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With COVID-19 variants increasingly circulating in Arkansas as we head into summer, data show that new case, hospitalization, and death rates are again rising after a mid-April lull. Protective vaccination and booster rates however remain flat. Dr. Joe Thompson, CEO of Arkansas Center for Health Improvement frames the situation.
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With evictions and median rent spiraling upwards, Arkansas Renters United responded by organizing a demonstration outside the Washington County Courthouse. The protest aimed to publicize opposition to Gov. Hutchinson's rejection of $146 million in federal funds for rental aid and show the difficulties many renters face with rising housing costs.
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With evictions and median rent spiraling upwards, Arkansas Renters United responded by organizing a demonstration outside the Washington County Courthouse. The protest aimed to publicize opposition to Gov. Hutchinson's rejection of $146 million in federal funds for rental aid and show the difficulties many renters face with rising housing costs.
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Delta-8 THC, a new psychoactive and mildly intoxicating hemp remedy widely available for purchase in the U.S., is increasingly being sold by CBD, tobacco, and vape outlets. The federally legalized substance, however, is drawing state regulatory scrutiny, including in Arkansas.
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“Queer,” a juried fine arts exhibit hosted by Fenix Arts at Mt. Sequoyah Center in Fayetteville, opens Thursday, June 2nd, at 5pm with an artists’ panel set for Friday, June 3rd at 6pm. Forty artworks will be on display. A collaborative LGBTQ+ performance arts event, “Warp & Weft,” that coincides with “Queer” will take place July 16th.
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Another new update on the potential delay of St. Scholastica's demolition, a seven-figure price tag on the added costs with Peak Innovation Center, and the approval of two tax continuations are the topics at hand with Michael Tilley of Talk Business and Politics today.
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The Post Enumeration Survey has been released by the U.S. Census Bureau and data shows that more than 5% of Arkansans were undercounted. One of the major implications of this error is a substantial loss in federal funding.
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Hue To came to Fort Smith as a refugee following the Fall of Saigon. After more than 30 years as an American citizen—and some encouragement from her adult —she voted in her first primary election.
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Today is election in the Arkansas Preferential Primary Election, and we hear from a wide variety of citizens who voted early at the Washington County Courthouse in Fayetteville.
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Today is election in the Arkansas Preferential Primary Election, and we hear from a wide variety of citizens who voted early at the Washington County Courthouse in Fayetteville.