Last year 426 Arkansas residents died from a drug overdose, according to death certificates filed with the state Health Department. That is an increase in fatal drug overdoses from 2017, when 417 people in Arkansas died from drugs.
Weekly UpdatesTransparency in government is a growth industry, if you analyze the number of people who watched the Arkansas Senate during the 2019 legislative session.
News ReleasesArkansas cities and counties that have been hit hard by the economic impact of the coronavirus can apply for help, after legislators approved the use of $150 million for relief grants.
Weekly UpdatesBack to school in Arkansas means that more than 6,000 buses will transport 350,000 students to and from school.
Weekly UpdatesReading helps children avoid the “summer slide,” when lazy days can make them forget what they’ve learned over the previous year.
Weekly UpdatesA new law requiring stricter labeling of food products has placed Arkansas in the middle of an international dispute over truth in labeling.
Weekly UpdatesMany of the bills approved by lawmakers earlier this year become effective on July 24, which is the 91st day after the legislature adjourned.
Weekly UpdatesThe state Human Services Department is reviewing every case this year in which people have been denied assisted living or home care services in the Living Choices and ARChoices programs.
Weekly UpdatesCensus workers across Arkansas will be knocking on doors until the end of September in a last-ditch effort to make sure that as many people as possible get counted in the 2020 U.S. Census.
Weekly UpdatesState officials announced that school nurses will be provided with kits containing naloxone nasal spray, which helps keep alive people alive when they have overdosed on painkillers known as opioids.
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