FEMA awards $1.1 million to Izard County for 2025 storms, plus $539,000 to Arkansas for 2024 floodingArkansas and Izard County will receive a total of $1.6 million in federal funding for repairs to a bridge and to fund mitigation planning following severe weather events in 2025 and 2024, a news release from the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Thursday.Arkansas Online1d agoWhole story →BuildPlanetfema funding announcement
Pleasuring himself on a flight to Northwest Arkansas next to 17-year-old girl lands man in jail for 30 daysFAYETTEVILLE -- A man pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to committing a lewd, indecent or obscene act on an airplane that was inbound to the Northwest Arkansas National Airport.Arkansas Online3d agoWhole story →BuildJusticefederal court sentencing
Usha Vance, Gov. Sanders visit North Little Rock elementary schoolUsha Vance, the wife of Vice President JD Vance, and Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders visited North Little Rock's Glenview Elementary and recognized teachers at the Governor's Mansion as Sanders and state officials marked their statewide education initiatives on Tuesday.Arkansas Online4d agoWhole story →EducationSarah Huckabee Sanders
Parents allege Fayetteville School District violated federal disability laws in its treatment of elementary studentFAYETTEVILLE -- The School District discriminated against a disabled student and broke numerous state and federal laws in the process, with one administrator trying to purge the proof, the student's parents argued in a court filing Friday.Arkansas Online4d agoWhole story →GovernmentEducationdisability rights lawsuit
Dozens of Navy training planes arrive in Little Rock, leaving Florida before Hurricane IsaiasA fleet of U.S. Navy aircraft was moved to Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field from a Navy base in Florida ahead of a hurricane expected to hit the Sunshine State this weekend, an airport spokesman said.Arkansas Online14d agoWhole story →BuildPlanethurricane isaias evacuation
Central Arkansas Library System chief says officials struggling with ‘impossible to understand’ parts of 2023 lawOfficials at the Central Arkansas Library System remain in an uncertain place as they await clarification from a federal appeals court about a ruling that upheld a law related to library materials, the library system's executive director said Friday.Arkansas Online15d agoWhole story →GovernmentEducationlibrary materials law ruling
Arkansas Tech University takes steps to continue child care program after federal grant discontinuedRUSSELLVILLE -- Arkansas Tech University officials announced Tuesday they have taken steps to continue a child care program through the end of the fall 2026 semester that was previously funded by a federal grant.Arkansas Online18d agoWhole story →EducationJusticeccampis funding loss
Transportation secretary: Chances are good Northwest Arkansas National will get federal loan for concourseHIGHFILL -- Northwest Arkansas National Airport's prospects for getting a $41.7 million low-interest loan from the federal government appear good, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said Monday.Arkansas Online18d agoWhole story →Buildtifia loan application
Spain fails to pass housing affordability billMADRID -- Spain's progressive government was dealt a costly legislative defeat on Friday when lawmakers rejected a package of emergency measures aimed at tackling the nation's housing affordability crisis, as protesters gathered outside Parliament demanding help for renters.Arkansas Online21d agoWhole story →Buildspain housing bill defeat
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 Online21d agoWhole story →GovernmentEducationdesegregation order ended
Investigation concludes that Union Pacific broke law when it fired North Little Rock employeeThe Union Pacific Railroad Co. breached the Federal Railroad Safety Act when it fired a North Little Rock yardman who notified management of nearby lightning and federal safety standards, a U.S. Department of Labor whistleblower investigation discovered.Arkansas Online22d agoWhole story →BuildEconomy
Trump says S. Korea to invest $54B in AlaskaWASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday plans for South Korea to invest roughly $54 billion to export natural gas from Alaska, a project long backed by Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan, who's in a competitive reelection contest there.Arkansas Online23d agoWhole story →PlanetEconomyDan Sullivanalaska natural gas investment
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 Online23d agoWhole story →EducationGovernmentprotect college sports act passage
Entergy receives $13.7M in federal funds for power grid upgradesThe U.S. Energy Department is awarding Entergy Corp. $13.7 million in federal funding to improve power delivery across the utility's service territory.Arkansas Online24d agoWhole story →Planetpower grid upgrade funding
STAR PARKER: Attempts to slow AI and other overreactionsI'm far from understanding chatbots, chips and AI technology, but I've worked in D.C. long enough to be suspicious when industry giants come begging for government regulations.Arkansas Online24d agoWhole story →TechnologyGovernmentai regulation debate
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 Online1mo agoWhole story →EducationHealthnih grant announcement
Drop your ruling in the Illinois River pollution case, all parties ask judgeRescind his final ruling in the Illinois River pollution case, all parties requested of a federal judge in a motion filed Tuesday.Arkansas Online1mo agoWhole story →PlanetJusticeillinois river pollution case ruling
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 Online1mo agoWhole story →GovernmentEducationten 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 Online1mo 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 Online1mo agoWhole story →GovernmentEducationBrandon Gillacademic freedom controversy
