Federal judge ends desegregation order for south Arkansas’ Camden Fairview, Harmony Grove school districtsA decades-old federal court settlement restricting the transfer of white students from one south Arkansas school district to a neighboring school district is no longer in effect.Arkansas Online3d agoWhole story →JusticeEducationdesegregation order ended
Arkansas basketball notebook: John Calipari speaks on Protect College Sports Act, Primetime at the PalaceCalipari spoke for over five minutes when he was asked about the bill, which passed in the U.S. Senate by a 77-22 vote on Monday.Arkansas Online5d agoWhole story →EducationGovernmentprotect college sports act passage
University of Arkansas to get $1.95 million in federal money for biomedical research programFAYETTEVILLE -- The University of Arkansas has announced it will receive $1.95 million over the next five years from the National Institutes of Health to help provide hands-on biomedical research experience for students across the state.Arkansas Online12d agoWhole story →HealthEducationnih grant announcement
State argues federal judge’s ruling that bans Ten Commandments displays in Arkansas public schools was wrongST. LOUIS -- Attorneys for the state of Arkansas made their case Tuesday for reversing a district judge's ruling that a law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom and library in the state is unconstitutional.Arkansas Online13d agoWhole story →CultureJusticeten commandments school display ruling appeal
$70 million in reserves approved for Arkansas’ Educational Freedom Accounts, raising fiscal ’27 total to $379.4 millionArkansas lawmakers released $70 million in reserve funds for the Arkansas Department of Education's school choice program on Friday.Arkansas Online17d agoWhole story →Educationarkansas school choice funding
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - Arkansas' Best News SourceAt Republicans' recent midterm convention, Rep. Brandon Gill (R-Texas) began his remarks with his own version of a land acknowledgment.Arkansas Online20d agoWhole story →GovernmentEducationBrandon Gillacademic freedom controversy
Lawmakers discuss the data center industry in ArkansasGoogle Inc., the technology giant building a huge data center campus at West Memphis, is taking time to visit with residents who will be neighbors of the billion dollar project, Rachel Wilson, a Google energy market development employee, told the Legislature's Joint Energy Committee on Tuesday.Arkansas Online20d agoWhole story →EducationTechnologyarkansas data center development
Protect College Sports Act gets renewed push, fresh opposition as college football returnsWith college football in full swing, proponents of the Protect College Sports Act have launched an all-out blitz to push the legislation through the Senate before the chamber breaks in the coming weeks.Arkansas Online21d agoWhole story →CultureEducationcollege sports act push
Arkansas auditors report $58,751 in Educational Freedom Account funds misspent in 2024-25Nineteen students enrolled full-time in a public school in the 2024-25 school year spent a total of $58,751 in Educational Freedom Account funds they weren't supposed to use, state auditors told Arkansas lawmakers Thursday.Arkansas Online25d agoWhole story →Educationarkansas school choice audit
