Arkansas Reports 352 New COVID-19 Cases, 2 More Deaths
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 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 >
It looks like something to celebrate: small businesses posting “Help Wanted” signs as the economy edges toward normalcy. Instead, businesses are having trouble filling the jobs, which in turn hurts their ability to keep up with demand for their products or services. 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 number of new coronavirus cases per capita in Arkansas during the past two weeks was the lowest in the nation, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. read more >
Walmart employees in several states are suing their employer, alleging they weren’t paid for the time they spent submitting to mandatory COVID-19 screenings before their shifts. read more >
A quick look at what employers need to know about the lifting the mask mandate and what it means for them — including whether they can still require masks in their workplaces (they can). read more >
Arkansas will open up coronavirus vaccinations to anyone 16 and older, and is dropping its mask mandate immediately, Gov. Asa Hutchinson announces. read more >
Arkansas lawmakers reject an effort to end the emergency declared because of the coronavirus pandemic, allowing the governor to keep his emergency powers to curb the virus' spread for another two months. read more >
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is warning that the country's infrastructure needs exceed $1 trillion and that other countries, namely China, are pulling ahead of the U.S. with their public works investments, a scenario he describes as “a threat to our collective future." read more >
Arkansas reports 13 new deaths from the coronavirus as the state's active cases continued to drop. read more >
Cities won't be able to enforce their own mask mandates to curb the coronavirus when Arkansas ends its requirement as soon as next week, Gov. Asa Hutchinson says. read more >
Gov. Asa Hutchinson vetoes legislation requiring the state to refund fines imposed on businesses violating coronavirus safety rules, as the state's virus cases and hospitalizations continued to drop. read more >
A majority of business economists think the recovering economy will benefit from much more government spending despite concerns in financial markets that the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief measure Congress recently enacted could ignite inflation. read more >
Gov. Asa Hutchinson tells CNN he believes his proposal to remove a mask mandate intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus will take place as planned at the end of the month. read more >
At least seven Arkansas banks are participating in "Operation Vax Speed," an initiative between the Arkansas Bankers Association and the Arkansas Pharmacists Association to offer COVID-19 vaccines at bank branches throughout the state. read more >
Arkansas has made the coronavirus vaccine available to nearly 1 million more people, expanding its eligibility to a wide category that includes food service workers, the incarcerated and people with certain health conditions. read more >
Arkansas' active coronavirus virus cases drop to their lowest point since June as lawmakers expand their ability to end the emergency declared because of the pandemic. read more >
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said he's still considering removing the state's mask mandate at the end of March even as many residents turn down a coronavirus vaccine. read more >
President Joe Biden pledged in his first prime-time address to make all adults eligible for vaccines by May 1 and raised the possibility of beginning to "mark our independence from this virus” by the Fourth of July. read more >
Gov. Asa Hutchinson marks one year since the state reported its first coronavirus case, as the state's virus hospitalizations continue to drop. read more >
