Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders will again send members of the Arkansas National Guard to the southern U.S. border in Texas to assist state authorities working to curb illegal immigration. Roughly 40 Arkansas guardsmen and women will deploy from April 1…
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Next year is packed with potential shifts in the economy but many economists and investment analysts expect that the country will likely avoid a recession in 2024 even as growth slows in the first half of the year. States Newsroom talked to economists…
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Arkansas Growers Donate 240k Pounds of Rice to Food Banks
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffFood banks across Arkansas will share in a 240,000-pound donation of rice from the Arkansas Rice Federation, Arkansas Food Bank CEO Brian Burton said at an event at the Food Bank on Wednesday. The donation, equivalent to 1.8 million servings,…
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Arkansas LEARNS Repeal Group, in Reversal, Claims It Gathered Enough Signatures for Ballot Effort
Citizens of Arkansas for Public Education and Students (CAPES) now believes it collected enough signatures to continue its effort to repeal the LEARNS Act through a 2024 ballot referendum. CAPES Executive Director Steve Grappe initially feared the group fell just short of…
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Walton Arts Center Board Members Resign After CEO’s Decision on Drag Events
Six members of the Walton Arts Center Board of Directors announced their resignations Friday afternoon in light of the center’s decision not to host drag events for minors during Northwest Arkansas Pride celebrations next month. “After careful consideration, we are compelled by…
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Southwest Arkansas District Asked to Stop Encouraging Christianity in Public Schools
A national nonprofit that advocates for the separation of church and state asked a Southwest Arkansas school district on Tuesday to stop distributing Bibles at an elementary school and leading students in prayer, according to a Tuesday news release. The Freedom…
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Lawsuit Filed Against Arkansas Challenging the LEARNS Act
A group of Arkansans filed a lawsuit Monday claiming that the state Board of Education took unconstitutional action when it authorized a “transformation contract” between the Marvell-Elaine School District and the Friendship Education Foundation last week. Little Rock attorney Ali Noland filed…
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Arkansas Legislators File Two Bills Related to Abortion During Spring Break
Arkansas legislators filed two bills Wednesday morning pertaining to abortion, which is all but illegal in the state. Arkansas has one of the nation’s strictest abortion bans, Act 180 of 2019, with the sole exception “to save the life of…
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Wednesday unveiled some details of her long-awaited education overhaul plan, which includes raising the minimum teacher salary to $50,000 and rolling out a new school voucher program that will eventually be available to all Arkansans.…
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Anti-Drag Bill Passes Arkansas Senate Committee, Opponents Rally Outside Capitol
Dozens — including drag performers and transgender Arkansans — stood on the Arkansas State Capitol steps Thursday afternoon and sang “Seasons of Love” to the assembled crowd, an act of defiance against a proposed law approved by a legislative committee…