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Along with restoration of full local control of the Pine Bluff School District comes the right and responsibility of district board elections to be conducted.

State lawmakers wrapped up the special legislative session Thursday afternoon after working four long days on bills this week.

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed legislation Thursday that will restrict access to records on her security detail, concluding a chaotic four-day special session that renewed debates over Arkansas open records and meeting law.

This week’s special session of the Arkansas Legislature, expected to be a smooth-sailing three days, hit a major snag on day one when a bill championed by Gov. Sarah Huckabee

Arkansas pharmacists told a legislative panel Tuesday about a “perfect storm” of lower drug reimbursements, cash flow issues and the ripple effects of consolidation in their industry that threaten their

While none of Jefferson Countys three public school districts offer the pilot Advanced Placement African American Studies course, the debate over it at the state Capitol resonates across Arkansas.

Money talks, and its saying Pine Bluff is losing plenty of it to crime.

A legislative panel questioned state officials Tuesday on the distribution of grants intended to aid homeless Arkansans and support the arts, saying the bulk of the funding appeared directed toward Central and Northwest Arkansas.

One of the greatest weapons used against Black people has always been to divide and conquer. The second has always been and remains to be misinformation. I call your attention to an editorial published on July 2, in The Commercial, headlined "Jimmy Cunningham is dancing yet again."