Johnny Cash, civil rights leader Daisy Bates to replace Arkansas statues at the US Capitol
CNN — The US Capitol will soon officially welcome two new, iconic figures. A statue of Daisy Bates, a civil rights journalist and activist who is perhaps best known for her role as a mentor to the Little Rock Nine – a group of Black students who were the first to desegregate schools and break […]
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Arkansas cannot prevent 2 teachers from discussing critical race theory in classroom, judge rules
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A federal judge has ruled Arkansas cannot prevent two high school teachers from discussing critical race theory in the classroom, but he stopped short of more broadly blocking the state from enforcing its ban on “indoctrination” in public schools. U.S. District Judge Lee Rudofsky issued a narrow preliminary injunction Tuesday evening […]
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Standard Lithium Announces Partnership to Accelerate Arkansas Plant Development
Robert Mintak, CEO of Standard Lithium Ltd. (Kyle Massey) Standard Lithium Ltd., the company developing commercial lithium operations in Arkansas and east Texas, announced Wednesday that it has a new partnership with publicly traded Equinor ASA. The deal with the Equinox, of Stavanger, Norway, is worth up to $160 million. Equinor, a multinational energy enterprise […]
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Missouri joins five other states in federal lawsuit over Title IX transgender protections • Missouri Independent
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin on Tuesday filed a lawsuit with five other states, including Missouri, against the U.S. Department of Education’s change to Title IX that codifies protections for LGBTQ students. The federal rule, announced in April, protects students and employees from sex-based discrimination, requires schools to offer support for people who make complaints, […]
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Will Arkansas have abortion on the ballot this year?
A New York judge on Tuesday removed an equal protection measure from the state’s November ballot, knocking back to two the number of states where abortion-related amendments will definitely go before voters this year. The ruling found that lawmakers failed to follow procedural rules when they added the equal protection amendment barring discrimination based on “pregnancy outcomes” and “reproductive […]
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More GOP states challenge federal rules protecting transgender students
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Seven more Republican-led states sued Tuesday to challenge a new federal regulation that seeks to protect the rights of transgender students in the nation’s schools. Republican plaintiffs call the effort to fold protection for transgender students under the 1972 Title IX law unconstitutional. The lawsuits filed in federal courts in […]
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2024 Crabaugh Award Winner: Braden Jones
Braden Jones made a choice four years ago to move two-and-a-half hours away from the southeast Arkansas home he loves to attend Arkansas Tech University. As he prepares to graduate from ATU, Jones now has two homes: the one he’s always known in Warren, and the one he chose at Arkansas Tech. “I […]
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What the school research shows us • Arkansas Advocate
“When we bring it up, we can feel the trauma in the room,” Walden said. “We know it’s hard: You were at school with Billy just the other day, and now he’s gone. Maybe you know the kid who killed him, and now one is locked up and the other is deceased.” Little by little, […]
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White House celebration includes Bauxite teacher
Dustin Parsons, a middle and high school teacher in the Bauxite School District, will be one of 25 educators from across the nation on Wednesday to participate in a White House Teacher Appreciation event hosted by first lady Jill Biden. The 5 p.m. Central Time event will be livestreamed. Parsons is a graduate of the […]
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Where does Arkansas rank on the 2024 Best States list?
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Once again, Arkansas dropped in the U.S. News and World Report’s ranking of the best states in the country. The report released annually ranks all 50 states in multiple categories including crime and corrections, economy, education, fiscal stability, healthcare, infrastructure, natural environment and opportunity. Arkansas was listed as the 45th best state, […]
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