by - August 11, 2015 3:34 pm
More than 1,300 Arkansas high school students have signed up to take a computer coding class this upcoming school year through the state’s online Virtual Arkansas, with an unknown number…
by - August 11, 2015 11:03 am
Conner Eldridge said Tuesday (Aug 11) that he is stepping down as U.S. Prosecuting Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas effective Aug. 21. It has been widely rumored that…
by - August 7, 2015 10:14 am
It started with fireworks, continued with fireworks and ended with fireworks. The first Republican presidential debate of the 2016 campaign brought the current top 10 candidates according to the polls…
by - August 6, 2015 9:48 pm
As Arkansas’ Department of Workforce Services Director, Daryl Bassett leads one of the state’s largest agencies with an annual budget of $1.7 billion – a significant portion coming from federal…
by - August 5, 2015 6:55 pm
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge has joined with West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrissey and 15 other states to ask the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for an immediate stay of…
by - August 5, 2015 2:20 pm
A day after President Obama unveiled the centerpiece of his climate change proposal, representatives from Entergy Arkansas Inc. and Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. (AECC) are taking a wait-and-see approach before…
by - August 5, 2015 1:33 pm
A new collaborative program tagged A-Chance is aimed at helping children in violent and crime-ridden homes succeed in their school setting and in life. Conner Eldridge, U.S. Prosecuting Attorney for…
by - August 4, 2015 7:13 pm
The Department of Human Services will pause for the next two weeks in sending out notices of termination for the private option, and more staff members will be devoted to…
by - August 3, 2015 5:08 pm
The federal Environmental Protection Agency on Monday released its final rules on President Obama’s far-reaching and controversial “Clean Power Plan,” putting the nation on track to cut carbon pollution from…
by - August 2, 2015 2:51 pm
Former Arkansas State Senate Chief of Staff Bill “Scoop” Lancaster has a new book out full of inside stories regarding his time in state politics. It is titled “Inside the…
by - July 30, 2015 6:02 pm
As Congress continues its never-ending debate about Obamacare and Arkansas legislators consider alternatives to the private option, two government health care programs marked their 50th anniversaries on Thursday. On July…
by - July 30, 2015 4:21 pm
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced the hiring of Lee Rudofsky as the state’s solicitor general on Thursday. Rudofsky comes to the Attorney General’s Office from Wal-Mart where he has…
by - July 30, 2015 4:04 pm
A short-term highway bill drew the support Thursday of 91 U.S. Senators, including Arkansas’ Republican U.S. Sens. John Boozman and Tom Cotton. The Senate voted 91-4 Thursday to approve HR…
by - July 29, 2015 7:58 pm
The Federal Highway Administration has accepted a recommendation by the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department to expand Interstate 30 to 10 lanes through downtown Little Rock, a project that includes…
by - July 29, 2015 7:43 pm
Health care spending is projected to increase as a percentage of the U.S. gross domestic product from 17.4% in 2013 to 19.6% in 2024, according to a report released Tuesday…
by - July 29, 2015 3:11 pm
A Wall Street-based nonprofit initiative funded and chaired by billionaire and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former Clinton administration Treasurer Hank Paulson released a report Tuesday that…
by - July 28, 2015 8:07 pm
Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin said Tuesday he will recommend that the Common Core be made more rigorous and be renamed. Griffin is chairing the Governor’s Council on Common Core Review,…
by - July 27, 2015 8:47 pm
The Rebel mascot, “Dixie” fight song and other ancillary southern imagery will soon be part of the history of Southside High School. The Fort Smith Public School Board voted 7-0…
by - July 26, 2015 6:13 pm
This week, the nation’s capital was action-packed as lawmakers battled it out on Planned Parenthood and a variety of other issues. Meanwhile, an Arkansas native killed in an attack at…
by - July 23, 2015 7:41 am
Sam Sicard, president and CEO of Fort Smith-based First Bank Corp., is undeterred by Fort Smith voters’ recent no-go on diverting street tax funds to the city’s trails and greenways…
