he says has helped shape him professionally for…
by - March 20, 2023 5:07 pm
Opponents of Gov. Sarah Sanders’ LEARNS education plan are discussing potential litigation to undo the measure, and a possible citizens’ referendum could also delay enactment or even reverse the new…
by - March 20, 2023 11:12 am
Arkansas State University will host its annual Delta Symposium March 30 through April 1. The 28th symposium is themed “Labor History and Contemporary Laborlore.” It will be held in the…
by - March 20, 2023 10:42 am
Matt Waller is in his eighth year as dean of the University of Arkansas’ Sam M. Walton College of Business. In a recent interview with the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal,…
by - March 19, 2023 11:27 am
Between inflation, supply chain issues, a looming recession and more, 2023 promises to be a year of challenges for the construction industry in Arkansas. Those of us in Construction Management…
by - March 19, 2023 11:23 am
The University of Arkansas has selected a dozen student startup teams for its fourth annual Heartland Challenge Startup Competition. The Heartland Challenge is a global competition designed to simulate the…
by - March 16, 2023 7:32 pm
With Wednesday’s (March 15) news that the U.S. Air Force (USAF) will place its foreign pilot training center at Ebbing Air National Guard Base in Fort Smith, the University of…
by - March 16, 2023 12:18 pm
Applied Research Associates, a research and engineering firm headquartered in New Mexico, awarded University of Arkansas faculty in the College of Engineering nearly $3.5 million to study the most expedient…
by - March 16, 2023 12:10 pm
The Women’s Leadership Center in the Neil Griffin College of Business at Arkansas State University will host its annual Women’s Leadership Conference on April 6. The conference themed as “Seize…
by - March 15, 2023 5:14 pm
It’s been a long way to the top for Shelley Simpson, president of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, who started her career in logistics as an hourly customer service employee 27…
by - March 15, 2023 3:18 pm
Dr. Carl Cates has decided to step down as the dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Communication at the end of the academic year. Departing as dean effective…
by - March 15, 2023 8:27 am
The Arkansas Department of Education is seeking applicants for six working groups to develop rules for the LEARNS Act, the recently enacted education reform bill supported by Gov. Sarah Sanders….
by - March 14, 2023 9:52 pm
After a lengthy discussion on whether a library can reconsider or ban a book, the Crawford County Library Board voted to take action on one of four books in the…
by - March 13, 2023 9:18 am
Mark Power, the University of Arkansas’ top fundraiser since 2017, is resigning as vice chancellor for university advancement, effective April 16. According to an internal memo obtained by the Northwest…
by - March 13, 2023 8:39 am
Arkansas State University will proceed with creation of a College of Veterinary Medicine in Jonesboro, and ASU Three Rivers will upgrade its nursing program with an $8 million facility upgrade…
