Download DOC LITTLE ROCK – Earlier this year the legislature approved Act 302 to allow executions by nitrogen hypoxia. The act took effect on August 5, the same day 10 inmates on death row filed suit to challenge its constitutionality. Execution by nitrogen hypoxia occurs when the inmate is forced to breathe nitrogen and therefore […]
Weekly UpdatesDownload DOC LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas colleges and universities will spend about $279 million on athletics during the upcoming school year. State law requires all state-supported institutions of higher education to certify their budgeted revenues and expenditures for athletics. The results are submitted every summer to the state Higher Education Coordinating Board. State law also […]
Weekly UpdatesDownload DOC LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas tourism continued to grow last year, generating $17.4 billion to the state’s economy and supporting almost 72,000 jobs. Every year the state Department of Parks Heritage and Tourism commissions an analysis of the economic impact of tourism. In 2024 about 52 million visitors were welcomed in Arkansas, an increase […]
Weekly UpdatesDownload DOC LITTLE ROCK – The Arkansas sales tax holiday this year will be on the first weekend in August, Saturday and Sunday, August 2 and 3. Consumers will not have to pay sales tax on any articles of clothing that cost less than $100. The exempted items include pants, shirts, dresses and shoes. Also […]
Weekly UpdatesDownload DOC LITTLE ROCK – About 325,000 Arkansas children have qualified for Summer EBT, which provides them with $120 for food purchases during the months when they do not receive free or reduced priced meals at school. Last summer 293,000 children qualified. The program was new and didn’t start until the middle of the summer. […]
Weekly UpdatesDownload DOC LITTLE ROCK – After more than five years of steady progress in expanding research and outreach programs, the leading cancer institute in Arkansas is just about ready to apply for designation as a National Cancer Institute. Leadership at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock have […]
Weekly UpdatesDownload DOC LITTLE ROCK – More than 4,200 Arkansas teachers will receive merit bonuses averaging $3,325 as part of an incentive program created two years ago to retain the best teachers and recruit them in subject areas that are most in demand. The incentive program is part of the LEARNS Act, a sweeping series of […]
Weekly UpdatesDownload DOC Senator Irvin Pleased with UAMS Choosing Dr. Barnes as Interim Chancellor June 30, 2025 LITTLE ROCK — C. Lowry Barnes, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has been named interim chancellor of the university and will begin July 11. […]
News ReleasesDownload DOC LITTLE ROCK – Due to its growing popularity, legislators allocated an additional $90 million to Educational Freedom Accounts. The chief financial officer of the Education Department said that without the additional funds the state would not be able to make first quarter payments before the upcoming school year. The governor proposed and the […]
Weekly UpdatesDownload DOC LITTLE ROCK – Tuition will increase at almost all Arkansas universities and colleges in the fall. The University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees has approved tuition and fees for the school year that begins in the fall of 2025. The system comprises five four-year universities, several colleges in the medical school, an […]
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