ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 17 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release: * * * Americans for Prosperity-Arkansas Celebrates Public School Access and Transparency Act Becoming Law # Apr 17, 2025 by AFP Little Rock, AR --Americans for Prosperity-Arkansas (AFP-AR) is celebrating the Public School Access and Transparency Act, SB 572, being signed into law following overwhelming support in the legislature. Under this new law, the Arkansas Freedom o  more

RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, April 17 -- Arkansas Tech University issued the following news: * * * ATU Budget for 2025-26 Approved By Trustees The Arkansas Tech University Board of Trustees approved a balanced 2025-26 fiscal year operating budget for ATU during a meeting at the ATU-Ozark Campus Student Services Conference Center on Thursday, April 17. The $170,291,541 budget accounts for a decrease in state appropriation, a decrease in sales and services and an anticipated 10 percent increase in   more

WASHINGTON, April 17 [Category: Union] -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters posted the following news release: * * * LRS Mechanics Join Teamsters Press Contact: Daniel Moskowitz Phone: (770) 262-4971 Email: dmoskowitz@teamster.org (WEST CHICAGO, Ill.) - Mechanics at Lakeshore Recycling Services (LRS) in West Chicago, Ill., have joined Teamsters Local 673. This is the third unit of LRS workers to unionize with the Teamsters since the start of 2025. They follow more than 50 drivers  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 18 -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences issued the following news release: * * * UAMS, Washington Regional Approved for Residency Programs in Neurology, Emergency Medicine in Northwest Arkansas The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and Washington Regional Medical Center have received initial accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to establish a neurology residency program and an emergency   more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, April 17 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: * * * Walker Foundation Joins Founders' Circle With $5 Million Scholarship Gift The U of A received a $5 million gift from The Willard & Pat Walker Charitable Foundation to support the Land of Opportunity Scholarship endowment. With this contribution, the foundation joins the Leaders of Arkansas Founders' Circle, an esteemed group of benefactors who have each committed at least $1 million to the scholars  more