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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Two-thirds of lawmakers must vote in favor of introducing non-fiscal bills for them to be considered -
Senate runoff was among 6 legislative races on Tuesday’s ballot -
Legislative leaders still expect a special session to consider cutting taxes -
The winners of 5 of the remaining contested primaries will be unopposed in the general election -
Similar proposal would be less expensive to construct, and the state requested that the design not be copyrighted -
Two former first ladies and the PBS CEO plan to attend Thursday’s commission meeting to show support for keeping PBS programs widely available in Arkansas -
Jacksonville elementary school faculty credit LEARNS’ literacy coaching requirements with helping improve student growth -
Proposed rules for Medicaid coverage of doula care became public over a month after the legally mandated deadline -
Arkansas’ ban took effect when Roe v. Wade struck down in 2022 -
Many Arkansans told the network they will no longer donate, internal emails show
