Arkansas COVID-19

A new state law allows stores to sell the controversial drug over-the-counter for human use.

Though scientific trials into the drug do not show the results legislators promised, they described it Thursday as a mysterious miracle drug.

A report on Arkansas evictions during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic details issues with tenant rights.

Data collected since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic suggests Arkansas’ largest economic sector, agriculture, has rebounded from its impacts.

During a Zoom call with the Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, Trevor Townsend with the Center for Arkansas Legal Services said a FOIA request he sent showed the department reported multiple issues to the software developer.

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.

Act 1002 of 2021 prohibits government entities in Arkansas from requiring individuals to wear face coverings during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Former Gov. Asa Hutchinson supported blockage of a law he signed banning government mask mandates.

In a letter to President Joe Biden, 25 governors said it's time to end the federal public health emergency that has been in place since start of the pandemic.

As of Thursday, the Department of Health had reported 53 deaths so far this week, though most occurred during previous months.