Last year 426 Arkansas residents died from a drug overdose, according to death certificates filed with the state Health Department. That is an increase in fatal drug overdoses from 2017, when 417 people in Arkansas died from drugs.
Weekly UpdatesDownload DOC With the opening of the 2019-2020 school year, there are 26 open enrollment charter schools in Arkansas. Two new ones are scheduled to open this year in Pulaski County. The state Charter School Authorizing Panel recently recommended approval of an application for a new school set to open in Bentonville in 2020-2021. When […]
Weekly UpdatesBack to school in Arkansas means that more than 6,000 buses will transport 350,000 students to and from school.
Weekly UpdatesReading helps children avoid the “summer slide,” when lazy days can make them forget what they’ve learned over the previous year.
Weekly UpdatesA new law requiring stricter labeling of food products has placed Arkansas in the middle of an international dispute over truth in labeling.
Weekly UpdatesMany of the bills approved by lawmakers earlier this year become effective on July 24, which is the 91st day after the legislature adjourned.
Weekly UpdatesThe state Human Services Department is reviewing every case this year in which people have been denied assisted living or home care services in the Living Choices and ARChoices programs.
Weekly UpdatesDownload DOC The state Division of Youth Services (DYS) closed a secure facility at Dermott, which was the second closing of a juvenile lockup this year. With support from the legislature, officials at DYS are changing their basic approach to handling adolescents who get in trouble with the law. Rather than relying primarily on locking […]
Weekly UpdatesState officials announced that school nurses will be provided with kits containing naloxone nasal spray, which helps keep alive people alive when they have overdosed on painkillers known as opioids.
Weekly UpdatesThe legislature updated Arkansas school choice laws when it approved Act 754 of 2019 earlier this year.
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