Sanders’ maternal health plan would make it easier to get Medicaid — but not to keep it (Feb 6, 2025 18:28)
The bill includes presumptive Medicaid eligibility, higher payments to doctors and hosp...
‘Tort reform’ bill passes Senate, heads to governor’s desk (Feb 6, 2025 17:45)
The Arkansas Supreme Court has thrown out similar legislation before. Legal experts que...
Firearm safety in schools a misfire in House Ed committee (Feb 6, 2025 16:20)
A bill to require annual firearms safety instruction in public schools failed at the Ar...
Thursday Open Line (Feb 6, 2025 16:00)
Croissant form with Sargent Pepper, courtesy of the Grear family.
February’s ‘planetary parade’ is strutting its skystuff (Feb 6, 2025 14:06)
Your Valentine’s Day card from the cosmos awaits. Here’s how to accept it graciously.
$100M clean energy grant for Arkansas frozen by Trump executive order (Feb 6, 2025 12:42)
The recipients of the Climate Pollution Reduction Grant confirmed that they are not abl...
Hendrix professor Alex Vernon to publish biography of writer Tim O’Brien (Feb 6, 2025 11:55)
“Peace Is a Shy Thing: The Life and Art of Tim O’Brien” is the first literary biography...
11 new Arkansas properties added to National Register of Historic Places (Feb 6, 2025 10:46)
Eleven properties in Arkansas — a park, a shed, a post office, a general store, two hom...
Committee passes bill to give attorney general more power to block citizen-led ballot measures (Feb 5, 2025 21:46)
Rep. David Ray has tried before to water down citizens’ ability to change state law at ...
Senate committee passes tort reform bill to limit medical damages paid to injured plaintiffs (Feb 5, 2025 18:04)
There was widespread opposition to the tort reform proposal during public comments with...
AG Griffin’s crusade against trans athletes takes him to the White House (Feb 5, 2025 18:02)
Crotch-obsessed conservatives rack up another win, and Tim Griffin goes to the White Ho...
Disaffected Arkansans protest Trump in first major protest of his second term (Feb 5, 2025 16:14)
Protestors frequently cited encroaching authoritarianism and attacks on minorities as t...
Disaffected Arkansans decry Trump in first major protest of his second term (Feb 5, 2025 16:14)
Protestors frequently cited encroaching authoritarianism and attacks on minorities as t...
AMFA restaurant curates menu for Diego Rivera exhibition (Feb 5, 2025 16:10)
“Rivera’s Paris,” the latest show at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, opens on Friday,...
Wednesday Open Line (Feb 5, 2025 16:00)
Balling with Culture Editor Daniel Grear.
Fake pregnancy clinics deceive while lawmakers reward them (Feb 5, 2025 14:49)
A new bill would give tax breaks for donations to crisis pregnancy centers, those faux ...
Arkansas AG sues tree trimmer for price gouging tornado victims (Feb 5, 2025 13:02)
Tim Griffin is suing Capital City Tree Service, a Little Rock tree-trimming company, an...
Bipartisan breakfast bill starts off strong, passing the Senate Education Committee (Feb 5, 2025 12:21)
Universal school breakfast bill clears the first key hurdle on its way to becoming law.
Catching up with ‘The Barber of Little Rock’ (Feb 5, 2025 12:09)
Arlo Washington, founder of the first Black-owned bank in Arkansas and star of the Osca...
Move over NCAA Tournament, the Arkansas Legislature’s annual charity basketball tournament is back (Feb 5, 2025 11:56)
After six consecutive losses and two torn Achilles tendons, the disgraced Arkansas Hous...