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LITTLE ROCK - Arkansas is gradually opening up businesses and public activities, under careful monitoring by public health officials to...

Senate Information Office: 501-682-5954 Legislative leaders have approved an additional $40 million for the Arkansas Ready for Business...

Legislative leaders just approved an additional $40 million for the Arkansas Ready for Business program.

With schools closed due to COVID-19, Arkansas PBS, in partnership with the Arkansas Department of Education’s Division of Elementary...

Beginning Monday, March 30, Arkansas PBS will broadcast “Arkansas AMI” – streamlined, curriculum-based programming for the state’s pre-K...

LITTLE ROCK – The next few weeks will determine whether Arkansas moves forward or backward on the way to re-opening businesses. The...

Arkansas is closely monitoring two trend lines, as they decide how soon to begin easing up on some of the state's social restrictions.

LITTLE ROCK - When Arkansas makes it past the peak of the coronavirus outbreak, restrictions on businesses and social interactions will...

It seems that everywhere you go, people are anxious to get back to work.

LITTLE ROCK – The legislature completed the 2020 fiscal session in record time, approving a balanced budget that funds state government...

If you had any doubts about the severity of the coronavirus, look no farther than a single barracks at the Cummins Prison unit.

LITTLE ROCK – The sudden and severe economic downturn caused by the outbreak of the coronavirus means that the 2020 fiscal session will...

LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas state parks will be open only during the daytime, in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus among dense...

The state has allocated millions of dollars to purchase ventilators for people who develop serious symptoms of the coronavirus.

The legislature convened in special session to transfer reserve funds into operating accounts.

Senate Information Office: 501-682-5954 LITTLE ROCK – Senator Bruce Maloch of Magnolia will be one of three senators designated to...

LITTLE ROCK – The legislature convened in special session to address potential revenue shortfalls, resulting from the sudden economic...

The coronavirus outbreak is causing tremendous financial hardship for working families and small businesses.

LITTLE ROCK – To cushion the financial impact of the coronavirus outbreak on working families, the state has streamlined the process of...

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