Regional News

Thu, May 19, 2022 3:05 PM

(The Center Square) - Waning stimulus funds and runaway inflation eating up family entertainment budgets led to a 20% reduction...

Tue, May 17, 2022 4:59 PM

(The Center Square) - Law enforcement officers in Arkansas are set to receive stipend payments beginning July 1, funded by a...

Mon, May 16, 2022 2:26 PM

Four candidates – Jake Bequette, Heath Loftis, Jan Morgan, and incumbent John Boozman – are running in the Republican primary on...

Fri, May 13, 2022 2:32 PM

(The Center Square) – Arkansas mistakenly paid state employees $1.3 million in February and had to recoup the money from those...

Thu, May 12, 2022 1:42 PM

(The Center Square) – Twenty-five state attorneys general, led by Alabama AG Steve Marshall, are calling on U.S. Attorney...

Tue, May 10, 2022 11:39 AM

(The Center Square) – The measurable quality of Arkansas hospitals has fallen. The Leapfrog Group, a national...

Fri, May 6, 2022 8:28 AM

(The Center Square) – Twenty attorneys general are demanding that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas...

Tue, May 3, 2022 4:45 PM

(The Center Square) - The Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration collected $1.125 billion in net revenues in April,...

Tue, May 3, 2022 6:30 AM

(The Center Square) - Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchison and Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said they support a possible decision to overturn...

Fri, Apr 29, 2022 9:17 AM

(The Center Square) – Fourteen attorneys general, led by Arizona, Louisiana and Missouri, have sued the Biden administration for...

Thu, Apr 28, 2022 4:04 PM

(The Center Square) - A lawsuit filed by Attorney General Leslie Rutledge accuses Family Dollar and its parent company, Dollar...

Mon, Apr 25, 2022 4:13 PM

(The Center Square) - Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson says the Department of Finance Administration expects a $1 billion surplus by...

Fri, Apr 22, 2022 8:00 AM

(The Center Square) – Arkansas’ economic outlook has improved in recent years, jumping to 16th in the nation, according to a new...

Wed, Apr 20, 2022 4:45 PM

(The Center Square) - W&W AFCO Steel announced Wednesday the company is expanding with a new steel fabrication facility that...

Tue, Apr 19, 2022 12:49 PM

(The Center Square) – Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine joined 17 other governors in a letter calling on the Biden administration to remove...

Tue, Apr 19, 2022 12:34 PM

(The Center Square) - About $500 million is needed to cover Arkansas households lacking adequate broadband access, according to...

Tue, Apr 19, 2022 7:47 AM

(The Center Square) – Ten days after three attorneys general sued the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention over its...

Thu, Apr 14, 2022 4:15 PM

(The Center Square) - The demand for affordable housing is high in Arkansas, but homebuilders say they are challenged by supply...

Thu, Apr 14, 2022 3:15 PM

(The Center Square) – The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Attorney General Leslie Rutledge did not violate the law by...

Thu, Apr 14, 2022 10:00 AM

(The Center Square) – Arkansas' initial unemployment claims rose to 1,079 during the week ending April 9, an increase of 91 from...