Arkansas’ senators split on debt limit bill approved by Senate

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate took a crucial step forward Thursday in assuring the country can continue meeting its financial obligations when the chamber approved a debt ceiling package. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Attorney asks for disqualification of Arkansas Attorney General’s Office from medical marijuana license lawsuit

An attorney for a rejected medical marijuana cultivator asked the judge in its lawsuit to disqualify the Arkansas attorney general’s office from the case in a motion filed Tuesday. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Arkansas delegation backs debt ceiling bill

Arkansas’ delegates in the U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday in support of a legislative package that includes a debt ceiling suspension and spending restrictions. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Central Arkansas Library System’s galleries, bookstore closed ahead of Main Library overhaul

The Central Arkansas Library System’s bookstore and gallery space in downtown Little Rock closed its doors permanently Wednesday, a casualty of the coming overhaul of the nearby Main Library. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Crawford County faces federal civil rights lawsuit after moving of LGBTQ children’s books in libraries

FORT SMITH — Some Crawford County residents have filed a federal civil-rights lawsuit in response to what the lawsuit describes as unlawful censorship of material in county libraries. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Little Rock office furniture shop reborn as Arkansas Virtual Academy’s new home

Head of School Amy Johnson uses “unique,” “funky” and “fluid” to describe the expansive new headquarters for the Arkansas Virtual Academy in downtown Little Rock. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Arkansas attorney general asks court to reverse ruling blocking LEARNS Act from taking effect

Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin filed an emergency motion Tuesday asking the Arkansas Supreme Court to reverse a lower court ruling that temporarily blocked the LEARNS Act from taking effect. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

A forestry mystery: What’s attacking Arkansas’ state tree?

The loblolly pine is a trademark feature of south Arkansas’ landscape, but something is attacking and, in some cases, even killing Arkansas’ state tree. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

New chancellor takes reins of Pulaski Tech

University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College Chancellor Summer DeProw’s former life as a decorated horseman may seem far afield from her roles in higher education leadership. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

North Little Rock ceremony remembers fallen Arkansans’ sacrifices

A small crowd of family, friends, veterans and government officials gathered at the Arkansas State Veterans Cemetery in North Little Rock on Monday for the laying of a wreath to honor the more than 8,100 veterans who have been interred there since it was originally dedicated in 2001. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured…

Saline County library facing more scrutiny

The Saline County Library board delayed a vote earlier in the month that would grant the county judge power to relocate or remove “controversial” books from youth sections in the Benton and Bryant locations. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

State co-sponsoring U.K. festival again

The Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism is spending $84,000 as a co-sponsor this year of the Black Deer Festival of Americana music in Kent, England, after having first sponsored the event in 2022. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Little Rock stays committed to digital information kiosks

For almost five years, “smart kiosks” across downtown Little Rock have stood ready to offer passersby help finding places to eat, shop and discover around town — and they’re expected to stick around for a while longer. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Arkansas lobbyists’ $540,000 in expenses down from $710,000 reported in 2019 regular session

Lobbyists registered in Arkansas reported total expenses of about $540,000 during the Arkansas General Assembly’s regular session this year, after lobbyists didn’t hold events to provide food and drink for state lawmakers and largely stayed away from the state Capitol during the 2021 regular session amid the covid-19 pandemic. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top…

Federal Aviation Administration notified of ‘potentially noncompliant activity’ tied to Little Rock public-relations firm

The head of the state’s largest airport recently notified the Federal Aviation Administration of “potentially noncompliant activity” related to the disadvantaged business enterprise certification of The Design Group, a Little Rock public relations and marketing firm that previously served as an airport subcontractor. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press…

House Speaker Matthew Shepherd expresses concerns over funding crisis for rural health care, hospitals

House Speaker Matthew Shepherd says he is concerned about funding for rural health care and hospitals. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Arkansas Division of Workforce Services closing 9 Workforce Centers as part of restructuring effort

The Arkansas Division of Workforce Services is closing nine of its Workforce Centers and leaving 17 other Workforce Centers open, a division spokeswoman said Friday, in what the agency described as a restructuring of its Workforce Centers across the state to increase program flexibility and reach more Arkansans. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured…

LEARNS Act is not yet in effect, judge decides

The LEARNS Act championed by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and passed by the Arkansas General Assembly earlier this year is not yet in effect and, as a result, the state Board of Education has no authority to enter into a “transformation contract” for the operation of the Marvell-Elaine School District, Pulaski County Circuit Judge Herbert…

State voting machines suit moved to federal court

A lawsuit seeking to stop Arkansas election officials from using bar-code voting machines was moved this week from Pulaski County Circuit Court to federal court. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Trustees approve UA System schools tuition and fees for next year

The University of Arkansas board of trustees approved 2023-24 tuition and fees at its institutions Thursday, as well as several new programs — including a historic engineering degree at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Barnett wants 3 months to prepare for prison

A Gravette man wants three months to “arrange for his affairs” before he reports to prison to begin serving a 4½-year sentence for his role in the U.S. Capitol riot of Jan. 6, 2021. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Central Arkansas Library System’s board authorizes legal challenge to library materials law

The Central Arkansas Library System’s board of directors in a voice vote Thursday authorized a lawsuit in federal court challenging elements of Act 372, a new state law that exposes library personnel to criminal prosecution and allows decisions regarding the appropriateness of items held in the collection to be appealed to local elected officials. Continue…

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