Some Arkansas hotels charging 10 times normal rates before eclipse
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- March 19, 2024
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Those looking for a hotel in Arkansas might experience some sticker shock if they plan a trip the first weekend of April. The Natural State is expecting a huge influx of visitors for the eclipse on April 8 and hotels in the path of totality are aiming to capitalize on it. […]
Read MoreArkansas’ preferential primary election results official; 3 legislative runoffs on tap | The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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- March 18, 2024
Results from the March 5 preferential primary election were official as of 1:30 p.m. Monday, according to Jaime Land, director of public relations for the Arkansas secretary of state’s office. The official results are available at the Arkansas secretary of state’s website. Three runoff elections will be held April 2. Those elections are between these […]
Read MoreArkansas firm recommends plan for controlling schools’ increasing insurance rates
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- March 18, 2024
A consulting firm recommended to lawmakers Thursday that Arkansas start its own insurance company to combat rising property insurance premiums for public schools and higher education institutions. Meadors, Adams & Lee Insurance Inc. presented its recommendations to the Arkansas Legislative Council’s executive subcommittee after a months-long study of the issue. Roberts Lee, president of the […]
Read MoreRussian polls crowded after call to protest Putin | The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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- March 18, 2024
Russians crowded outside polling stations at noon Sunday on the last day of a presidential election, apparently heeding an opposition call to protest against President Vladimir Putin in a vote that offered them no real alternatives after he ruthlessly cracked down on dissent. Shortly after the last polls closed in Russia, early returns pointed to […]
Read MoreArkansas Advocate : Arkansas education co-ops concerned about effect of reduced funding | Public & Private Schools
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- March 18, 2024
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The Sanders administration’s proposal to reduce funding for Arkansas’ 15 education service cooperatives has co-op directors concerned about the impact on students, especially those in smaller school districts. Fourteen cooperatives would receive $4.3 million less in state funds next fiscal year under the Department of Education’s 2025 budget proposal, according to estimates provided to the […]
Read MoreOFFICIAL: Central Arkansas names Shulman as new Head Basketball Coach
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- March 18, 2024
Following up on today’s earlier report (ASUN DIRT), John Shulman has officially been named as the new Head Basketball Coach at Central Arkansas. Here is the statement the UCA released announcing the move: The University of Central Arkansas men’s basketball program has found its new head coach in John Shulman, UCA’s director of athletics Dr. […]
Read MoreNetanyahu slams U.S. for growing criticism | The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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- March 18, 2024
TEL AVIV, Israel — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu railed Sunday against growing criticism from top ally the United States against his leadership amid the devastating war with Hamas, describing calls for a new election as “wholly inappropriate.” In recent days, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, the highest-ranking Jewish official in the country and […]
Read MoreDrone attacks by Ukrainian military leave 2 dead in Russia | The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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- March 18, 2024
Ukraine launched a new wave of attacks inside Russian territory Sunday, killing at least two people, including a teenager, according to local officials, as Russians cast ballots on the final day of a presidential vote set to extend President Vladimir Putin’s rule for another six years. Authorities also said a drone fell on a refinery […]
Read MoreArkansas education co-ops concerned about effect of reduced funding • Arkansas Advocate
The Sanders administration’s proposal to reduce funding for Arkansas’ 15 education service cooperatives has co-op directors concerned about the impact on students, especially those in smaller school districts. Fourteen cooperatives would receive $4.3 million less in state funds next fiscal year under the Department of Education’s 2025 budget proposal, according to estimates provided to the […]
Read More$318M makeover of Arkansas Children’s hospitals begins soon
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- March 18, 2024
SPRINGDALE, Ark. — Construction is set to begin this month on a $318 million project that will transform Arkansas Children’s hospital campuses in Little Rock and Springdale. The first phase of the Little Rock segment of the project is expected to be completed in the May or June of 2026, President and CEO Marcy Doderer told […]
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