LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Sept. 6 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on Sept. 5, 2024: * * * Griffin: 'Oscar Stilley's registration to vote in Arkansas was illegal because he is a convicted felon still on supervised release. ... I thank the Arkansas Supreme Court for doing the right thing by referring the Special Master's report to the prosecutor for the 21st Judicial District' * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement after the  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Sept. 6 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on Sept. 5, 2024: * * * Griffin: 'The Biden-Harris administration keeps trying to go around Congress, and they keep losing' * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement after the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia granted a request by a seven-state coalition of attorneys general for a temporary restraining order against the U.S. Department of  more

RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, Sept. 7 -- Arkansas Tech University issued the following news: A project by the Arkansas Tech University Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences (MANRRS) student organization is bringing a vegetable garden to an unexpected location: a reception area inside ATU's Dean Hall. There, adjacent to faculty offices for the ATU agriculture program, is an artificial intelligence-guided Gardyn growing station. Small cups of seeds for plants such as basil,  more

RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, Sept. 7 -- Arkansas Tech University issued the following news: Record-setting student retention on its Russellville campus and a student population increase on its Ozark campus highlight preliminary fall 2024 enrollment figures at Arkansas Tech University. ATU freshman retention from fall 2023 to fall 2024 is 74.5 percent on its Russellville campus, which is the institution's highest such figure since Arkansas Tech began keeping electronic records of official data in 19  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Sept. 6 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: A key industry partner has made a significant contribution to support the next generation of construction management and engineering professionals at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The generous $100,000 donation from the Baldwin & Shell Construction Company has funded the renovation and five-year sponsorship of a senior project suite, providing students with a state-of-the-art space to collabora  more

CONWAY, Arkansas, Sept. 7 -- Hendrix College issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Naval Academy scholar to visit classes, meet with students and faculty * * * Dr. Sharika D. Crawford, Speedwell Professor of History at the United States Naval Academy, will visit Hendrix College October 2-4 and will give her public lecture on Thursday, October 3 at 7 p.m. in Lecture Hall B of the Mills Center for Social Sciences (building 10 on the current campus map). The title of Crawford's lectur  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Sept. 6 (TNSres) -- Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2024: Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders today received the Strategic Committee on Maternal Health's report outlining recommended policies and programs to improve maternal health outcomes in Arkansas. The Governor established the Committee through executive order on March 6, 2024, and initiated a six-month timeline for stakeholders to meet and discuss potential reforms  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Sept. 6 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is celebrating a significant enrollment milestone. The Fall 2024 census reveals the university's largest enrollment growth in 15 years. This marks the most substantial increase since Fall 2009, reflecting the university's continued efforts to enhance access and increase affordability. UA Little Rock's undergraduate enrollment increased by 3.7 percent, with 5,434 st  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Sept. 6 -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences issued the following news release: Laura Hays, Ph.D., APRN, associate professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing, has received a four-year, $1.4 million federal grant to expand and enhance the Arkansas Department of Health's Newborn Screening Program. The new project, known as the Arkansas Coordinated NBS Expansion through Collaboration and Technology (AR CNECT) Program  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Sept. 7 -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences issued the following news release: The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will hold a Public Health Summit on Sept. 21 to discuss the issues of structural violence, community violence and trauma among Black men. The event, which runs from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at Philander Smith University, 900 W. Daisy L. Gatson Bates Drive in Little Rock, will explore the intersections of these health challenges as wel  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Sept. 6 -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences issued the following news release: Award-winning author and journalist Sam Quinones will offer an in-depth look at the world of substance use and its disruptive effects on the United States in a presentation hosted by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Psychiatric Research Institute. "The Least of Us: A Conversation with Sam Quinones" will be held Oct. 9 from 8 to 11:30 a.m. in the Central Ark  more

CLARKSVILLE, Arkansas, Sept. 6 -- The University of the Ozarks issued the following news: By Larry Isch The University of the Ozarks Alumni Association will honor four of its own during the 2024 Ozarks Awards Ceremony, held in conjunction with this year's Homecoming celebration. The ceremony is scheduled for 6 p.m., Friday, Oct. 18, in the Rogers Conference Center. Tickets for the event are $25 and can be purchased by visiting: https://ozarks.edu/alumni/homecoming/ The Alumni Association wil  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Sept. 7 -- The Arkansas Economic Development Commission posted the following news from White River Energetics: DES ARC, Ark. (September 6, 2024) - White River Energetics (WRE), an ammunition primer and energetics manufacturer, is expanding its facility in Des Arc, creating 100 new jobs. The company is investing approximately $10 million to expand its existing facility. Additionally, WRE will also make a $60 million dollar investment to build a single base smokeless propel  more