"Hopefully this is a step towards universal free lunch as well in the not-too-distant future,” Fayetteville Public Schools Superintendent Dr. John Mulford said.

Past legislative efforts to bolster the industry have failed to create the transformative change once hoped for, but ...

Gov. Sanders signed three bills into law: a school phone ban, free school breakfasts, and Medicaid changes for pregnant ...

Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families expressed frustration that the law does not expand Medicaid coverage for ...

Legislation that Arkansas lawmakers and Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders have said will improve the state’s maternal health care landscape moved closer to becoming law Tuesday, February 18, 2025.

A year had passed since Doneysha Smith suffered a stillbirth and the memories of her loss lingered in 2023. The cremated ...

In 2023, shortly after state lawmakers began banning nearly all abortions, they passed what they called an innovative, business-friendly way to expand paid parental leave to millions of working Texans ...

A plethora of bills aimed at improving Arkansas’ economic development incentives is in the process of being filed and debated at the state Capitol. The Arkansas Economic Development Commission ...

A union of 650 tenure and tenure-track faculty at ISU is accusing the university’s administration of attempting to intimidate ...

Lawmakers are reviewing potential changes to the Child Interrogation Protection Act, a law that police argue is compromising public safety. The act, passed three years ago, prohibits police from ...

A Utah man was arrested this week after Arkansas State Police troopers found five kilos of cocaine in his vehicle.