by - July 11, 2023 9:38 am
Gov. Sarah Sanders has re-appointed Susannah Marshall as Commissioner of the Arkansas State Bank Department. Marshall is the 22nd Bank Commissioner of Arkansas. Marshall has served as the Arkansas State…
by - July 10, 2023 6:54 pm
Twelve Fort Smith residents have applied to fill an open seat on the Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education. The Zone III position on the board was left vacant…
by - July 10, 2023 4:28 pm
In the third month of activity, Arkansas posted its highest level of disenrollment figures since beginning its redetermination process mandated by state and federal law. In June, Arkansas Department of…
by - July 9, 2023 7:15 pm
Charlie Daniels, the former Arkansas Commissioner of State Lands, Secretary of State and Auditor of State, has died after a brief illness. He was 83 years old. Daniels, who served…
by - July 9, 2023 9:05 am
U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Little Rock, shared his views on a variety of subjects ranging from his vote on infrastructure and broadband funding to COVID relief fraud to Russia and…
by - July 8, 2023 9:39 am
The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT) recently hosted multiple public meetings in Northwest Arkansas as part of separate projects that could lead to new highways in the region. According to…
by - July 7, 2023 4:37 pm
With the Marvell-Elaine School District’s status uncertain because of a lawsuit over the LEARNS Act, the Arkansas State Board of Education voted Friday (July 7) to permanently remove the Marvell-Elaine…
by - July 7, 2023 12:13 pm
After six months on the job, Sebastian County Judge Steve Hotz says his office is busier than he could have imagined, he feels like he’s finally past the learning curve,…
by - July 6, 2023 6:21 pm
During the first six months of 2023, sales and use tax collections have remained better than all-time highs collected for the first half of any year and budget projections are…
by - July 5, 2023 10:56 am
Arkansas ended the fiscal year with a $1.161 billion tax revenue surplus driven in part by a more than 8% growth in sales tax collections. But recent federal data suggests…
by - July 3, 2023 10:06 am
Gov. Sarah Sanders appointed Republican Party of Arkansas chairman Cody Hiland to the Arkansas Supreme Court on Monday (July 3) to fill a vacancy left by the death of Justice…
by - July 2, 2023 8:53 am
Pointing to a need for privacy in sensitive situations, Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin said Sunday (July 2) the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) needs to change to adapt to…
by - July 2, 2023 8:51 am
Nearly halfway through a six-month process to redetermine Medicaid eligibility for hundreds of thousands of Arkansans, Department of Human Services officials said they believe estimates of where the population would…
by - June 30, 2023 2:36 pm
Westrock Coffee is investing $300 million to expand its development, production, and distribution facility in Conway, creating 600 jobs over five years that will pay average annual salaries of about…
by - June 30, 2023 2:04 pm
Pulaski County Circuit Court Judge Herb Wright on Friday (June 30) ruled that the Arkansas LEARNS Act cannot go into effect until Aug. 1. The ruling, if it stands, could…
by - June 29, 2023 9:03 pm
NetChoice, a coalition of trade associations, e-commerce businesses, and online consumers, filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday (June 29) in the western district of Arkansas against the state for Act…
by - June 29, 2023 11:58 am
The Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers plan to issue a revised definition of Waters of the United States, or WOTUS, by Sept. 1, the EPA said…
by - June 27, 2023 12:58 pm
A federal grant of more than $11 million will provide five additional years of support to the Center for Musculoskeletal Disease Research led by Charles O’Brien, Ph.D., at the University…
by - June 26, 2023 10:55 am
The U.S. Department of Commerce released details Monday (June 26) of a $42.45 billion high-speed internet grant program and Arkansas will receive more than $1 billion as a result. The…
by - June 25, 2023 6:45 pm
Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Rhonda Wood remembered her colleague Justice Robin Wynne and outlined her vision if she is elected Chief Justice in 2024 – a vision that includes creating…
