LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Jan. 31 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on Jan. 30, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement announcing a collaborative effort to protect children in Arkansas: "Today I announced the launch of the Arkansas Child ID Program, which will help law enforcement identify children when they go missing. This program is being launched in partnership with the National Child ID Program, the Walmart Foundation an  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Jan. 31 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on Jan. 30, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement regarding the denial by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit of en banc review of its previous decision in the case Arkansas State Conference NAACP v. Arkansas Board of Apportionment: "Today's decision denying the NAACP and ACLU's petition for en banc review of the court's November   more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Feb. 2 -- Entergy issued the following news release: Arkansas Steel Associates (ASA) is the among the first customers to cover 100 percent of their energy usage with offerings from Entergy Arkansas' Go ZERO tariff which gives commercial and industrial customers customizable options for green and clean energy. Go ZERO, which stands for Zero Emissions Resource Options, allows customers to acquire green and clean energy attributes associated with the output of Entergy Arkan  more

RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, Jan. 26 -- Arkansas Tech University issued the following news: Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus has earned re-accreditation from HVAC Excellence, an industry organization that establishes national standards for institutions that offer education in heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVAC). "On behalf of the leadership, faculty and support staff of ATU-Ozark Campus, I am immensely proud of the successful re-accreditation of our HVAC program," s  more

CONWAY, Arkansas, Jan. 31 -- Hendrix College issued the following news release: Hendrix College has named Dr. Meredith N. Brunen as its new Vice President for Advancement, effective May 1, 2024. "We are excited for Dr. Brunen to join the Hendrix community and serve on the College's leadership team in this critical role," said Hendrix President Karen Petersen. "She is a seasoned higher education advancement professional with nearly two decades of successful experience, and she is very familiar   more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Jan. 31 -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences issued the following news release: The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences' (UAMS) kidney and liver transplant programs have again received some of the highest ratings in the country in a report comparing transplant programs nationwide. A January report by the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) shows that both solid-organ programs scored five out of five bars -- the highest score possible  more