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NEW YORK -- Walmart said Tuesday it has taken a stake in agriculture startup Plenty, becoming the first large U.S. retailer to significantly invest in indoor v…
by The Associated Press January 26, 2022LITTLE ROCK -- Arkansas reported on Saturday its biggest number of COVID-19 hospitalizations since the pandemic began in 2020.
by The Associated Press January 24, 2022LITTLE ROCK -- Former White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders raised $1.6 million in the final three months of last year in her bid for Arkansas governor, he…
by The Associated Press January 19, 2022LITTLE ROCK -- A northeast Arkansas state lawmaker said Monday that he will not run for reelection to his state House seat.
by The Associated Press January 18, 2022LITTLE ROCK -- Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday proposed a $6 billion budget for the coming fiscal year that includes increases for public schools. serv…
by The Associated Press January 12, 2022EL DORADO -- Conservative Republican state Sen. Trent Garner of El Dorado will not seek re-election.
by The Associated Press January 12, 2022GLENWOOD -- Three people have been found dead in a home in western Arkansas, Arkansas State Police said Monday.
by The Associated Press January 11, 2022DALTON -- Chronic wasting disease has been confirmed in deer in four more Arkansas counties, according to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.
by The Associated Press January 2, 2022LITTLE ROCK -- Arkansas prisons are going into lockdown for at least two weeks because of the rising number of COVID-19 cases among staff and prisoners, the st…
by The Associated Press January 1, 2022FORT SMITH -- Authorities said they're investigating the Christmas Eve escape of two inmates who used a water hose to rappel down the side of a western Arkansa…
by The Associated Press December 29, 2021LITTLE ROCK -- Two men with gunshot wounds were found dead in a stolen vehicle near the front entrance of a Little Rock hospital, police said, and a third pers…
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by The Associated Press December 10, 2021LITTLE ROCK -- Arkansas lawmakers on Thursday approved the largest tax cut in state history, adjourning a special session without taking up an abortion ban mod…
by The Associated Press December 10, 2021LITTLE ROCK -- Arkansas lawmakers on Wednesday gave initial approval to the largest tax cut in the state's history, as legislative leaders hoped to wrap up a s…
by The Associated Press December 9, 2021SPRINGDALE -- Tyson Foods said Monday that it plans to spend roughly $50 million on year-end bonuses for over 80,000 hourly workers at its meatpacking plants t…
by The Associated Press December 7, 2021