The bribery trial of former state senator Gilbert Baker was nearly upended Thursday for a second time related to a covid-19 scare after Assistant U.S. Attorney Patrick Harris was reported to have taken ill with fever and other symptoms after leaving court Wednesday. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press…
Health official seeks to boost hospital space
With Arkansas’ covid-19 cases continuing to soar, the state’s top public health official said Wednesday that he will seek money from the state’s allocation of coronavirus relief funds to expand hospital capacity. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Fulbright’s UA statue to stay, put in context
The University of Arkansas System board of trustees Wednesday approved a resolution that will keep a statue of former U.S. Sen. J. William Fulbright in its current spot on the Fayetteville campus but with added context to show Fulbright’s “complex legacy.” Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution…
Ex-judge testifies in Baker’s bribe trial
The bribery trial of former lawmaker Gilbert Baker of Conway entered its third day of testimony Wednesday with former Circuit Judge Mike Maggio taking the stand to testify about Baker’s role in raising campaign funds that ended up with Maggio in prison and Baker on trial. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: -…
Arkansas logs 2,052 new cases; deaths up by 10
Arkansas’ count of coronavirus cases rose by more than 2,000 on Tuesday for just the second time in a single day since February, while the number of patients hospitalized with covid-19 topped 1,000 for the first time since January. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
UA’s Bobbitt favors adding context on Fulbright; keep statue, name on college, he says
University of Arkansas System President Donald Bobbitt has recommended adding context to a statue of former U.S. Sen. J. William Fulbright “in a way that presents the full legacy” of Fulbright while keeping the statue in its current location on the Fayetteville campus. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press…
State issues coronavirus guidelines for schools
New covid-19 guidelines call for Arkansas schools to maintain as many virus precautions as possible — including mask use in classrooms where children are under age 12 or where vaccination status of students cannot be confirmed. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Governor plans to talk mask law with legislators
With Arkansas’ coronavirus cases and hospitalizations continuing to surge, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Monday that he plans to talk with legislative leaders today about the law that will prohibit public schools and other government entities from requiring people to wear masks when it takes effect Wednesday. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: -…
Little Rock School District seeks mask-rule authority
LITTLE ROCK — The Little Rock School Board is calling on state lawmakers for the authority to mandate the wearing of masks at school in the coming 2021-22 school year as a precaution against the covid-19 virus. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Ex-senator’s bribe trial on; covid cuts juror
The bribery trial of former state senator Gilbert Baker hit a snag first thing Monday morning after an announcement by Chief U.S. District Judge D. Price Marshall that a juror had tested positive for covid-19 over the weekend and had been excused. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release…
Hospitals’ covid-19 cases jump by 44 in state
Another 44 people have been hospitalized with covid-19 in Arkansas, reflecting a delta variant that will not be tamed until more get vaccinated, the governor said Sunday. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
School-race candidates in state hit snag on filing dates
The candidate filing period for the Nov. 2 school board elections begins this week — amid some confusion about the actual first couple of days of it. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Rutledge wants ’22 vote on income tax
Republican gubernatorial candidate Leslie Rutledge said she plans to try to get a proposed constitutional amendment that would eliminate the state’s individual income tax on the 2022 general election ballot. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Virus’s run in state adds 2,015 cases
Arkansas’ count of coronavirus cases rose by 2,015 Saturday, marking the biggest one-day new case total since early February, according to state Department of Health data. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
State’s rental-aid funds languish
Erica McPherson of North Little Rock fears she will end up in a homeless shelter with her three children in the coming weeks. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
New laws in state hold restrictions, loosen some reins
New laws restricting abortion, banning covid-19 mandates and limiting transgender participation in school sports are set to go into effect in Arkansas on Wednesday. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
More health care systems mandate employee vaccines
Two more health care systems said this week they will require employees to receive the covid-19 vaccine as the number of covid-19 cases and hospitalizations continued to increase. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Arkansas cases up 1,987; ‘difficult fall’ feared
Arkansas’ count of coronavirus cases rose Friday by 1,987 — the biggest one-day new case total since early February. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Governors push for full approval soon of vaccines
As U.S. regulators weigh giving the final stamp of approval for certain covid-19 vaccines, governors in states hard-hit by the pandemic hope the move will help persuade the many holdouts in their states to finally get shots. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Rutledge calls to eliminate state’s individual income tax
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge said Thursday that while running for the Republican nomination for governor, she also will try to put on next year’s ballot a proposition to end the state’s individual income tax by 2030. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Actors John Cusack, Emile Hirsch filming in downtown Little Rock
John Cusack and Emile Hirsch are currently filming in Central Arkansas, according to Arkansas Film Commissioner Christopher Crane. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Recused prosecutor talked with investigators in deputy shooting of Arkansas teen Hunter Brittain
The Lonoke County prosecutor’s office had contact with the Arkansas State Police before and after recusing itself because of an “unavoidable conflict” in the investigation into the fatal shooting June 23 of 17-year-old Hunter Brittain by a sheriff’s deputy. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
