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The previously estimated Arkansas budget surplus of $1.473 billion grew to a record $1.628 billion, which resulted in Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday (July 5) calling for an Aug. 8 special session to discuss possible tax cuts.
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On Friday, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis reached a milestone. Arkansas state Rep. Dwight Tosh (R-Jonesboro) became one of their earliest patients to have beaten the odds of their cancer diagnosis and survive 60 years.
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Crittenden County Circuit Court Judge Tonya Alexander denied a petition Thursday (June 23) by Damien Echols to have advanced DNA testing done on ligatures that were recovered in the 1993 murders of three eight-year-old boys in West Memphis.
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Arkansas lawmakers and gubernatorial candidates are reacting to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade.
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M-Vac is now primarily used to collect DNA in criminal cases. A man who pleaded to an Alford Plea in the murders of three eight-year-old boys in West Memphis, Damien Echols, has petitioned the state of Arkansas to use M-Vac testing on the ligatures collected in the case.
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The Arkansas State University Chancellor Search Advisory Committee and ASU System President Dr. Charles L. Welch today announced that four finalist candidates have accepted invitations to visit the campus in Jonesboro and formally interview for the position of chancellor.
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With hot temperatures and high humidity on the horizon, the American Red Cross of Missouri and Arkansas urges residents to take precautions against the heat.
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KLEK’s 5th annual Juneteenth in Jonesboro is going to be big and historic this year. Click on the Listen button to hear an interview with KLEK General Manager LaGanzie Kale and Program Director Allie Tabor.
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State police officials say three people have been killed after at least a dozen vehicles collided in different spots along heavily-traveled Interstate 30 in southwestern Arkansas.
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The Arkansas Department of Education’s (ADE) Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), Arkansas State University and its sponsored initiative, the Arkansas Out of School Network, have awarded $1.8 million in American Rescue Plan (ARP) ESSER III funds to 30 summer and extended-year learning programs across the state through the Summer Learning Supplemental Grant.