Tess Vrbin / Arkansas Advocate
ReporterTess Vrbin is a reporter for the nonprofit news organization Arkansas Advocate. She previously worked for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette where she reported on low-income housing and tenants' rights, and won awards for her coverage of 2021 flooding and tornado damage in rural Arkansas. She previously covered local government for The Commercial Dispatch in Mississippi and state government for the Columbia Daily Tribune in Missouri. A Midwesterner by birth, she graduated from the University of Missouri's journalism school in 2019.
Arkansas Advocate is part of States Newsroom, a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit supported by grants and a coalition of donors and readers. The Advocate retains full editorial independence.
Email: tvrbin@arkansasadvocate.com
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UPDATED: University of Arkansas withdraws incoming law dean’s offer in wake of Republican complaintsThe University of Arkansas abruptly revoked its offer to the incoming dean of its law school after key Republicans complained about her background and legal position on protections for transgender athletes. -
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Holladay defeats Smith-Johnson in special primary for House District 70 nomination -
Alex Holladay and Cordelia Smith-Johnson will face each other again in March’s regular primary -
Almost half of supervision cases over 10 years involved revoking parole and returning offenders to prison or giving them new sentences -
Three special justices were appointed to replace three justices who recused themselves, including the chief justice -
Evident Change allegedly disagreed with Texas’ classification of gender-affirming health care as child abuse -
Federal government ordered by court ruling to issue full nutrition assistance payments this month -
The decision came around the same time North Little Rock School District administrators ordered dozens of LGBTQ+ books hidden from students -
Arkansas education department adopts most of plan to keep families, providers in child care industryThe Arkansas Department of Education accepted most of a task force’s recommendations to sustain the state’s financial assistance program for low-income families to access child care.
