NEWS & UPDATES

LITTLE ROCK – When the 2023 regular session convenes on January 9, there will be 13 new members in the Arkansas Senate. The legislature...

LITTLE ROCK – The legislature’s list of accomplishments in 2022 is lengthy and significant. During a special session in the summer,...

LITTLE ROCK – Legislators finished the calendar year with a final round of recommendations for spending federal relief funds and reserve...

LITTLE ROCK – The state Natural Resources Commission has awarded $270 million in grants for 157 drinking water and wastewater projects in...

LITTLE ROCK – A record prize in the Powerball lottery generated increased ticket sales in Arkansas in October. Increased sales of lottery...

LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas received good news from federal regulators that allows the state Medicaid program to better help women during...

LITTLE ROCK – A panel of three federal judges dismissed portions of a lawsuit filed against state officials, in which plaintiffs argue...

LITTLE ROCK – The state Division of Children and Family Services continues to struggle with high staff turnover and high caseloads for...

LITTLE ROCK – In the fiscal session earlier this year the legislature appropriated a million dollars for pregnancy resource centers. The...

LITTLE ROCK – Over the next three years about 3,200 Arkansans with disabilities will be able to get Medicaid services at home or in their...

LITTLE ROCK – Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic Arkansas has received billions of dollars in federal relief funding. The PEER...

LITTLE ROCK – The Senate and House Committees on Education are scheduled to vote on next year’s adequacy report at their meeting in early...

LITTLE ROCK – A shooting spree occurred in Little Rock over the weekend of August 13 and 14. Three people were killed and four people...

LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas has begun the process of expanding Medicaid services so that more pregnant women can qualify for the government...

LITTLE ROCK – The legislature concluded a quick, three-day special session after approving income tax cuts that will save 1.6 million...

LITTLE ROCK –Well-attended meetings at the state Capitol usually indicate that legislators are addressing an important issue. That was...

LITTLE ROCK – Every year the sales tax holiday is the first weekend in August. This year it will be Saturday, August 6, and Sunday,...

LITTLE ROCK – The governor announced that he would call the legislature into special session on August 8 to consider income tax cuts that...

LITTLE ROCK – The Arkansas School Safety Commission is meeting frequently in order to have an initial report ready for the governor and...

LITTLE ROCK – When people call the state hotline to report suspected child abuse or neglect, about 80 percent are assigned to the...