Mary Bentley

The 540-unit apartment complex in North Little Rock was purchased by 2401 Lakeview LLC. read more >

This year has seen multiple attempts to limit our open records law, and the hits will keep coming. read more >

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 >

It might be followed by an even stricter Arkansas bill criminalizing transgender adults using public restrooms that match their gender identity. read more >

A proposal that would have shielded decision-making by elected officials appears dead. For now. read more >

The proposal drew objections from some anti-abortion Republicans who said it would be counterproductive, and that efforts should instead focus on other needs such as helping pregnant women and foster children. read more >

The governor's office said she backs the bill, which would make it easier to sue doctors who provide gender-affirming treatment to minors. read more >

Two events last week showed lawmakers seeking simple solutions to complex problems. But as most business owners and managers know, there’s no such thing as a quick fix. read more >

The number of students and staff at a Marion school district who have quarantined because of COVID-19 grew to more than 700 as lawmakers debated whether to allow schools to mandate masks. read more >

Arkansas lawmakers approve legislation banning nearly all abortions, sending the bill to a Republican governor who has expressed reservations about the move. read more >

Gov. Asa Hutchinson announces additional appointments to the Arkansas Levee Task Force he created by executive order last month. read more >

Arkansas lawmakers have voted to keep the state's Medicaid expansion another year, days after the program's future appeared in limbo following a court decision blocking the state from enforcing a work requirement. read more >

Arkansas would ban food stamps from being used to purchase soda or junk food under a proposal endorsed by a legislative committee Tuesday, joining a list of Republican-led states hopeful the Trump administration will allow such restrictions to the federal program. read more >

At virtually every meeting, Rotarians recite “The Four-Way Test of the Things We Think, Say or Do,” but I keep my mouth shut. I’m fine with the first two — Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? — because those are my personal and professional goals at all times. But the parts about building goodwill and friendship and being beneficial to all concerned — well, the things I’m paid to think, say and do don’t always pass those tests. read more >