A Palestinian-American man who lives in Little Rock filed a federal lawsuit this week against U.S. officials in an attempt to force the government to evacuate American citizens and nationals trapped in Gaza, which is under heavy bombardment by the Israeli military. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release…
Sanders, GOP governors send letter opposing NCAA transgender policy
WASHINGTON — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and other Republican governors have sent a letter to an NCAA committee concerning the governing body’s policy on transgender athletes. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Sanders’ approval rating lowest of any governor since 2003, Arkansas Poll shows
Forty-eight percent of Arkansans approve of the way first-year Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is handling her job as governor while 39% disapprove, the 25th annual Arkansas Poll showed Monday. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Motion to intervene filed on nonprofit’s behalf in lawsuit by ousted Little Rock housing commissioners
An attorney for a development nonprofit affiliated with the Little Rock public housing authority has filed a motion to intervene in litigation filed against the city and Mayor Frank Scott Jr. by two housing commissioners whom the Little Rock Board of Directors ousted in September. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas…
North Little Rock School District gets feedback on millage proposal
The North Little Rock School District has hosted a series of community forums over the last three weeks to discuss a possible reconstruction of its middle school and a renovation of the “Ole Main” high school building. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Smaller counties in rural Arkansas finding tourism niche
Three counties in rural Arkansas — Sevier in the southwest; Perry, northwest of Little Rock; and Woodruff in the Delta — were among the five with the highest percentage change in visitor spending from 2021 to 2022. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Arkansas Blue Cross among insurers opting not to cover Alzheimer’s drug
It’s the first drug proven to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, if only modestly, but Arkansas’ largest health insurance company doesn’t plan to cover Leqembi. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Drafting a Freedom of Information Act amendment proving to be a delicate task, supporters say
Simply putting the state Freedom of Information Act into the Arkansas Constitution turned out to be not so simple, amendment supporters say. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Number of state retirees in group with Medicare Advantage with prescription drug coverage lower than projected
The number of Medicare-eligible retirees in Arkansas’ health insurance plans, for public school and state employees, who are in the group Medicare Advantage with prescription drug coverage for this calendar year is lower than a consultant for the Bureau of Legislative Research projected. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press…
In Saline County, some residents still can’t access broadband; a local committee is part of an effort to change that
More than one-fifth of Arkansans don’t have access to broadband, making the Natural State the third worst in the nation for internet access, according to a report published in August. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Ghosts, Bigfoot on agenda at Arkansas Paranormal Expo in Little Rock
You wouldn’t be able to tell from the eager and interested attendees that filled the well-lit rooms, but the paranormal lingers at the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History, the site of the 11th Arkansas Paranormal Expo. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
State gets guidance on college spending
The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board recommended a net $0 change in productivity funding for educational and general operations at the state’s colleges and universities for the 2024-25 fiscal year, although the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences would receive an influx of money as a non-formula entity. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured…
$20M to aid rural entrepreneurs in Arkansas and across the South
Goldman Sachs is providing $20 million to the Jackson, Miss.-based Hope Enterprise Corp. to support rural entrepreneurs in Arkansas and across the South. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Secretary of state confirms Libertarian Party of Arkansas’ petition signatures sufficient
The Libertarian Party of Arkansas’ petition to be a new political party has been deemed sufficient by the secretary of state’s office, Secretary of State John Thurston said Friday. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
With ‘easy part’ over, Arkansas’ U.S. House members look past speakership election
WASHINGTON — When Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives elected Louisiana Republican Mike Johnson as its speaker, they managed to do something they had not accomplished in this Congress: unite around a candidate. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Analysis finds wide variation in C-section rates in Arkansas
Births by Cesarean section are far more common in some parts of Arkansas than others, an analysis released Thursday by the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement found. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Bill Clinton joins summit in Little Rock marking AmeriCorps milestone
Domingo Morales grew up knowing only inner-city poverty. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
W.Va. Gorge sets example for Buffalo River
Runway Group of Bentonville has touted the success of New River Gorge National Park & Preserve in West Virginia as a model for the Buffalo National River. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Blue Hog blogger files FOIA lawsuit against Sanders, challenging ‘working papers’ exemption
In a lawsuit against Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Blue Hog blogger Matt Campbell is poised to test a provision of the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act that broadly but not completely shields selected top elected officials from the open-records law. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Arkansas’ U.S. House members back Johnson to end speakership battle
Arkansas’ delegates in the U.S. House of Representatives stood behind Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson on Wednesday as House Republicans united to give Johnson the gavel, drawing a 22-day speaker vacancy to a close. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Panel discusses impact of opioid crisis in Arkansas
Chris Robertson gets an attentive audience every time he speaks to a crowd about losing his college-age son to opioid abuse. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
5,000 students get vouchers from Arkansas’ Educational Freedom Account program
Arkansas’ new Educational Freedom Account program of public funding for tuition and other private school costs is funding about 5,000 students and can take 1,500 more this school year, a state Department of Education leader said Tuesday. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
