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Bill to limit wind power in Arkansas fails again in committee
A more extreme bill to limit the size of future wind turbines failed again in committee.
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Another anti-LGBTQ bill worming through state Legislature
A bill allowing for discrimination against LGBTQ Arkansans in housing, employment, education and other areas passed out of committee Tuesday and will be heard next by the full Arkansas House of...
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Arkansas Republicans remain obsessed with regulating your bits
Arkansas has long reigned as teen pregnancy capital of the United States, and bills gestating at the Arkansas Capitol all but assure we’ll retain top honors.
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Ten Commandments classroom bill clears House committee, nears governor’s desk
The bill would require the posting of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms and public buildings.
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Spending bill for Franklin Co prison fails again in Senate on 2nd try
The bill received three more “no” votes today than it did yesterday, when the Senate first considered the bill.
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Senate rejects bill that would kill ballot measure process and let...
The Arkansas Senate voted down a bill Wednesday evening that would require a 67% popular vote for passage of constitutional amendments, a change that would make it all but impossible for Arkansans to...
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Surprise! The Bagel Shop owners staying put in SoMa, rebranding as Rex’s
Just a few days after the announcement that The Bagel Shop will close at the end of April, owners Trevor Papsadora and Myles Roberson have revealed that their pop-up concept Rex’s will take over the...
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Writer Marcelo Hernandez Castillo at Hendrix College on Wednesday
MARCELO HERNANDEZ CASTILLOWEDNESDAY 4/9. Reves Recital Hall, Hendrix College, Conway. 7:30 p.m. Free.“When I came undocumented to the U.S., I crossed into a threshold of invisibility.” Those are the...
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Storms batter state, more stormy weather in store today
Storms battered the state Wednesday night, particularly east Arkansas. There were no reported fatalities, but 22 counties reported damage and more than 20,000 are without power today after the area...
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Grammy-nominated sax player Troy Roberts to give free UCA concert with...
Troy Roberts, a three-time Grammy-nominated saxophonist, will be in concert at the University of Central Arkansas at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 18, in the Concert Hall of the Windgate Center for Fine...
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A 120-foot cross is coming soon to NLR
Crystal Hill Assembly of God in North Little Rock is about to erect a 120-foot, 43,500-pound steel cross that will be visible from Interstate 40, just in case anyone is confused about which religion...
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Bill to ban ballot measures above 8th-grade reading level passes Senate...
Of the 22 states with readability requirements for ballot measures, only Rhode Island and New York reference a specific reading level, and New York doesn’t even have an initiative process.
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Bill to regulate Delta-8, hemp products clears state Senate
The bill would put the Arkansas Tobacco Control Board in charge of regulating consumable hemp products.
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$750 million Franklin prison appropriation fails for a third time
As the clock ticks down on the 2025 legislative Ssession, Republicans in favor of building a new prison in western Arkansas are running out of time to appropriate the $750 million the facility is...
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Clergy against forced display of Ten Commandments in schools rally at the...
A group of Christian ministers and a Little Rock rabbi spoke out against a bill that would require the posting of the Ten Commandments in public buildings and classrooms.
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The debut album from Little Rock trio DOT sparkles with simplicity
Forget about spacious guitar effects or belabored overdubs to fill in the gaps. “dot dot dot,” the debut album from Little Rock band DOT, serves as a welcome reminder that no trio should be afraid to...
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Marshallese in Arkansas Fear ICE deportation
Arkansas’s Marshallese population, all here legally, fear getting caught up in the Trump administration’s deportation frenzy.
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Dueling open meetings proposals promise to shine light on decision-makers...
Good morning, sunshine! State Sen. Clarke Tucker accomplishes a bipartisan feat two years in the making.
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Two NWA chefs are finalists in 2025 James Beard Foundation Awards
Northwest Arkansas chefs Rafael Rios and Matthew Cooper made the list of finalists in the Best Chef: South category for the 2025 James Beard Foundation Awards.
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TODAY show to film at LR Zoo, announce newborn gorilla’s name Tuesday
On Friday morning, TODAY host Savannah Guthrie announced the show would be live from the Little Rock Zoo on Tuesday morning, when the zoo will reveal the newborn primate’s name on live TV.
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Cult leader whose name is engraved on Little Rock public art dies
Andrew Cohen, a former cult leader whose name appears on a piece of public art in Little Rock, has died.
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Trade war hits Arkansas poultry magnate (and GOP mega-donor) as China reacts...
China has suspended chicken imports from Mountaire Farms, the poultry company led by Little Rock’s Ron Cameron.
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Friday Open Line
Hey everybody, Griffin Coop is back full time. Let’s hear it for Griffin!
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