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US

Plains Face Severe Storms as Wind and Tornado Risks Extend Overnight

Fresh weather-service outlooks warn of severe storms across Kansas, Oklahoma and north Texas Monday, followed by an overnight threat farther east. Damaging winds are a principal concern, with hail, tornadoes and localized flooding possible.

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Politics

Arkansas Early Voting Opens Ahead of Nov. 3 General Election

Oct 21, 2026

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Politics

Arkansas Issue 3 would shift development financing powers, with operating rules still to come

Oct 20, 2026

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Tech

Arkansas lawsuit tests ChatGPT safety claims and youth-data protections

Oct 19, 2026

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Policy

Arkansas Opens $10 Million Full Table Hunger Grant Round

Oct 3, 2026

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Policy

Arkansas Opens Single College Application With 5 Fee Waivers

Oct 3, 2026

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Policy

Arkansas SNAP Limits Enter Federal Review After Court Ruling

Sep 30, 2026

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Healthcare

Arkansas Sends $54.6M to 54 Rural Health Projects

Sep 26, 2026

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Policy

Arkansas Keeps All 75 Counties at High Wildfire Risk

Sep 25, 2026

Conceptual view of Arkansas water infrastructure with an unmarked ballot envelope on engineering plans.

Policy

Arkansas Voters Face $500 Million Water Bond Decision

Sep 24, 2026

A modest used sedan parked outside a small-town consumer finance office in Arkansas.

Policy

Arkansas Joins $694 Million Subprime Auto Settlement

Sep 24, 2026

A caregiver and an adult wheelchair user work on a puzzle together at a kitchen table in a sunlit Arkansas home.

Healthcare

Arkansas Plans $17 Million Expansion for Disability Waitlist

Sep 23, 2026

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Policy

Arkansas Classroom Display Law Reaches Federal Appeals Panel

Sep 23, 2026

Workers arrive at an Arkansas commercial and light-industrial workplace on an early autumn morning.

Business

Arkansas Adds 5,200 Jobs as Unemployment Falls to 3.9%

Sep 22, 2026

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Military

Pentagon Locks In Seven-Year Expansion of Missile Defense Production

Sep 1, 2026

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