Where will the next nuclear plant be built?
There’s too much demand between data centers, electric vehicles and the other ways we use electricity. Other energy sources including natural gas and solar won’t provide enough by themselves.
Category: Arkansas
News from around Arkansas
Arkansas Advocate: Watermelons and Arkansas politics collide in Hope festival
In a town that’s moved further to the right over the decades, politics was a sore subject even as candidates worked the crowds or faced off in its infamously messy watermelon-eating contest
Arkansas Advocate: Appeals court allows Arkansas to enforce law restricting library materials
The two sections create criminal liability for librarians who distribute content that some consider “obscene” or “harmful to minors,” and give city and county governing bodies the final say over library content
Arkansas Advocate: Petitions for Arkansas direct democracy proposal fall short, secretary of state says
All signatures submitted in favor of putting on the November ballot a proposal to strengthen Arkansas’ initiative and referendum process were tossed because none of them were countable under state law, the secretary of state’s office announced Thursday
Arkansas’ smoking ban just turned 20. Can the state find common ground on public health again?
Just 20 years ago, trying to avoid smoke in Arkansas was an onerous task
Arkansas Advocate: Facing financial headwinds, rural Arkansas hospitals turn to partnerships
Arkansas’ largest state-funded healthcare institution recently partnered with two rural hospitals in an effort to improve care, a move that health leaders say could provide a model for providers facing financial strain
Arkansas Advocate: An Arkansas community founded by Italian immigrants becomes a flashpoint over ICE
Immigrant advocacy group boycotting 127th annual Tontitown Grape Festival