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Welcome to "Arkies in the Beltway" for the week of Oct. 1, 2023. I'm Alex Thomas, Washington Correspondent for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
by Alex Thomas October 1, 2023Despite the headwinds facing higher education, fall enrollment is up 3% from this time last year across the University of Arkansas System.
by Ryan Anderson October 1, 2023ARLINGTON, Texas -- Texas A&M delivered a painful loss in Saturday's 34-22 decision against the University of Arkansas.
by Tom Murphy October 1, 2023ARLINGTON, Texas -- Quarterback KJ Jefferson set two University of Arkansas career records on Saturday against Texas A&M, but they didn't come easily in the Ag…
by Bob Holt October 1, 2023ARLINGTON, Texas -- Bobby Petrino doesn't lose in AT&T Stadium.
by Bob Holt October 1, 2023On the afternoon of March 31, Theba Lolley and her mother, Barbara, were going about their daily routines at their home in the Foxcroft neighborhood of Little …
by Sheila Yount Special to the Democrat-Gazette October 1, 2023LITTLE ROCK -- Dr. Joseph Bates, a physician and Arkansas Department of Health official who transformed tuberculosis treatment with pioneering outpatient thera…
by Aaron Gettinger October 1, 2023LITTLE ROCK -- Arkansas' notoriously high rate of maternal and infant mortality and the efficacy of covid-19 vaccines were two topics that dominated the discus…
by My Ly October 1, 2023Four people were killed and three more were injured in crashes on Arkansas roads Thursday and Friday morning, according to preliminary fatality reports from st…
by Grant Lancaster October 1, 2023TOLEDO, Ohio -- United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain on Saturday warned autoworkers on strike not to let messaging from the Detroit Three automakers persua…
by BREANA NOBLE THE DETROIT NEWS (TNS) October 1, 2023WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court is returning to a new term to take up some familiar topics -- guns and abortion -- and concerns about ethics swirling around th…
by Graham Underwood October 1, 2023WASHINGTON -- The threat of a federal government shutdown ended late Saturday, hours before a midnight deadline, as Congress approved a temporary funding bill …
by COMPILED BY DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS October 1, 2023m Gerardo Merida, police chief for Mexico's Sinaloa state, says a doctor was apparently "collateral damage" in a shootout that left three other people dead whe…
by Compiled by Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports October 1, 2023m A New York City massage therapist is reportedly suing actor Kevin Spacey, claiming the 64-year-old actor booked several massages with him at a Flatiron Distr…
by Compiled by Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports October 1, 2023Federal prosecutors said in a Friday night filing that former President Donald Trump may have broken the law if he bought a handgun at a recent campaign stop i…
by Graham Underwood October 1, 2023RALEIGH, N.C -- A federal judge on Saturday blocked two portions of North Carolina's new abortion law from taking effect while a lawsuit continues. But nearly …
by GARY D. ROBERTSON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS October 1, 2023KYIV, Ukraine -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday insisted that the residents of four Ukrainian regions that Moscow illegally annexed a year ago "m…
by SUSIE BLANN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS October 1, 2023Northwest Arkansas educators said they want to harness the power of ChatGPT to help students learn while curbing potential abuse of the technology.
by Al Gaspeny October 1, 2023WASHINGTON -- Longer lines at airports, missed paychecks, shuttered national parks and delayed economic data -- those were some of the potential impacts of a o…
by MICHELLE JAMRISKO AND JENNIFER A. DLOUHY BLOOMBERG NEWS (TNS) October 1, 2023