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A survey conduced by Impact Management Group, did polling on facets of the LEARNS Act, which was signed into law by Gov. Sarah Sanders, during the 2023 legislative session.

A Norwegian liquid food packaging company will open a new $70 million, 300,000-square-foot factory including equipment at the Port of Little Rock.

Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas is donating more than $5.9 million to five Arkansas organizations to address child and adolescent mental health, suicide and substance abuse issues.

In an interview with Talk Business & Politics, Houston Davis, president of the University of Central Arkansas, discusses the new initiative and the state of higher education.

The referendum effort fell less than 500 signatures short of the 54,422 it needed to have a chance to qualify for the November 2024 ballot.

Arkansas ranked 43rd in the 2023 Annie E. Casey Kids Count Data Book, which measures child well-being across four domains.

The governor says lawmakers will continue chipping away at the state income tax, and that efforts at tort reform could gain more momentum, starting as early as the fiscal session next April.

The Arkansas Department of Human Services said it disenrolled 44,667 Medicaid beneficiaries whose coverage had been extended because of the COVID-19 public health emergency in the month of April.

The Arkansas Department of Human Services has begun disenrolling thousands of Medicaid recipients for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A bill requiring Arkansans convicted of the most serious crimes to serve 100% of their sentences passed a Senate committee Wednesday.