Nathan Treece
Reporter & Host, Little Rock Public Radio-
Arkansas Act 84, enacted into law in 2023, allows certain insurers to offer family leave insurance as voluntary for an employer to offer. It is that provision which makes unavailable for most workers in Arkansas. -
Red Cross experts urge people to make plans before severe weather strikes, stay connected with charged phones and extra batteries and a working radio, prepare water and supplies and coordinate with neighbors and others when possible. -
Controversy now surrounds the violence which broke out immediately after the Erika Kirk event between supporters and protesters outside the Arkansas Governor’s Mansion on Wednesday, with a trooper injured, and several arrests made. -
University of Arkansas Professor Shirin Saeidi, Ph.D., was suspended for social media posts about Israel, Gaza and Iran, and recommended for firing in December. -
According to the Center for Healthcare Quality & Payment Reform, most rural hospitals in the U.S. no longer deliver babies. It’s a decline decades in the making that’s only accelerated because of rising costs, just as contributions from Medicaid are dropping. -
Some of the exhibits removed nationally include those related to slavery, racism, discrimination, pollution, climate change, and any reference to transgender people, among the many disqualifying topics for display at U.S. National Parks. -
The Arkansas' Crisis Center is typically contacted by an adult over the phone, but when they added texting, 65% on that platform were children and teenagers - 24/7 988 Lifeline. -
Prof. Shirin Saeidi’s social media accounts, included posts calling Israel a quote, “terrorist state that must be dismantled for the sake of humanity.”
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The Arkansas State Legislature will now have the power to make changes to citizen-led constitutional amendments with a two-thirds vote, reversing a 74-year legal precedent. -
States will soon pay more administrative costs for the SNAP program, stiff penalties for dispersement mistakes, and enforce work requirements for able-bodied adults receiving benefits.
