LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas has been developing a statewide response to the growing health crisis created by Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. During the 2023 session the...

LITTLE ROCK – Funds are now available from the settlement of a massive lawsuit against opioid distributors, and will be awarded to projects that have demonstrated...

The Unofficial Primary Results are in and the results are: U.S. Senate: DEM Natalie James - 1,012, LIB Kenneth Cates - 105, REP John Boozman - 3,342, Total Votes Cast -...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced today that it will waive day use fees at its more than 2,850 USACE-operated...

LITTLE ROCK – Legislators have begun budget hearings in preparation for the 2023 regular session. Members of the Joint Budget Committee and the Legislative Council will...

The White River Irrigation District (WRID) recently received $5 million to continue work on portions of the Grand Prairie Irrigation project. “We will use the funding...

LITTLE ROCK – When Arkansas voters go to the polls on November 8, they will determine the fate of four proposed amendments to the state Constitution. Three of the...

LITTLE ROCK – The state Division of Children and Family Services continues to struggle with high staff turnover and high caseloads for family service workers. The two...

LITTLE ROCK – In the fiscal session earlier this year the legislature appropriated a million dollars for pregnancy resource centers. The state has awarded grants...

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR), Gary Peters (D-MI), Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Mike Rounds (R-SD) introduced Gerald’s Law Act, bipartisan legislation that would...

LITTLE ROCK – Over the next three years about 3,200 Arkansans with disabilities will be able to get Medicaid services at home or in their community, rather than in an...

The Intergovernmental Cooperative Council met for the first time in nearly a year. The meeting was hosted by DeWitt Mayor Jimmy Black and was held at the Boyd Farmhouse...

LITTLE ROCK – The Senate and House Committees on Education are scheduled to vote on next year’s adequacy report at their meeting in early October. The committees went...

LITTLE ROCK – At first glance, arts and technology would appear to be opposites in how they are taught and how they affect economic development. However, a bipartisan...

LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas has begun the process of expanding Medicaid services so that more pregnant women can qualify for the government health care program. The expanded...