Arkansas LEARNS

The next few weeks could be a turning point for Arkansas’ growing TV and filmmaking industry, and an economic impact study due in mid-March could plot the future of state incentives. read more >

In Arkansas, we’ve seen the dividends of investing in industry-specific skill-building and training programs for our residents. read more >

The session could include efforts to tweak or outright repeal a law dealing with cryptocurrency mining operations. read more >

Most of the increase in spending would go toward the governor's school voucher program. read more >

Arkansas Times Publisher Alan Leveritt and Director of Development Wythe Walker have hit upon a new business model for profit-making news outlets: tak read more >

Publisher Alan Leveritt said the magazine has "become the voice of the blue community in a red state." read more >

Bragg served as a legislative liaison for Sanders during this year's legislative session, and Sanders said he also worked on the governor's LEARNS Act. read more >

Judge Herbert Wright's ruling arises from the Legislature's adoption of the Arkansas LEARNS Act. The law allows any school district that is facing consolidation with another district to instead contract with a charter school or another entity to run its schools. read more >

Opponents of the law are challenging a contract approved under the law for a charter school group to run an east Arkansas school district. read more >

We urge Arkansas courts to quickly determine the constitutionality of the Legislature’s voting practice. read more >

Pulaski County Circuit Judge Herbert Wright issued the temporary restraining order in response to a lawsuit challenging a contract approved under the law for a charter school group to run an east Arkansas school district. read more >

The suit challenges the Arkansas LEARNS Act that Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed into law in March. read more >

Computer science is not just a career pathway, it's part of every single aspect of our world. read more >

The organization said it can't absorb the costs of higher teacher salaries required by the Arkansas LEARNS Act. read more >

The new law also raises minimum teacher salaries and puts new restrictions on classroom instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity. read more >

The legislation now heads back to the Senate, which approved an earlier version of the bill last week. read more >

The proposal, which now heads to the majority-Republican House, is advocated by GOP Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders as her top priority this legislative session. read more >