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Could Friday's decision prompt local governments to crack down on people living in tents? Aaron Reddin, founder of The Van and a tireless advocate for Central Arkansas's unsheltered, worries it might. 

The U.S. Supreme Court decided Thursday not to take up an important case on a woman's right to abortion care in a medical emergency. Arkansans can support a ballot issue to give women that right.

Political junkies and gluttons for punishment, join us here for a liveblog of the presidential debate between incumbent President Joe Biden and felonious hype man Donald Trump. Debate starts at 8 p.m.

There's a major "cliff" ahead in health care policy that isn't getting much attention, but it could drop a major financial hit on middle-class people who buy insurance through the Affordable Care Act.

Taxpayer-funded discrimination, benefits going disproportionately to the rich, and a state budget busted to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars. Such is the scene in Arizona, which is just a bit ahead of Arkansas on the universal school voucher path.

The court plans to hear arguments on the Tennessee case this fall and will likely issue a decision sometime next summer.

A pair of well-funded national advocacy groups, the libertarian Institute for Justice and pro-voucher EdChoice, announced yesterday that they plan to intervene in a lawsuit filed earlier this month challenging Arkansas's school voucher program.

It makes sense that an attorney leading a campaign to protect government transparency would make expert use of the Arkansas FOIA to collect information about her own controversial arrest. Here's the video.

If taxpayer money is going to fund private schools, an education expert argued, citizens should demand "transparency, accountability and public information -- as much as possible on the same scale as what public schools have to provide."

Records obtained through FOIA requests suggest an Arkansas Bar Association employee complained about attorney Jen Standerfer's petitions at their annual convention, and that Hot Springs police didn't much care for Standerfer's attitude.

How OneOK Field explains Tulsa, a fun playlist, and a look at how Arkansas could lose four games but gain two games in the standings.

National Democrats are pouring money into state legislative races in competitive states. Arkansas isn't on the list, but there are signs of life from Democrats, who are fielding candidates in more districts than in years past.