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Arkansas governor announces overseas trade mission
Mountain Home Observer - Arkansas
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June 9, 2025
Share This Article Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders will travel to Europe this month for an overseas trade mission that will include stops in France and Switzerland, according to a Thursday press release from her office. Sanders’ trip, which is...
Warren Bank & Trust Hosts Pink Tomato Open House Today
Saline River News - Arkansas
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June 13, 2025
WARREN, Ark. – As part of the 69th annual Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival celebrations, Warren Bank & Trust is inviting the public to its Pink Tomato Open House today, Friday, June 13, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will feature...
Little Rock Black Pride hosts festivities at MacArthur Park
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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June 9, 2025
Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. Little Rock Black Pride and Village Public Health partnered together Sunday afternoon in MacArthur Park to host Pride in the Park, a family- and pet-friendly...
Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts exhibition highlights the art of conservation
Stuttgart Daily Leader - Arkansas
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June 11, 2025
John James Audubon’s “North American Bison No. 12” lithograph from 1843 is part of AMFA’s exhibit that opens June 13.LITTLE ROCK — The management of fish and wildlife habitat is typically viewed as being within the purview of scientists, but an...
Small businesses in Arkadelphia offered free consultations
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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June 13, 2025
Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. Arkadelphia to offer business consults A program to support small businesses in the Arkadelphia area is set to begin in July. The Arkadelphia Regional Economic...
Arkansas’ Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies Act prompts enhanced doula training at UAMS
KNOE - Arkansas
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June 11, 2025
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KNOE) - People who are training to be doulas through the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences can further their education with college credits thanks to a new partnership between UAMS and the University of Arkansas...
Minniefield: Time for Black leaders to teach entrepreneurship to youth
Longview News-Journal - Texas
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I took the road far less traveled. I came from Waldo, Arkansas, a poor town with a 95% Black population, and Marshall, Texas, and went to Los Angeles. I had humble beginnings. After working on a railroad and in a lumber yard, I became a stock boy...
Suspect’s past shows security, religious ties
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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June 16, 2025
The gunman suspected of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses worked for an armed home security company and had done security work overseas, while also proselytizing to bring Christianity to "Islamic militants," according to a digital...
Arkansas Gov. Sanders signs executive order for IT overhaul
KHBS - Arkansas
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June 11, 2025
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders issued an executive order on Wednesday aimed at state government IT services."Citizens deserve a government that serves them in an efficient and effective manner, while limiting its reach into their wallets and...
Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System’s investments reportedly declined last quarter, but have rebounded
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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June 11, 2025
The Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System's investments dropped in value by about $176 million to $11.5 billion during the quarter that ended March 31, but they have rebounded in value to about $12.1 billion amid volatile investment markets,...
Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas Among Bottom Seven States for Child Well-being
Red River Radio - Louisiana
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June 11, 2025
A new report reveals that children in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas are still doing worse overall compared to kids in other states. The 2025 Annie E. Casey Foundation Data Book ranks Arkansas 45th in the nation for child well-being,...
Arkansas DHS secretary Kristi Putnam to depart agency next month
Arkansas Times
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June 11, 2025
Arkansas’s largest state agency will get a new leader come July 25, Gov. Sarah Sanders announced Wednesday. Secretary Kristi Putnam, who led the state Department of Human Services since Sanders took office in January 2023, is returning to her home...
Classic Dining: The Butcher Shop
Memphis Magazine - Tennessee
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June 16, 2025
Not everyone who visits the Butcher Shop Steakhouse remembers when diners could cook their own steaks at the restaurant. That’s no longer done, says owner Simpson Hughes, but the charm and delicious cuisine have remained at this Cordova...
Arkansas governor announces executive order aimed at enhancing state's IT services
WATN - Tennessee
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On Wednesday, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced a new executive order centered around the modernization and enhancement of statewide IT services. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced a new executive order...
Arkansas issues more than a million REAL IDs
KAIT 8 - Arkansas
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June 11, 2025
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KAIT) - Arkansas’s Department of Finance and Administration secretary said Wednesday that more than a million citizens are “well-prepared” to take to the skies. The DFA has issued more than a million REAL IDs, with over 331,600...
McCain Plaza Sale Tops $25M (Real Deals)
Arkansas Business
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June 16, 2025
McCain Plaza 4200 E. McCain Blvd., North Little Rock (© Google Maps) A 314,236-SF retail center in North Little Rock tipped the scales at $25.84 million. RCG-Little Rock PM LLC, an affiliate of Atlanta’s RCG Ventures, acquired McCain Plaza at 4200...
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin urges precautions as scammers target small businesses
KARK - Arkansas
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June 10, 2025
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin is urging businesses to take precautions as scammers target small businesses in the Natural State. Griffin said the scams take many forms in how they approach businesses. He broke down the...
Changing Church in Hillcrest
Arkansas Business
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June 16, 2025
Pulaski Heights Baptist Church in Hillcrest may be adapted for commercial use. (© Google Maps) Have you heard a church in Little Rock’s Hillcrest neighborhood might be looking to make a change with its church building? That’s the word about...
Governor Sanders welcomes Conveyor Technology to North Little Rock, bringing 100 new jobs
KATV 7 - Arkansas
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NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) — Governor Sanders held a press conference today to talk about Conveyor Technology's, the largest dealer and repair company for electric drum motors in North America, expansion into North Little Rock with a $33...
Kristi Putnam steps down as Arkansas Human Services secretary
Mountain Home Observer - Arkansas
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June 13, 2025
Share This Article Arkansas State Medicaid Director Janet Mann will become secretary of the Department of Human Services next month as Secretary Kristi Putnam returns to Kentucky, the governor’s office announced Wednesday. Mann serves as DHS’...