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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas county has corrected ballots that misidentified Senate hopeful Jake Bequette as “Jack.” A judge on Friday declined to dismiss the lawsuit that Bequette filed against election officials over the errors on ballots in Craighead and Phillips counties. Judge Mackie Pierce said he considered the issue moot since Craighead […]
Black fraternities and sororities at Arkansas State University were targeted in racist attacks online this week—but students say the posts are just part of a much larger problem on campus. “On behalf of the entire Arkansas State University community, I condemn the recent statements of anonymous individuals,” Chancellor Kelly Damphousse wrote in a statement released […]
Black women continue to experience systemic racism, bias and discrimination within the healthcare system in Arkansas and the U.S. as a whole. That’s according to a new report by Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families examining the state of Black women’s health. The report, released Tuesday, finds women of color have an increased rate of […]
The lawsuit claims the plan approved by the majority-Republican Legislature last year violates the U.S. Constitution. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A federal lawsuit was filed Monday challenging Arkansas’ new U.S. House district lines, claiming the new boundaries violate Black voters’ rights and weaken their influence by splitting the Little Rock area among three congressional districts. […]
The diversity of Arkansas has increased over the past 10 years, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The Census released new demographics data Thursday, showing the number of people who are of two or more races increased from 57,010 in 2010 to 213,575 in 2020. It’s a percent change of about 275%. The latest data shows that people of […]
NEW YORK, Aug 9 (Reuters) – Only eight intensive care unit beds were available on Monday in the state of Arkansas, its governor said, as the rapid spread of the Delta variant of the coronavirus pushed cases and hospitalizations in the United States to a six-month high. In neighboring Texas, Governor Greg Abbott asked hospitals […]
A registered nurse at a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) facility in Little Rock, Gardner told CNN she’s had to essentially learn nursing on the fly during the Covid-19 pandemic, which she said began eight months into her nursing career. Not only that, but seeing constant death, working long shifts and having a […]
Mississippi and Arkansas face shortages of available intensive care beds as the delta variant sparks yet another surge in coronavirus cases around the country. Only six ICU beds for severely ill patients were available across all of Mississippi as of Wednesday morning, said Dr. Jonathan Wilson, chief administrative officer at the University of Mississippi Medical […]