UAMS Researcher Awarded $1.7M Grant
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases awards a five-year, $1.7 million grant to a UAMS researcher studying a deadly pathogen that causes severe pneumonia. read more >
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases awards a five-year, $1.7 million grant to a UAMS researcher studying a deadly pathogen that causes severe pneumonia. read more >
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service awards a five-year, $3 million grant to the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff's Aquaculture/Fisheries Department. read more >
The Man in Black is about to get his own day in Arkansas. read more >
Arkansas reports its biggest daily increase in coronavirus cases in more than a month and two more deaths from the illness caused by the virus. read more >
Arkansas Children’s Research Institute has been awarded a two-year, $250,000 National Institutes of Health grant to study asthma in children. read more >
Arkansas lawmakers get their first look at legislation detailing the state's $5.9 billion budget proposal for the coming year as they near the end of this year's legislative session. read more >
Arkansas lawmakers give initial approval to measures prohibiting requiring proof of coronavirus vaccination to access services and governments imposing mask mandates similar to one recently lifted by the state. read more >
The Arkansas House votes to keep the state's Medicaid expansion for another year, breaking a deadlock that left the program's future uncertain. read more >
The sixth annual Clean Jobs America Report shows the first recorded drop in overall jobs in the clean energy sector. read more >
A request for a native beer permit may give a little insight into a potential new business at 1101 W. Markham St. in downtown Little Rock: Shift Modern Cyclery. read more >
It is rare for a young woman and a much older man to be of similar rank in a professional setting, and that imbalance of power is central to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s problems. read more >
Arkansas faces a high demand for doctors while medical school residencies remain in short supply. read more >
With the collapse of a $16.5 million land sale that drew opposition from Arkansas legislators, the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture is searching for ways to replace the lost revenue. read more >
President Joe Biden announced his administration’s $2.3 trillion plan for infrastructure investments March 31. As one might expect, a great many people found fault with it. read more >
Dana Watkins has been named senior vice president of First Security Bank in Jonesboro, while Seth Williams has been named vice president and Kathy Gardner, Alex Beasley and Will Edwards have all been named assistant vice presidents. read more >
Arkansas' unemployment rate fell one-tenth of a percentage point, from 4.5% in February to 4.4% in March, the state Division of Workforce Services said Friday. read more >
Former White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders' campaign on Thursday said she has raised nearly $5 million in her bid to be Arkansas' next governor, breaking the record for quarterly fundraising in the state. read more >
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits tumbled last week to 576,000, a post-COVID low and a hopeful sign that layoffs are easing as the economy recovers from the pandemic recession. read more >
Gov. Asa Hutchinson has signed into law a stripped-down alternative to hate crimes legislation that longtime supporters of such laws say doesn't provide true protections. read more >
A Federal Reserve survey finds that the economy rebounding in late February through early April, helped by billions of dollars in a new round of stimulus payments and the stepped-up rollout of coronavirus vaccines. read more >
