Arkansas Blog

Sunday open line

You know what to do. It’s dragon-slaying time! The Arkansas Times, which relentlessly defends the fundamental rights and liberties in our community, stands as ...

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UA Little Rock Receives $4.2 Million Gift from Trinity Foundation to Strengthen Early Childhood Education Across Arkansas

The Trinity Foundation has made a significant $4.2 million grant to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock to support early childhood education (ECE) ...

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A startup promised 45,000 EV jobs to struggling towns, including Pine Bluff. They’re still waiting.

Floodlight, a nonprofit journalistic organization that looks at the forces impeding climate action, is the source of this report. Get the Floodlight newsletter by ...

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Arkansas legislators to hold hearing on Franklin County prison

In response to a request for a probe of the site decision, a co-chair of the Legislature’s Joint Performance Review Committee announced that the ...

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Arkansas Department of Education claws back $300k in damages from terminated school voucher contract 

The Arkansas Department of Education has received $300,000 in damages from Student First Technologies, a company contracted to assist Arkansas in overseeing its school ...

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Monday open line

What s on your mind? It’s dragon-slaying time! The Arkansas Times, which relentlessly defends the fundamental rights and liberties in our community, stands as ...

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It’s time to have an honest, facts-based debate about wind energy in Arkansas

Subscribe to the Climate Watch Newsletter The first free newsletter in Arkansas devoted to examining how Arkansans are adjusting to climate change is called ...

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Former UCA president and state higher education chief Lu Hardin has died

Lu Hardindied, the president of the University of Central Arkansas, the chairman of the state department of higher education, and a former state senator, ...

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Trump EPA moves to cancel solar funding for low-income Arkansans

The Environmental Protection Agency declared that $93 million that had previously been set aside for solar energy projects for low-income areas in Mississippi and ...

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Democrat Chris Jones sets sights on Rep. French Hill’s seat

According to filings submitted to the Federal Election Commission, Democrat Chris Jones intends to defeat Republican Representative French Hill in 2026. Jones, the Democratic ...

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