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by Larry Brannan -

The Weekend Digest: The New Prince Edition

For our weekend business and political readers: THE BILLION DOLLAR START-UP DUO New Yorkers Kevin Ryan and Dwight Merriman have had their ups-and-downs during the partners’ 17-year start-up “alliance.” Mostly…

by J.R. Davis -

Sens. Boozman, Pryor Support Student Loan Fix

On Wednesday, nearly a month after federal student loan rates doubled, the Senate passed a bipartisan measure giving potential financial relief to future college students. To sum up: It’s good…

by Steve Brawner -

Legislators Hear From Common Core Skeptics

Members of the Senate and House Education Committees are spending two days hearing testimony regarding the Common Core State Standards, the K-12 standards in English language arts and math that…

by Steve Brawner -

Confusion Remains On Homeschool Law

Regulations are needed to enforce a new law allowing homeschoolers to participate in extracurricular public school activities, the law’s sponsor and the head of the state’s homeschooling association told legislators…