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The Arkansas Senate on Thursday voted to confirm Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders appointment of an aide in the governors office, Leslie Fisken, as secretary of the state Department of Transformation and Shared Services.

Senate President Pro Tempore Bart Hester has appointed retired financial advisor Mike Frost of Bentonville to a new five-member state committee tasked with identifying financial service providers that discriminate based on environmental, social justice or governance-related factors, Hester said this week.

Senate President Pro Tempore Bart Hester has appointed retired financial advisor Mike Frost of Bentonville to a new five-member state committee tasked with identifying financial service providers that discriminate based on environmental, social justice or governance-related factors, Hester said this week.

State Treasurer Larry Walthers request to create a new executive assistant to the treasurer position cleared the Legislative Council on Friday.

A report says she entered the school library and was there for over an hour in the dark with another woman, saying they took an indirect route to get there. The lawyer says trustees don’t have access to roam campus without supervision. That's when the assistant principal found them.

Colleges, companies, farm organizations and others around the country are employing innovative thinking to develop the next generation of ag and food employees. Apprenticeships, workforce training, career development and onboarding employees all offer ways for companies to build their future workforce with the talent needed to meet the growing projected job opportunities in the agricultural sector.

The Republican Party of Arkansas elected Joseph Wood, secretary of the state Department of Transformation and Shared Services, to serve as its party chairman Saturday.

Agriculture companies are becoming creative in getting new employees in the door, then keeping them by establishing a culture that values the input of employees and helps them buy into the overall mission of feeding and fueling the world.

Arkansas Secretary of State John Thurston announced Tuesday his intention to seek election to the office of Arkansas State Treasurer.

Most current employees in the states health insurance plans for public school and state employees and retirees would pay less than they currently do and most retirees would pay more under proposed changes for calendar year 2024 that the state Board of Finance approved Wednesday.