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Alexander, Arkansas – Arkansas has been named the most pro-life state in the United States for the seventh consecutive year by Americans United for Life, an organization that evaluates state laws related to abortion and other issues involving the protection of human life. Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders joined representatives...
A new $1.9 billion steelmaking investment in northeast Arkansas is set to connect iron ore mined in Minnesota with advanced factories serving the automotive, appliance and solar industries. U.S. Steel broke ground Oct. 30 on a direct-reduced-iron facility at its Big River Steel Works campus in Osceola, near the Mississippi...
North Little Rock School District’s restoration of access to 50 books on Epic! turns on a procedural point: no formal complaint had been filed against those titles. An Oct. 23 memo allowed teachers to make the books available again after administrators reviewed a revised library materials policy and a district committee recommended restoring access, the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported. District spokesman Dustin Barnes cited community input in explaining the policy revision, the newspaper reported.
MAYFLOWER, Ark. (KATV) — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission plans to close Lake Conway’s gates Dec. 2, allowing the lake to begin holding water after three years of renovation work. Officials announced the next step Monday evening during a public meeting at Mayflower High School. Closing the...
Rick Crawford has won the race for Arkansas' 1st Congressional District, according to AP News, defeating Terri Yarbrough Green and Steve Parsons in Tuesday's general election. With 32% of votes counted, Crawford received 42,447 votes, or 70.5%, compared with Yarbrough Green's 15,741 votes (26.1%) and Parsons' 2,021 votes (3.4%). The...
Arkansas could eventually find itself on the menu for In-N-Out Burger as the California-born restaurant chain continues expanding east. According to Patch.com, In-N-Out owner and president Lynsi Snyder-Ellingson recently named Arkansas as one of several states that could be considered for future expansion. She discussed the company’s growth during an interview with actor Terry Crews released in recognition of In-N-Out’s 78th anniversary.
Republicans and Democrats spent Monday night rallying supporters ahead of Election Day, while election officials prepared for another busy day at the polls.
Iowa adults on the state’s Medicaid expansion plan face a new work and activity rule starting Dec. 1, 2026. It comes a month ahead of the Jan. 1, 2027 date when the federal law signed by President Donald Trump requires every expansion state to put the same rule in place. Anyone aged 19 to 64 […]
Dr. April Chatham Carpenter is a University of Arkansas at Little Rock communications professor who teaches courses on civil dialogue and conflict management. Dr. Glen White is a retired psychologist. She leans right. He leans left. But they both believe that Americans should be able to sit across the table...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Arkansas election officials say more than 605,000 voters have already cast ballots ahead of Election Day, with the final day of early voting setting a new single-day turnout record for the 2026 election cycle. According to the Arkansas Secretary of State’s Office, 605,486 Arkansans voted...
Voters across North Central Arkansas and the ArkansasRadio.com coverage area head to the polls Tuesday, November 3, to decide contested local and statewide races, including elections for mayor, sheriff, county judge, city council and other offices. Several communities will elect new mayors, while others will decide whether incumbents stay in...
In addition to voting for candidates and statewide ballot measures on November 3, 2026, voters across Arkansas may also have the opportunity to vote on local ballot measures in their county, city, or locality. The issues include a sales tax vote in Lewisville, and the Sunday sale of alcohol in...
With nearly 50 million young Americans eligible to vote, including 8 million first-time national voters, local communities in Arkansas are witnessing a remarkable increase in youth turnout.
All politics is local, as the adage goes. In Arkansas, this year’s midterm campaigns are revealing that data center politics is primarily local too. The concern over data centers has prompted a local backlash in Arkansas, with several communities enacting measures to block their construction or impose new restrictions. But unlike in states like Ohio […]
C&C Tree Services of Arkansas in Little Rock is a family-owned and -operated tree service business that has served homeowners around central Arkansas for more than 45 years. Much more than just removing unwanted limbs and trees — which they do efficiently and affordably — father-and-son duo Chuck and Chase Shamlin specialize in providing a variety of top-notch services for outdoor spaces.
The Arkansas Department of Human Services partnered with nonprofit Project Zero to launch National Adoption Month with a commemorative run by Tiffany Wright and an upcoming Chasing Zero 5K race.
When rain falls on Election Day, research has shown that voter turnout tends to decrease by one percent. That may not sound like a lot, but it can have massive implications. History has shown us that every vote counts, and therefore matters. In fact, since 2018, there have been 14...
More than 605,000 Arkansans cast early ballots for the 2026 election cycle, including a record-breaking single-day turnout on the final day of early voting.
Arkansas has been widely known as a “red state” for much of its recent history, with it being reliably red for the past 26 years. In honor of the upcoming election, allow me to explore what it would mean for Arkansas if Democrats won. Arkansas has not always...
ELECTION DAY: Voters pack polls on Election Day; Arkansas reports record 600,000 early ballots
