At least five data centers have been approved across Arkansas: two in Little Rock, one in West Memphis, one in Conway, and one in Clarkesville. These data centers support and…
A For AR People series examining how state policy failures, healthcare shortages, and politicking put pregnant women at risk and exacerbate Arkansas’s maternal mortality crisis. Say you are a pregnant…
The following piece is by Blaire Jedlicka, a 9th grader at Little Rock Central High and a player on the school’s softball team. Central’s softball players are actively fighting for…
This week during fiscal session in the legislature’s joint budget committee, budget hawk Rep. Frances Cavenaugh (R-Walnut Ridge) tore into State Treasurer John Thurston for the exorbitant salary increase proposed…
Arkansas has one of the lowest voter registration and voter turnout rates in the nation. In the 2026 March primaries, just 24% of registered voters cast a ballot. Now consider…
In February 2023, the Arkansas legislature filed Senate Bill 294, commonly known as the LEARNS Act. Within a month, LEARNS became the law of the land. It was a 145…
In a rare bit of good news, today the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a preliminary injunction blocking a state rule that made voter registration more difficult and gave…
Welcome to a new series from For AR People, Citizen Spotlight. When government doesn’t work for the people, the people work for themselves. We’re going to highlight folks from around…
Unregulated pregnancy centers act as pseudo healthcare clinics, absorbing millions in taxpayer dollars while the state’s healthcare infrastructure collapses. If you google “medical clinic for pregnancy in Arkansas,” the top…
How Arkansas’s participation in the federal program is tagging citizens as “under review” On a spreadsheet labeled “Under Review SAVE AR,” there is a line for a woman marked United…