LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, March 10 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Griffin Announces Investigation into Liberty Utilities Central Billing Issues in Jefferson County Griffin: 'As the state's designated advocate for ratepayers, I take allegations of overbilling seriously and am committed to getting the facts and getting some answers' LITTLE ROCK - Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement announcing an inv  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, March 13 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Griffin Secures $183,000 Judgment against Pool Company Owner Who Defrauded Arkansans Griffin: 'We will continue to fight on behalf of Arkansans to hold bad actors accountable' LITTLE ROCK - Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement announcing a summary judgment in his office's case against David Tyler, owner of Tyler Pools: "David Tyler defra  more

RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, March 13 -- Arkansas Tech University issued the following news: * * * Award-Winning Poet to Speak at ATU April 16 Samyak Shertok, winner of the 2024 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry from the Association of Writers and Writing Programs, will be the spring 2025 speaker for the Arkansas Tech University Visiting Authors Series. Shertok will speak at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 16, in Ross Pendergraft Library and Technology Center room 300B. He will read from his collection "No Rh  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, March 13 -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences issued the following news release: * * * Dermatologic Oncologist Justin M. McLawhorn, M.D., Joins UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Justin M. McLawhorn, M.D., a Vanderbilt-trained dermatologic oncologist and skin cancer surgeon, has joined the University of Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute as director of dermatologic oncology. McLawhorn specializes in the treatment o  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, March 13 -- The Alabama Secretary of State issued the following news on March 12, 2025: * * * Secretary of State Wes Allen Adds Texas to the List of Partner States in the Alabama Voter Integrity Database Wes Allen, Alabama's Secretary of State, has partnered with Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson to cross-check the states' voter files, making Texas the eighth partner state of the Alabama Voter Integrity Database (AVID). Alabama has entered into Memorandums of Understan  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, March 14 -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences issued the following news release: * * * UAMS Joins NIH Effort to Increase Rural Health Research The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has joined a network of institutions funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand research in rural primary care clinics. Through the NIH CARE for Health(TM) initiative, UAMS will help lead innovative research to address health disparities in Ark  more

PINE BLUFF, Arkansas, March 13 -- The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff issued the following news: * * * UAPB Nursing Department Students Receive ALIGN Scholarship Twelve University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) Nursing Department students were recently awarded $4,000 each through the Arkansas Linking Industry to Grow Nurses (ALIGN) program. The students include Kennedy Abanihe, Daniel Aondo, Lori Bonnettey, Mariah Debose, Ky'Aria Ginger, Christopher James, Jr., Mikala Jenkins, Jeanine  more