Consultant sues Little Rock housing agency
A Little Rock consulting firm is suing the governing board of the city's public housing authority for terminating a contract last year, claiming the move was i…
A Little Rock consulting firm is suing the governing board of the city's public housing authority for terminating a contract last year, claiming the move was i…
The Arkansas Department of Health reported a slight increase in active, or currently infectious, covid-19 cases Saturday, a shift from a downward trend that ac…
The Arkansas Department of Health reported Saturday that more Arkansans had contracted the coronavirus than recovered from it during the previous 24 hours. It …
Almost $9 million of Arkansas' pandemic rent relief funds were taken back by the U.S. Treasury Department to be distributed to more populous states, the depart…
The ongoing civil trial challenging four new Arkansas voting laws has raised questions about whether the laws will make the state's elections more secure or ma…
The legal challenge to four new state voter laws saw its first day in court Tuesday, with the League of Women Voters and other plaintiffs claiming the laws del…
Larry Tyler wants to live just one day longer than his wife, Earlene.
The number of Arkansas covid-19 patients in intensive care rose Saturday after two consecutive days of reaching its lowest level since June 2021.
Shawnee, a gray horse raised to work for the Arkansas Department of Corrections, was supposed to breed more horses for the department.
The number of Arkansans hospitalized with covid-19 fell for the eighth consecutive day on Saturday, though the number of those patients in intensive care saw t…
A ballot question committee formed in February to thwart another group's efforts to remove through a statewide ballot measure the provision in the Arkansas Con…
The number of Arkansans hospitalized with covid-19 dropped below 400 Saturday for the first time since Nov. 29, 2021, shortly before the surge of the omicron v…
Marina Amdream became emotional on the Arkansas Capitol steps as she read a poem written by her mother, who lives in the small Ukrainian city of Izyum.
The number of Arkansans hospitalized with covid-19 on Saturday dropped below 400 for the first time since Nov. 29, shortly before the surge of the omicron vari…
Benton and Washington counties are set to receive an additional $23 million to distribute to tenants who are behind on rent and utilities because of covid-19, …
Told to get vaccinated, one state employee insisted, "I leave all medical issues in God's hands."
Covid-19 hospitalizations in Arkansas resumed their downward trend Saturday after Friday saw an increase for the first time in several days, according to data …
Covid-19 hospitalizations in Arkansas resumed their downward trend Saturday, with 41 fewer Arkansans hospitalized with the disease, according to the Arkansas D…
Arkansas hospitals continue to see fewer covid-19 patients, including those on ventilators and in intensive care units, according to data published Saturday by…
Little Rock is reviving a program that pays homeless individuals hourly wages for day labor after the city board of directors approved a $150,000 contract last…
The Arkansas Department of Health reported that active coronavirus cases fell to 11,909 on Saturday, exactly four weeks after the state hit an all-time one-day…
More than 10,000 Arkansans have now died of covid-19 in almost two years, according to data from the Arkansas Department of Health.
Arkansas reported the state's 10,000th death from covid-19 on Saturday, less than 700 days after reporting its first. It was among 48 covid deaths reported Sat…
The tenants challenging Arkansas' criminal eviction statute, the only one of its kind in the nation, are now facing a separate civil eviction filing that could…
A Pulaski County justice of the peace was barred from entering a county meeting on Tuesday, the second time in just over a month that he has faced consequences…
The number of Arkansans hospitalized with covid-19 continued to fall Saturday for the fifth day in a row, according to data from the Arkansas Department of Hea…
The Arkansas Rural Health Partnership will have a new chief executive May 1, while the outgoing CEO will take on a new leadership role, the nonprofit announced…
The covid-19 death toll reported by the Arkansas Department of Health rose by 31 on Saturday, to 9,793. The 177 covid deaths reported since Sunday means that o…
The Arkansas Department of Human Services paused applications for pandemic rental assistance Friday and announced a change to the program at the urging of some…
Arkansas lawmakers Friday approved requests from three state agencies to implement covid-19 vaccination requirements, with religious and medical exemptions, fo…
The Arkansas Legislative Council approved requests Friday for three state agencies to implement covid-19 vaccination mandates, which will allow for religious a…
Nearly 24,000 Arkansans had their medical debts paid off by philanthropic organizations, the groups announced Thursday morning.
Nearly 24,000 Arkansans had their medical debts paid off by philanthropic donors and organizations, several groups announced Thursday morning in a virtual town…
Saturday marked Arkansas' third day in a row with a record number of currently infectious covid-19 cases, according to data from the state's Department of Heal…
Arkansas reported 1,659 covid-19 patients in hospitals on Saturday, a fifth consecutive daily record. Data from the Arkansas Department of Health also show 102…
The governing board of Little Rock's public housing authority tapped the agency's interim director of four months to officially fill the position.
The Arkansas Department of Human Services asked the state Legislature on Wednesday for permission to require employees at seven of its health care facilities t…
The Arkansas Department of Human Services asked the state Legislature Wednesday for permission to require employees at seven of its health care facilities to b…
Currently infectious covid-19 cases in Arkansas topped 90,000 Saturday, an increase of more than 30,000 in a week, according to data from the Arkansas Departme…
Residents of 11 mountainous counties in Arkansas will receive weather advisories, watches and warnings based on elevation from the National Weather Service sta…
The Arkansas Department of Health reported 11,596 new cases of covid-19 on Saturday, the second-highest daily increase ever. Arkansas has recorded 675,790 case…
State-run medical providers mulled over how to proceed Thursday after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a covid-19 vaccination requirement at facilities that recei…
After four consecutive days of record-setting new covid-19 cases, Arkansas recorded 8,171 new cases Saturday, 263 fewer than Friday's latest record but still 3…
Miguel Lopez knew few other Hispanic students in school as a child in Central Arkansas.
The Arkansas Department of Health recorded 8,171 new covid-19 cases on Saturday. It was the state's second-highest daily increase ever, but it also broke a run…
A longtime Pulaski Academy physics teacher wants to challenge the school in court after he lost his job and was escorted out of the building Monday for refusin…
LITTLE ROCK -- Little Rock Police Chief Keith Humphrey was on administrative leave Saturday as Arkansas State Police investigated an officer-involved shooting …
New covid-19 cases in Arkansas topped 4,000 Saturday for the second time in three days, according to data from the Arkansas Department of Health.
Little Rock Police Chief Keith Humphrey was on administrative leave Saturday as Arkansas State Police investigated an officer-involved shooting on New Year's E…
New covid-19 cases in Arkansas topped 4,000 on Saturday for the fourth time since the pandemic began, according to data from the Arkansas Department of Health.…