Five years can represent the blink of an eye or an eternity, depending on various factors. The COVID-19 pandemic needed no time at all to turn the world on its head. Three months is all it needed, from the announcement …
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State employees will be looking at a significant bonus soon. Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced that there will be a three percent performance bonus for state agency employees. During a press conference on Tuesday, June 8, he said that the bonus …
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Active Case Count in Arkansas Drops Below 2,000 Again
by Tyler Haleby Tyler HaleArkansas’ active case count dropped out of the 2,000 range on Monday. On Saturday, May 1, the state’s COVID-19 active case count increased by 70 to 2,036. By Sunday, there were an additional 19 active cases, bringing the total to …
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Masks at College Football Games Are a Losing Proposition
by Nate Olsonby Nate OlsonMEMPHIS – Last Friday night, I found myself at the Liberty Bowl with my 12-year-old son, J.D. Memphis was playing its spring game, and we happened to be in town for a soccer tournament J.D.’s team was playing in. Not …
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Producers Relieved by Exemption from South African Travel Ban for H-2A Rice Workers
Arkansas produces roughly 50 percent of the rice that is grown in the United States with about 1.5 million acres under cultivation. Producers rely heavily on highly-skilled H-2A visa workers from South Africa. So, it sent shock waves throughout the …