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ADVERTISEMENT Court challenge filed against governor's decision to cut jobless aid by John Lynch | July 23, 2021 at 8:18 p.m. Great Seal of Arkansas in a court room in Washington County. Thursday, June 21, 2018, Gov. Asa Hutchinson overstepped his authority when he ended federally funded pandemic unemployment supplements that can pay out-of-work job seekers an extra $300 a week, according to a lawsuit filed Friday that calls on Pulaski County Circuit Judge Herb Wright to order the payments to resume. The Republican governor’s decision to withdraw Arkansas last month from federal unemploymen...

House committee defeats repeal of criminal eviction statute House committee defeats repeal of criminal eviction statute TESTIFYING: Rep. Nicole Clowney (left) and Lynn Foster. Rep. Nicole Clowney (D-Fayetteville) failed Monday in her attempt to get approval for HB 1798 to end Arkansas’s status as the only state in the country to make a crime of failure to pay rent. Advertisement Clowney emphasized that the bill wouldn’t affect the civil eviction process, which allows the removal of non-paying renters. Landlords spoke against the bill, supported by landlord/legislators. The bill failed on...

The 1958 civil rights protest by Black teens at a Wichita drug store led to the end of segregation at lunch counters all over the state and inspired a wave of sit-ins across the country.

January 12, 2021 Richard Wilkins will serve a second term as Delaware Farm Bureau president. SUBMITTED PHOTO Delegates and Delaware Farm Bureau leadership held their annual meeting Dec. 1 using a virtual format. A quorum was successfully presented and maintained during the meeting, allowing the group to vote on important decisions such as next year's leadership. President Richard Wilkins, Vice President Laura Hill and Second Vice President Bill Powers were all voted in for additional terms of service. "I think it's important to note that we are continuing to operate. We've never clo...