by - February 4, 2025 9:26 am
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) awarded a $24.9 million Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant to the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) for a bypass near…
by - February 3, 2025 10:09 pm
The Division of Arkansas Heritage announced Monday (Feb. 3) that nominations for its 2025 Arkansas Food Hall of Fame are open. The program is in its ninth year recognizing food…
by - February 3, 2025 1:25 pm
Lawmakers planned to file a bill Monday (Feb. 3) that would require cities and counties to revert to the previous year’s budget if they haven’t written one by Feb. 7…
by - February 3, 2025 1:14 pm
One of the best parts of my job as the CEO of the Women’s Foundation of Arkansas is that I get to be around a lot of amazing women and…
by - February 3, 2025 11:04 am
Row crop farming may struggle to be profitable in 2025, and conditions could lead to many producers shuttering operations this year if Congress doesn’t act. Two row crop farmers from…
by - February 2, 2025 3:14 pm
U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Little Rock, is the new chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, an influential panel that oversees the nation’s banking and securities sectors. Hill outlined his…
by - February 2, 2025 2:24 pm
Frank Cuervo, UA Little Rock’s director of athletics, has spent nearly three decades in the business of intercollegiate competition, and he says there has never been a dull moment. “It’s…
by - February 2, 2025 1:43 pm
HB 1204 simply states that, when it comes to past medical bills, the plaintiff recovers from the defendant what the healthcare provider accepted as full and final payment. Not the…
by - February 2, 2025 1:41 pm
Currently, the legislature is considering HB 1204, which purports to correct an issue with medical bills when there’s been an accident or other harm inflicted on you at no fault…
by - January 30, 2025 8:24 pm
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been recommended for $10.7 million in funding through the Digital Equity Competitive Grant…
by - January 29, 2025 9:00 pm
Arkansas legislators spent a second day advancing two controversial bills that stirred debate on the House and Senate floors on Wednesday (Jan. 29). In the Arkansas Senate, SB 3 by…
by - January 29, 2025 6:53 pm
Jonesboro is slated to host a youth volleyball tournament in the coming weeks, and more than half of the 85 teams slated to play are not from the area, Mayor…
by - January 29, 2025 1:00 pm
The year 2025 has not disappointed for Northeast Arkansas and its growing political influence at the state capitol and in Washington, D.C. We received a surprise in mid-January when U.S….
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 28, 2025 5:26 pm
Metroplan awarded seven cities and one county transportation alternative program funding, totaling $2.3 million, to design or construct alternative transportation projects around central Arkansas. The projects include: Austin was awarded…
by - January 28, 2025 5:08 pm
A bill that would only allow an injured plaintiff to recoup the medical bills that are paid by an insurer was debated and approved in a special order of business…
by - January 28, 2025 1:01 pm
Gov. Sarah Sanders on Tuesday (Jan. 28) pitched the new Trump administration for a waiver to Arkansas’ Medicaid insurance program that will add a work requirement for able-bodied individuals. The…
by - January 28, 2025 12:30 pm
The number of full-time Tenneco employees who will lose their jobs when its plant in Paragould shutters its operations later this spring will be lower than initially reported. The company…
by - January 27, 2025 5:58 pm
The almost $300 million project to build part of a section of Interstate 49 between Alma and Barling is not expected to be delayed or halted by a recent presidential…
by - January 27, 2025 4:41 pm
Enrollment in the state’s health insurance marketplace is at an all-time high. As of Jan. 4, more than 160,000 Arkansans had selected an insurance plan during the open enrollment period,…
