With LEARNS passed, we’re keeping our eyes on the state’s higher education systems Session is over and our session roundup is complete, so let’s ponder what may be in the…
Soft hands, Sanders mania, and legacy of degradation create a storm of shame. The Arkansas Senate makes for good television, doesn’t it? From screaming matches to legislators storming out of…
Despite what proponents say, Arkansas’s new income tax cuts won’t help working-class folks get ahead. The last major piece of legislation to come out of the 94th General Assembly was…
Dan will be at the county’s quorum court meeting tonight with the extremist group Moms for Liberty Saline County is next on the book-banning, library-defunding train, barreling toward full-on fascist…
Sanders vetoes first three bills, part of fourth On Friday April 14, Governor Sanders used executive power to make political statements in the first four vetoes of her administration with…
“Put money into people, not prisons.” Crossett native Richard Walton is the civic engagement coordinator with an Arkansas nonprofit that works to educate, engage, and mobilize voters to shape a…
The 94th General Assembly has officially adjourned. Take a deep breath and let yourself feel some relief. As we’ve combed through the last 13 weeks of legislation, here is the…
Out-of-state corporations and Arkansas’s richest will benefit most from cuts. And as state programs face endangerment, poor and true middle class families will likely pay to keep services going. Last…
Proposed legislation would have worsened the rural healthcare crisis on a technicality Alongside the General Assembly’s raging dumpster fires of LEARNS, culture war bills, prison expansion, and more, it’s important…
A note from our team: We are heavy hearted this weekend, like much of the state, as we see the broad destruction Friday afternoon’s tornado caused. If you are outside of…