Demographic analysis is powerful because it gives a window on the future. Metroplan is a regional planning agency that makes forecasts for central Arkansas. While our main task is transportation planning, our projections are used by private sources and government…
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Naloxone Project Takes Aim at Opioid Problem in Pulaski County
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffA new program in Pulaski County is taking aim at the problem of opioid use and overdoses, which continues to rise. Through the Naloxone Community Hero Project of the Arkansas Opioid Recovery Partnership (ARORP), the Wolfe Street Foundation has received…
A report from the Arkansas Lottery for the month of November shows that its revenue for the month increased some $11.4 million, almost 20%, over last year for a total of $58.5 million. The current revenue for the 2023 fiscal…
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Will Jones is Ready to Tackle Crime in Arkansas’s Sixth Judicial District
Will Jones is the Little Rock-based Sixth Judicial District’s newest elected prosecutor, taking over for Larry Jegley who’s stepping into retirement. Originally from Murfreesboro, Jones graduated from Henderson State University in 1998 and from the University of Arkansas School of…
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Arkansas Revokes Medical Marijuana Cultivator’s License
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffOn Monday, a Fort Smith-based medical marijuana cultivator’s license to operate was revoked by Doralee Chandler, head regulator of the state’s Medical Marijuana Commission (MMC). This news comes less than a month after a judge ruled the state erred when…
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Solar Array Groundbreaking to Pave Way for 90% Renewable Energy
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffPulaski County officials are planning to hold a groundbreaking on Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 10 a.m. for a new solar array in the Little Rock Port Authority Industrial Park. The array is expected to bring the county’s renewable energy usage…
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Big Dam Bridge Cycling Tour Bringing 2,800 to Little Rock This Weekend
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffCyclists from across the nation will participate in the Big Dam Bridge 100 Cycling Tour of Central Arkansas this Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. Crossing the longest bridge built specifically for cyclists, runners and walkers, the event is expected to draw…
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UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Names Singh as Director
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffSunny R. K. Singh, M.D., has recently been named the director of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute as a hematologist/oncologist and director of the UAMS Baptist Health Cancer Center in North Little Rock.…
Following the first Razorback game of the season this Saturday, Sept. 3, The Little Rock Touchdown Club will be meeting again on Tuesday, Sept. 6 with a presentation by Ed Orgeron. Orgeron is the former head football coach for the…
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NIH Awards Arkansas Children’s Research Institute $9.7M for Antifungal Therapy Study
by Mak Millardby Mak MillardThe National Institutes of Health recently awarded Arkansas Children’s Research Institute and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia $9.7 million in funding to conduct a unique study on antifungal therapy in children. The clinical trial will take place over seven years and…