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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The Arkansas Advocate's Tess Vrbin spoke to Little Rock Public Radio about the new rules proposed by the state board. -
Families look at states with laws protecting gender-affirming medical care after Arkansas ban reinstated -
Advocates urge state policy changes that focus on child health and education in the face of federal cuts to benefit programs -
Arkansas had been the first state to move to end its relationship with PBS after losing federal funding -
One of the projects that’s prompted outcry won’t be covered by Pulaski County's yearlong pause -
The legal challenge to Arkansas’ near-total abortion ban remains alive in Pulaski County Circuit Court after a judge reversed her dismissal of the case -
Return to the Land’s settlement near Ravenden is only open to whites, Christians and heterosexuals -
Judge dismissed lawsuit challenging state’s near-total abortion ban last month -
Decision sparks complaints from artist of nearly identical design chosen earlier -
Arkansans have until June 7 to provide feedback on the proposed rules
