First hearing held in challenge to Arkansas’ abortion ban
Vague language governing abortions in medical emergencies took center stage Monday as a Pulaski County judge heard arguments over the state's near-total abortion ban.
View ArticleRon Robinson Theater screens ‘The Exorcist,’‘The Corpse Bride,’‘The Fly’ and...
“North by Northwest,” “The Nightmare Before Christmas” and “Practical Magic” are also among the October lineup.
View ArticleSarah Sanders’ new ad is infuriating her most racist supporters
Even something seemingly as simple as punching down can backfire if you lack the basic political skills to understand which groups you should avoid because targeting them will make a certain subset of...
View Article‘The Saturday Night Live of Arkansas politics’: A Q&A with Gridiron veteran...
Gridiron, a biennial satirical musical production led by the Little Rock legal community, has been going on for more than 100 years. It returns to the Arkansas Repertory Theatre on Tuesday.
View ArticleStill at an impasse with Blue Cross, CHI St. Vincent CMO argues for fairness...
While the word on the street is that the gap between what St. Vincent wants to be paid for services and the amount Blue Cross Blue Shield wants to pay may never be bridged, CHI St. Vincent Chief...
View ArticleHigh-risk pregnancy doctors publish new standards for care under state...
As physicians continue to navigate care for patients with complex pregnancies in Arkansas and other states with abortion bans, a group of maternal-fetal medicine specialists has developed new...
View ArticleStill standing in the ballroom
There was a new development in the White House ballroom/East Wing project and the legal issue of standing. The Washington Post reported this week in an article “‘I am the code’: Trump clashed with...
View ArticleTom Cotton’s intelligence
Sen. Tom Cotton is a smart, hard-working Yell County boy who now occupies an important leadership position as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. Two things perplex me about Sen. Cotton....
View ArticleTop Saracen Casino execs recommended for termination
The Downstream Development Authority said Saracen execs Carlton Saffa and Matt Harkness had created their own gaming software and had marketed it to third parties in the Arkansas gaming industry.
View ArticleCounty judge vetoes Pulaski County data center ordinance; override of veto...
Three days after the Pulaski County Quorum Court passed a long-sought ordinance to put legal guardrails around data centers, County Judge Barry Hyde vetoed it, saying the measure went too far and would...
View ArticleJudge rejects collusive settlement agreement between Sanders and corrections...
Calling the parties’ joint motion an “attempt to brand the Arkansas Judiciary obsolete,” Judge Patti James said granting the motion “would result in preposterous and absurd consequences in which this...
View ArticleTalking health and welfare in Arkansas District 2
Second District Democratic candidate Chris Jones dissects the One Big Beautiful Bill and its impact on the poor.
View ArticleArkansas abortion ban lawsuit faces its first day in court, while the state...
Six women say Arkansas’ abortion ban left them pleading for care, enduring dangerous pregnancies or crossing state lines for abortions. Waldorf v. Arkansas gets its first hearing Monday.
View ArticleLRSD board discusses school closures, 2027 budgeting and revised hiring plan
The latest LRSD Forward proposal seeks to reduce the district’s annual operating costs by roughly $5 million to $6 million to account for declining enrollment and underuse of about one-quarter of the...
View ArticleCome for the hate, stay for the baloney: Sarah Sanders’ anti-trans TV ad...
Gov. Sanders has gone up with a truly repellent reelection campaign ad in which she not only offers a false caricature that demeans transgender Arkansans, but also takes credit for doing things she...
View ArticleArkansas awards $54M in second round of federal rural healthcare funding
Arkansas awarded $54.6 million to dozens of recipients through a new federal program to support projects aimed at bolstering rural healthcare, state officials announced Thursday. Established through...
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