March is coming to an end today. So, clearly, it’s time to watch college football. Right? There will be several opportunities to do so in the next couple of weeks, thanks to ESPN’s broadcast schedule of spring football games. The network issued its complete list today, which you can find by clicking this link. We know Arkansas’ [...]

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The Arkansas House approved several major appropriation bills, including a controversial Insurance Department budget measure.

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LITTLE ROCK — The state Supreme Court accepted Lu Hardin’s voluntary surrender of his law license, just weeks after the former University of Central Arkansas president pleaded guilty to felony charges.

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The Pulaski County Special School District received word Thursday that the Arkansas Department of Education has placed the district on the state’s fiscal distress list.

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A pilot and two passengers were uninjured today after the private airplane they were in had an emergency landing about 8 a.m. on Arkansas Highway 165 in the Geridge community.

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A pilot and two passengers were uninjured today after the private airplane they were in had an emergency landing about 8 a.m. on Arkansas Highway 165 in the Geridge community.

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Interesting story in Education Week. KIPP charter middle schools enroll a significantly higher proportion of African-American students than the local school districts they draw from, but 40 percent of the black males they enroll leave between grades 6 and 8, says a new nationwide study by researchers at Western Michigan University. “The dropout rate for African-American males [...]

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The House passed the revenue stabilization act and the general improvement fund bill this afternoon. The end is near. Again, here’s how the legislature will divide up a small surplus for favorite projects this year. As predicted earlier, the House approved the Insurance Department appropriation 83-7, including the federal money for eventual implementation of health insurance [...]

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LITTLE ROCK — Bills to ban lottery ticket vending machines and devote a portion of lottery proceeds to gambling addiction prevention efforts failed today in the House Rules Committee.

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LITTLE ROCK — A deadlock that threatened a major disruption in state government ended today when, in a compromise agreement, the House passed the state Insurance Department’s budget and sent a health care reform implementation bill to interim study.

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