The Arkansas Department of Human Services requests for $13.4 million in federal American Rescue Plan funds for four hospitals in Blytheville, Mena, Osceola and Warren, and requests for $11.6 million in state restricted reserve funds for three projects sailed through the Arkansas Legislative Council on Friday.
A legislative panel on Tuesday signed off on a request by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ office for a $104,000 appropriation transfer to increase the extra help appropriation to cover the cost of former Department of Corrections’ Secretary Joe Profiri serving as a special adviser in the governor’s office in the fiscal year that ends June 30.
A legislative panel on Tuesday signed off on a request by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ office for a $104,000 appropriation transfer to increase the extra help appropriation to cover the cost of former Department of Corrections’ Secretary Joe Profiri serving as a special adviser in the governor’s office in the fiscal year that ends June 30.
Arkansas State University Heritage Sites, KASU public radio, and the Mississippi County Hospital System will sponsor the second installment in the summer concert series, "Live from the Cash Porch," at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, July 16.<br/> <br/>Blind Mississippi Morris and Brad Webb will perform in the admission-free series starting at the boyhood home of music legend Johnny Cash in Dyess.<br/><br/> “We are delighted to have Blind Mississippi Morris and Brad Webb at our second summer concert,” commented Penny Toombs, director of Dyess Colony: Johnny Cash Boyhood Home, an Arkansas State University Heritage Site. “As before, we encourage folks to come out with friends and family to enjoy this special experience of live music on the Cash porch.”<br/><br/> A native of Clarksdale, Miss., and blind since age four, Blind Mississippi Morris is the embodiment of the Delta bluesman. Rated one of the 10 best harmonica players in the world by Bl
Before Ben Gilmore was a senator, he lived in the Delta in southeast Arkansas and witnessed firsthand the region's struggles with health care, infrastructure, education and more.