Arkansas News Headlines

Soon the governor will have an unconstitutional abortion ban to dither over signing. The post The news roundup and open...

With little debate -- though lots of testimony in opposition -- a House committee approved an unconstitutional bill to ban...

Workers at Arkansas' poultry plants and other food manufacturing facilities are now eligible for the coronavirus vaccine,...

Entergy joins in an effort to make more speedy charging stations available on major highways for electric vehicles. The...

Food workers can now get shots, the governor said today. Restaurant workers must wait. The post Coronavirus today: Governor...

NPR interviews two U of A students to find out how they make friendships work across party lines. The post U of A students...

Recognition proposed for a Cherokee group not recognized by the federal government. It's worth watching. The post One to...

State general revenue tax collections in February dipped by $7.9 million from a year ago to $493.6 million and exceeded the...

Churchill’s book arrives a year and change after his death, in a dispiriting moment. The foreword, written by his youngest...

Why not a national vaccine day? The post Dr. Joycelyn Elders joins other surgeon generals to call for national vaccine day...

Questions remain as school resumes in Watson Chapel following junior high shooting. The post Watson Chapel to hold virtual...

Weinheimer, along with bassist Chris Michaels and guitarist Charles Wyrick, will play a set on the front porch of Control...

Arkansas restaurants can now fill to capacity in spectacular pre-pandemic fashion. But we’re still in a pandemic, with a...

Arkansas not only avoided a revenue hit in the pandemic, it has been amassing a huge surplus. The post States, including...

PINE BLUFF -- A student was seriously wounded Monday morning in a shooting at Watson Chapel Junior High School and the...

Arkansas is awaiting 24,000 doses of the new one-shot Johnson & Johnson covid-19 vaccine and expects to receive them by the...

Lawmakers seeking to preserve Arkansas' "private option" Medicaid expansion program unveiled legislation Monday that would...

A Franklin County sheriff's deputy shot and killed a man wielding a baseball bat who charged toward the deputy early...

An uptick of covid-19 in public school districts since Thursday raised active case totals to 446 as of Monday, an increase...

Concerns over limited supplies of covid-19 vaccines, slowdowns in vaccinations because of the recent winter weather,...

The Legislature's committee on retirement endorsed a bill Monday that would eliminate the one-month waiting period between...

A 12-year-old boy who was struck Feb. 23 while crossing University Avenue near 53rd Street died Sunday, according to Little...

The Little Rock School District announced Monday plans for temporarily relocating Pulaski Heights Elementary and Middle...

HOT SPRINGS -- The city's regional water system avoided boil orders other utilities resorted to after last month's cold...

HOT SPRINGS -- Clay Farrar, a local attorney and historian whose civic work included recent efforts to preserve the former...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California's public schools could tap into $2 billion from the Legislature if they return to...

A Sherwood man facing federal firearms charges of possessing the necessary parts to convert three semiautomatic AR-15...

Just before 10 a.m. Monday, a 15-year-old male student is believed to have fired three gunshots at another 15-year-old male...

Harding noticed in an email that he’d been selected for the contest shortly after going through two casting rounds for the...

An in-person graduation is planned, but nothing else. The post Little Rock School District resists full resumption of...

Fatal shootings, disappointing politicians and more in today's roundup. The post Today’s news — grim and grimmer — and the...

Surprise. It's easier for white men that minorities are women to finance small businesses. The post Lending favors white...

Arkansas Marijuana Card and its affiliate companies across the country have helped more than 70,000 patients obtain their...

Stephens and Ford backers likely should produce a good cash haul for Sarah Huckabee Sanders. But will she speak? The post...

The third time was the charm for an appropriation that had run into trouble because of unhappiness about state economic...

Both the shooter and the victim involved in the incident at Watson Chapel Junior High this morning are 15 years old. The...

They’re committed not just to securing better meals for everyone, but to dismantling the very structures that have long...