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Workers at Arkansas' poultry plants and other food manufacturing facilities are now eligible for the coronavirus vaccine, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Tuesday, i...
by NWA Democrat-Gazette - March 2, 2021State general revenue tax collections in February dipped by $7.9 million from a year ago to $493.6 million and exceeded the state’s April 2 forecast by $31.7...
by Michael R. Wickline - March 2, 2021PINE BLUFF -- A student was seriously wounded Monday morning in a shooting at Watson Chapel Junior High School and the suspect, another student attending the...
by Joseph Flaherty - March 2, 2021Arkansas is awaiting 24,000 doses of the new one-shot Johnson & Johnson covid-19 vaccine and expects to receive them by the end of this week, state Epidemiol...
by Frank E. Lockwood - March 2, 2021Lawmakers seeking to preserve Arkansas' "private option" Medicaid expansion program unveiled legislation Monday that would replace the controversial work req...
by John Moritz - March 2, 2021A Franklin County sheriff's deputy shot and killed a man wielding a baseball bat who charged toward the deputy early Monday, according to Arkansas State Police.
by Ashton Eley - March 2, 2021An uptick of covid-19 in public school districts since Thursday raised active case totals to 446 as of Monday, an increase of about 4% over a four-day period...
by Jaime Adame - March 2, 2021Concerns over limited supplies of covid-19 vaccines, slowdowns in vaccinations because of the recent winter weather, periodic upticks in infections and other...
by Dale Ellis - March 2, 2021A 23-year-old man who was found shot Sunday afternoon in the parking lot of a grocery store in Little Rock has died, police said.
by Jack Mitchell - March 2, 2021The Legislature's committee on retirement endorsed a bill Monday that would eliminate the one-month waiting period between retirement and reemployment for Ar...
by Michael R. Wickline - March 2, 2021The Little Rock School District announced Monday plans for temporarily relocating Pulaski Heights Elementary and Middle School pupils while their campuses ar...
by Cynthia Howell - March 2, 2021A 12-year-old boy who was struck Feb. 23 while crossing University Avenue near 53rd Street died Sunday, according to Little Rock police and an Arkansas State...
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by The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - March 2, 2021The Jacksonville/North Pulaski School Board on Monday approved the issuance of $28,470,000 in bonds by the lowest of three bidders.
by Cynthia Howell - March 2, 2021SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California's public schools could tap into $2 billion from the Legislature if they return to in-person instruction by the end of March,...
by The Associated Press - March 2, 2021