Ashley Wimberley
Government Transparency Group Releases Proposal to Enshrine Arkansas FOIA
The group, Arkansas Citizens for Transparency, said the proposal would ensure that any further changes to the FOIA would only be approved by voters. read more >
by Scott Carroll -
Freedom of Information ‘Emergency’ Draws Skepticism
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the sunshine law puts her and other elected officials at risk. Press groups, lawyers and even a couple of Republican read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Remembering Mary Fisher: A Force In Small-Town Publishing
Over nearly six decades, she published and edited four weekly newspapers, including the oldest weekly in the state, the Dardanelle Post-Dispatch. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Arkansas Attorney General Forms Group to Consider Changes to State’s FOIA
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin has formed a group to look at changing the state's law on public meetings and records. read more >
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Citizens Help Newspapers Dodge Legislative Threats
Many are relieved by the failure of bills that took aim at Arkansas’ strong Freedom of Information Act and current law that requires public notices to be published in newspapers. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Brenda Blagg, Storied NWA Journalist, Dies at 75
She was a champion of transparency in government and a staunch defender of Arkansas’ Freedom of Information Act. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
World Publishers Plan to Buy, Rename Brinkley Paper
The weekly is the only active newspaper in Monroe County. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Warren Eagle Democrat Looks Like a Phoenix
Tom White, publisher of the Advance Monticellonian and owner of Advance Publishing of Monticello, struck a deal to buy the weekly Eagle Democrat in his old hometown, Warren, 16 miles to the west. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Monticello’s Tom White in Deal to Buy Warren Paper
The Arkansas Press Association helped broker the agreement for the Warren Eagle Democrat. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Chain Buys 5 Arkansas Papers
Arkansas’ newest newspaper chain owner is now one of its largest, thanks to a five-newspaper deal with Rust Communications of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. read more >
Arkansas’ Newest News Chain Owner
Arkansas’ newest newspaper chain owner thinks technology has been the enemy of print news for too long. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Two Press Ambassadors for Arkansas, Gone in a Week
Retired Dumas Clarion editor/owner Charlotte Schexnayder died Dec. 11 at just shy of 97 years. Dennis Schick, former APA executive director, died Dec. 15. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Hussman and Tate’s Plan to Save Pine Bluff’s Paper
Byron Tate has a simple reason to be back as editor of the Pine Bluff Commercial, where he has worked three times before. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Arkansas Industries Attempt to Divine The Post-Pandemic Future
Some, like the hospitality industry, are bracing for a long, slow return to pre-COVID vitality. Others, like the energy sector, see a quicker recovery after the early swoon. Some trends seem baked into expectations, like reliance on home-based employees and the technology they use. read more >
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Publisher Jay Jackson Dies at 94
Longtime Arkansas publisher and former Clinton Chamber of Commerce President Jay W. Jackson died March 6 in Rogers. He was 94. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Insult Added to Injury at the Atkins Chronicle
Last month, folks at the Atkins Chronicle felt the latest blow in a couple of hard-knock years when the small newspaper’s retail boxes were robbed. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Arkansas Legislators Seek More Limits on Public Records
Two years after the Arkansas Legislature scaled back the state's decades-old law protecting public access to government records, lawmakers are considering making even more information secret. read more >
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Number of 7-Day Newspapers Drops to 8 in Arkansas
With the Pine Bluff Commercial consolidating its Sunday print operation into a weekend edition to be published on Saturday, the count of seven-day-a-week papers remaining in the state shrank once again. read more >
Want State Business? Stay on Israel’s Side
The Arkansas Times, which lost ad business with the University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College after rejecting pro-Israel language in an ad contract, is suing to neuter the state law requiring it. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Silenced Springdale Student Paper Rescued by State Law
Springdale’s Har-Ber High School shifted into reverse last week on its headline-making shutdown of the student newspaper, which had published an article the administration didn’t like. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
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