Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette


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8/22/22: Back to school for many districts across Arkansas...and more news
August 22, 2022

Back to school for many districts across Arkansas; North Little Rock students' standardized exam scores are improving; The cost of "squaring up" a Pulaski County high school campus is rising; The family of a man shot and killed in Little Rock in December

8/19/22: Arkansas looking at ways to fix a teacher shortage...and more news
August 19, 2022

Arkansas looking at ways to fix a teacher shortage; Up to $300 million for Arkansas water projects; The latest COVID-19 data in Arkansas; Simmons Bank Arena is no longer open for high school and college graduations; A member of the White Hall School Board

8/18/22: Arkansas retirement system's investments drop by $1.5 billion...and more news
August 18, 2022

Arkansas retirement system's investments drop by $1.5 billion; Arkansas state senator settle with an atheist group; Active COVID cases are at a seven-week low; Bentonville based Walmart required to pay damages in the opioid crisis

8/17/22: Arkansas' COVID hospitalizations drop as new cases hit plateau...and more news
August 17, 2022

Arkansas' COVID hospitalizations drop as new cases hit plateau; Panel turns down proposed charter school in Cabot; Sanders outraises Jones by $76,000 in July contributions

8/16/22: Investigation widens in weekend Little Rock shootings; Arkansas' active COVID case number lowest since June…and more Arkansas headlines
August 16, 2022

Investigation widens in weekend Little Rock shootings; Arkansas' active COVID case number lowest since June; Complaints about crop damage attributed to dicamba going unreported

8/15/22: Motorcyclist deaths rising...and more Arkansas headlines
August 15, 2022

State's annual number of motorcycle deaths keeps rising; School Safety Commission urges focus on students' mental health and well-being; study group shows that schools' speech-language pathologists are overworked and underpaid; Arkansas' covid hospitaliza

8/12/22: Special session ends...and more Arkansas headlines
August 12, 2022

Arkansas' special session ends; Governor Hutchinson signs tax cut, school-safety funding bills into law; daily average covid death toll hits new four-month high; supporters of ivory-billed woodpecker say 2021 video shows bird in flight; Walmart to open ne

8/11/22: Lawmakers pass tax cuts...and more Arkansas headlines
August 11, 2022

Arkansas House, Senate sign off on income tax cut proposals; state Senate approves $50 million in spending authority for school-safety measures; Arkansas covid hospitalizations fall by 28, but death toll rises by 19; second suspect arrested in Pine Bluff

8/10/22: Arkansas Legislative committees open special session… and more news
August 10, 2022

Arkansas Legislative committees endorse measures on tax cuts, school safety funds, in opening day of special session; State reports uptick in covid hospitalizations

8/9/22: Arkansas' count of hospitalized COVID patients falls to three-week low...and more news
August 09, 2022

Arkansas' count of hospitalized COVID patients falls to three-week low; Casino opponents fall short of signatures for extension; Little Rock mayor files for reelection