Back 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.
Weekly UpdatesFlooding has caused more than $100 million in damage to infrastructure in Arkansas, according to the governor’s request for federal relief.
Weekly UpdatesDownload DOC The Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Commission distributes funds to seven public health programs. According to an independent evaluation, they’re meeting an overwhelming majority of their goals. The independent evaluation was by a team from the University of Central Arkansas at Conway. In its most recent report to the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare […]
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