News from around Arkansas
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
Just 20 years ago, trying to avoid smoke in Arkansas was an onerous task
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
Immigrant advocacy group boycotting 127th annual Tontitown Grape Festival
Shoppers will not pay the state’s 6.5% sales tax on all qualified items. Local sales tax will also not apply.
A settlement was reached between 42 states and 23andMe, a genetic-testing company whose data breach impacted some 6.9 million Americans
Jeremy Hutchinson, a former Republican state legislator convicted in a sprawling corruption probe and pardoned by President Donald Trump, said he plans to advocate for establishing a compassionate release program in Arkansas during next year’s legislative session
