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If a voter wants a say in who represents him in the Arkansas Legislature, then he needs to vote in a preferential party primary when there is one, election results show. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

The Great Resignation, the economic trend in which millions of Americans have quit their jobs en masse, includes Rock Region Metro bus drivers. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

One new death was reported in Arkansas from covid-19 Sunday, marking the lowest daily increase in deaths since the weekend after Thanksgiving, according to data from the Arkansas Department of Health. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

In the earliest days of the pandemic in March 2020, when even the world’s best scientists knew almost nothing about combating it, the new coronavirus killed 35 residents at a nursing home in Washington state. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Arkansas hospitals continue to see fewer covid-19 patients, including those on ventilators and in intensive care units, according to data published Saturday by the state Department of Health. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Political campaigns in Arkansas may have been underway for months, but come Tuesday it will be time for candidates to start making things official. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

A day after falling below 1,000 for the first time in more than a month, the number of covid-19 patients in Arkansas hospitals kept plummeting on Friday as the state’s new case numbers also continued to decline. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

The American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas said it will wait to appeal Thursday’s order from a federal judge that dismissed its lawsuit challenging Arkansas’ newly drawn state House districts. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Melissa Taverner will continue on as president of Lyon College after a unanimous vote by the school’s board of trustees, the college announced Friday. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

U.S. District Court Judge Lee Rudofsky issued an order Thursday dismissing a lawsuit arguing that Arkansas’ new state House districts violate federal civil rights law. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Dropping for the 17th day in a row, the number of people hospitalized with covid-19 in Arkansas fell below 1,000 Thursday for the first time in more than a month as the state’s new case numbers also continued to decline. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

The Arkansas Racing Commission’s proposed rule that would allow the state’s casinos to begin accepting mobile sports bets from throughout Arkansas cleared a legislative panel Thursday. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Walmart muscled through rising inflation and snarled global supply chains to post strong fourth quarter results Thursday. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

The Arkansas Senate on Wednesday tabled for the rest of the fiscal session three resolutions that would authorize the introduction of anti-abortion bills, including two identical measures that would couple a Texas-style civil cause of action with a ban on abortion except to save the life of the mother. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top…

Arkansas’ death toll from the coronavirus rose Wednesday by 49 — the largest single-day increase in more than a year — even as the state’s new cases and number of hospitalized virus patients continued to fall from the heights they reached during a surge driven by the omicron variant. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top…

The Arkansas Charter Authorizing Panel on Tuesday endorsed plans for a fifth Haas Hall Academy charter school campus, this one in Fort Smith and affiliated with the private Arkansas Colleges of Health Education. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Two bids to allow the Arkansas General Assembly to consider legislation coupling a Texas-style cause of action with a ban on abortion except to save the life of the mother failed Tuesday afternoon in the Arkansas Senate. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

The Arkansas Department of Transportation said it will appeal a ruling that bars the agency from spending money from Amendment 101 on 30 Crossing, the $1 billion project to remake the 6.7-mile I-30 corridor through downtown Little Rock and North Little Rock. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release…

Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Monday called for the Arkansas General Assembly to authorize using about $45 million in state surplus funds to make a one-time, $5,000 payment to each city and county certified law enforcement officer, as well as transferring $10 million in state surplus funds to the public safety equipment grant program. Continue Reading…

Arkansas health officials on Monday identified the state’s second coronavirus case known to be caused by an omicron subvariant, sometimes called “stealth omicron,” as the number of people hospitalized in the state with covid-19 fell for the 14th day in a row. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release…

A judge has enjoined the the Arkansas Department of Transportation from spending any money on the $1 billion 30 Crossing project generated by a state sales tax set to take effect next year. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

While active covid-19 cases continue a downward trend in the state, deaths remained high with 40 reported Sunday, according to data from the Arkansas Department of Health. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service