Arkansas landlords again fending off efforts to protect renters in dangerous, unhealthy housing
April 14, 202112:39 pm A tenants rights group is not satisfied with a compromise version of a bill that they say provides few benefits for renters.
Less than a month after her son died of carbon monoxide poisoning in a rented Little Rock apartment, bereaved mother
Vicki Koenig came from her home in Stuttgart to the Arkansas Capitol in March to push for a law that would keep other renters from suffering the same fate. But as we near the end of the legislative session, that bill, which would require landlords to provide carbon monoxide detectors and other basic health and safety measures, is stalled out, its prospects bleak as landlords across the state flex their muscles to keep themselves as free of regulation as possible.
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Thursday, February 18, 2021
Chloe Kirk
The Smithsonian Institution has awarded $500 to Mid-America Science Museum to support its work with a group of students from the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts (ASMSA). The participating students include Eureka Springs High School senior Chloe Kirk.
The museum has been collaborating with Dr. Lindsey Waddell, a geoscience instructor at the school, for several months to develop a teen-designed and led project addressing an environmental issue of concern to them. On Jan. 26, the students presented their plan to Smithsonian officials to help combat the issue of invasive plants in Hot Springs National Park by cultivating a garden comprised of native flora to support and attract pollinating insects. The Smithsonian award to the museum will support the students action plan to design and install a native pollinator garden for the ASMSA campus. The teens have six months to executive their project and to send a short video ab