Arkansas Tech art professor’s ‘Arkansas As Home’ unveiled at Clinton National Airport

Visitors to Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field will now be greeted by the artwork of Arkansas Tech University faculty member Neal Harrington following a ribbon cutting held Oct. 23 dedicating his commissioned piece "Arkansas As...

Potential future teachers attend conference at Arkansas Tech University

RUSSELLVILLE -- When Vandy Moore took the stage as the keynote speaker for the 2025 Educators Rising regional conference at Arkansas Tech University on Thursday, she shared an outlook on the teaching profession that was equal parts honest and...

Arkansas hunters urged to update app, download tags before youth deer hunt starts Nov. 1

Arkansas' first youth deer hunt of the 2025-26 hunting season is Nov. 1-2, and the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is reminding all hunters to update their mobile app and download their youth hunter's free deer tags to ensure an enjoyable hunt...

Religion gaining influence in American life, study says

PARAGOULD, Ark. (KAIT) - A new study shows religion is gaining more influence in American life across the country, according to new data that shows a significant increase in adults who say religion’s role is growing. According to a study from the...

Six Arkansas Head Start locations to close Nov. 1 due to funding loss from government shutdown

Share This Article The Pulaski County locations of Arkansas’ federally-funded early childhood education program will temporarily close Nov. 1 due to a lack of funding caused by the federal government shutdown, the University of Arkansas for...

Arkansas Advocate: Little Rock School District argues Arkansas’ school voucher program illegally diverts public funds

Arkansas’ third-largest school district asked a federal court Friday, October 24, 2025 to let it intervene in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the state’s school voucher program. In a motion filed in the U.S. District Court for the...

Public Sector/ Education: Pearl McElfish

Pearl McElfish, Founding Director of UAMS Institute of Community Health Innovation in Little Rock Pearl McElfish has a soft spot in her heart for rural Arkansans because she was one. McElfish grew up “16 miles down the dirt road, just really out...

King Gift Expands Access to Higher Education for Arkansas Students

Courtesy of Debbie King William and Debbie King U of A alumna Debbie Shearer King and her husband, William, have committed $50,000 to the Land of Opportunity Scholarship endowment. The gift will support Arkansas students by addressing the critical...

Sarah Hudson Pierce: Louisiana, the place for me

31 I don’t know who I would be today had it not been for the “God Wink” moment that I am about to tell you about. We had moved from Vivian, Louisiana to Mountain Home, Arkansas, in 1981. I suffered a nervous breakdown after one too many moves Even...

LRSD motions to intervene in lawsuit to stop LEARNS Act school choice vouchers

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — The Little Rock School District has asked a federal court to let it intervene in a lawsuit to declare the school choice voucher program created under the LEARNS Act unconstitutional and prohibit its implementation. The school...

Extension Service’s nutrition education program coming to more Arkansas counties

The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program, offered by the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service, will soon be available in more Arkansas counties, empowering families with limited resources to...

University students seek to safeguard Arkansas’ natural resources through ballot initiative

October 27 - November 2, 2025 By Antoinette Grajeda Inspired by peers in Montana, four University of Arkansas students are working to protect the Natural State’s environment through a proposed constitutional amendment. The Amendment to Keep...

Education funds used on game chairs and purchases through TikTok, according to Arkansas data

Educational Freedom Account funds were used to purchase a "Shaquille O'Neal" gaming chair for hundreds of dollars, data from the state Department of Education indicates. The department approved the $479.99 "Shaquille O'Neal Sciron Big & Tall...

Arkansas’ food assistance programs face uncertain future during shutdown

WASHINGTON -- Arkansas food banks have been experiencing an increase in demand during the ongoing federal government shutdown, as furloughed government employees have used these services to meet their needs. In the wake of the Arkansas Department...

She did small things with great love: Saint’s relics coming to Little Rock next month

A reliquary containing most of the bones of St. Therese of Lisieux will be traveling to Arkansas next month, part of a nationwide tour that began in Royal Oak, Mich., earlier this month and will end in Miami in December. The relics are currently...

Methodist Foundation for Arkansas disburses nearly $2 million in grants

by Talk Business & Politics staff ([email protected]) 20 seconds ago 0 views The Methodist Foundation for Arkansas (MFA) board of directors has awarded a total of 25 grants across its three monthly meetings of the third quarter, bringing total...

UA Little Rock School of Social Work Reduces Food Waste with New Campus Composter

Angelita Faller | October 24, 2025 The University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s School of Social Work is taking a hands-on approach to sustainability thanks to a 2024 UA Little Rock Sustainability Grant. Morgan Leyenberger, instructor of social...

Ohio lawsuits challenge new detention policies in immigration courts

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Saul Morales Chavez went on vacation with his family and ended up jailed for eight months and counting on civil immigration charges, despite no criminal history and living in the United States for more than 20 years. The U.S....

North Little Rock School District orders 50 LGBTQ+ books hidden on students’ digital platform

Share This Article A Central Arkansas school district ordered its staff on Tuesday to block students’ access to a wide range of LGBTQ+ books “as soon as possible,” according to an internal memo the Advocate obtained via the state Freedom of...

North Little Rock schools remove books from digital platform in district-wide move

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) — On October 21, 2025, the North Little Rock School District made an announcement in regard to a set of reading materials on a platform, ordered to be removed immediately. The letter, prepared by NLRSD Superintendent...