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mhobserver.com | Tess Vrbin |Arkansas Advocate
State driver’s license offices in five Arkansas cities will be open Saturday to accommodate demand for REAL IDs, which will be required for all Americans to board flights or enter certain federal buildings starting May 7, the department announced Tuesday. REAL IDs are signified by a gold star on a driver’s license or state-issued ID cards. The Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration has issued roughly 140,000 REAL IDs since Jan.
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2 days ago | 
magnoliareporter.com | Tess Vrbin |Arkansas Advocate
State driver’s license offices in five Arkansas cities will be open Saturday to accommodate demand for REAL IDs, which will be required for all Americans to board flights or enter certain federal buildings starting Wednesday, May 7, the department announced Tuesday. REAL IDs are signified by a gold star on a driver’s license or state-issued ID cards.
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2 days ago | 
arkansasadvocate.com | Tess Vrbin |Arkansas Advocate
State driver’s license offices in five Arkansas cities will be open Saturday to accommodate demand for REAL IDs, which will be required for all Americans to board flights or enter certain federal buildings starting May 7, the department announced Tuesday. REAL IDs are signified by a gold star on a driver’s license or state-issued ID cards. The Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration has issued roughly 140,000 REAL IDs since Jan.
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2 days ago | 
arkansasadvocate.com | Tess Vrbin |Arkansas Advocate
A coalition of Arkansas minority-focused health organizations will host their first free community health fair and “baby shower,” with an emphasis on Black families, on Saturday in southeast Little Rock. The event will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at 3701 Springer Boulevard, home of the Watershed Human and Community Development Agency, a Black-owned nonprofit that provides job counseling, food assistance and disaster relief, among other things.
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1 week ago | 
arkansasadvocate.com | Ainsley Platt |Sonny Albarado |Arkansas Advocate
Arkansas Republicans celebrated the end of the legislative session Wednesday, touting policy victories on issues such as education, maternal health, youth technology use and cutting taxes. At an afternoon press conference, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders praised the leaders of each chamber for managing “personalities” within their conferences.
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1 week ago | 
arkansasadvocate.com | Tess Vrbin |Arkansas Advocate
Three proposed constitutional amendments are expected to appear on Arkansas voters’ 2026 ballots after receiving legislative approval this week. The House and Senate approved three Republican-led measures and sent them to Gov.
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1 week ago | 
arkansasadvocate.com | Tess Vrbin |Arkansas Advocate
The Arkansas House will consider a bill denounced by advocates for transgender Arkansans on Wednesday, the final day of the 2025 legislative session. Senate Bill 486 would allow Arkansans to sue for damages if they encounter someone in a bathroom, changing room, shelter or correctional facility who does not align with the “designated sex” of the restroom.
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1 week ago | 
arkansasadvocate.com | Mary Hightower |Arkansas Advocate
LITTLE ROCK — Crop-related flood damage in Arkansas from early April rains totals a “conservative” $78.9 million, according to estimates from the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture. Of the nearly 840,000 acres reported planted as of April 7 in the state, 31% was reported as flooded, and agronomists and economists warn additional acreage may flood as water moves downstream.
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1 week ago | 
arkansasadvocate.com | Antoinette Grajeda |Arkansas Advocate
by Antoinette Grajeda, Arkansas Advocate April 15, 2025 A legislative budget committee on Monday pulled down a bill that would have added $250 million to a fund dedicated to prison construction in Arkansas. The decision comes less than a week after state lawmakers said a separate $750 million appropriation bill to support construction of a 3,000-bed prison in Franklin County appears dead after five failed votes in the Senate.
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1 week ago | 
magnoliareporter.com | Tess Vrbin |Arkansas Advocate
An Arkansas House committee approved a proposal Monday, April 14, 2025 to remove all seven members of the State Library Board and allow Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders to replace them later this year. Senate Bill 640 passed the Senate Thursday with support from 27 Republicans. Sen. Jonathan Dismang, R-Searcy, and Rep. Howard Beaty, R-Crossett, filed the bill late Wednesday night, less than two hours after Senate Bill 536 hit a dead end with a week left in the legislative session.
