News from around Arkansas
The study found that the average cost of child care in Arkansas is $17,500 per year for a family with two young children, or 27% of Arkansans’ annual median household income
Army veteran Bryan Norris and state Sen. Kim Hammer are advancing to a runoff later this month for the Republican nomination for secretary of state
As war shuts down shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, farmers are seeing spikes in urea and diesel prices just as planting season has begun in Arkansas
Two veteran Arkansas lawmakers are fighting for their political lives in Tuesday’s Republican primaries, with a barrage of mailers and ads funded by outside groups casting them as insufficiently conservative against challengers backed by GOP Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders
In light of multiple school districts across Arkansas severing ties with Lifetouch photography over concerns that its parent company’s former owner and alleged links to the Jeffrey Epstein files, Arkadelphia Public Schools will not drop its current contract with the company
Arkansas will begin checking the employment status of some Medicaid beneficiaries this summer under what’s being billed as a “soft launch” of work requirements that aren’t set to be enforced until next year
Public television supporters are ramping up a campaign aimed at reversing Arkansas’ decision to cut ties with PBS, forming a new advocacy group chaired by two former state first ladies and hosting a top PBS leader for a public forum
