The Arkansas Lottery is rolling out new scratch-off tickets this month — including one that sells for $20 per ticket. Instant ticket sales make up most of the Arkansas Lottery’s income. However,...

On July 28, U.S. District Judge Timothy Brooks blocked two sections of Act 372 of 2023, a good law that generally prohibits giving or sending a child harmful material that contains nudity or sexual activity. The law also eliminates exemptions for libraries and schools in the state’s obscenity statute, and it clarifies how library patrons can work to remove objectionable material from a library’s catalog. The law was slated to take effect Aug. 1, but in June, a coalition of libraries in ...

CNN Caught Falsely Claiming Texas Abortion Ban Led to Increased Infant Mortality On July 20, CNN published a story citing a large increase in the infant-mortality rate in Texas. Data obtained...

On June 14, Pulaski County Circuit Judge Morgan “Chip” Welch issued a decision that voids 27 laws the Arkansas Legislature has enacted since 2017 concerning so-called “medical” marijuana in the...

Third Baby Surrendered At Benton Safe Haven Baby Box Another newborn baby has been safely surrendered at one of Benton’s two Safe Haven Baby Boxes making it the fifth surrender in Arkansas. It...

Authorities Seize Lethal Quantities of Fentanyl, Meth KAIT reported last week that the 2nd Judicial District Drug Task Force seized 100 pounds of meth and 390 grams of fentanyl in Northeast Arkansas earlier this month. The drug task force reportedly is made up of law enforcement from multiple agencies. According to the DEA, fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine. Two milligrams of fentanyl is considered a ...