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Rep. French Hill has filed a bill to give a vacant building to Perry County. The building was once used as the headquarters for the Ouachita National Forest.

After considering more than 1,600 bills, the Arkansas House and Senate adjourned sine die Monday

An expansion at the Poinsett County Jail has been completed and 20 beds have been added to the facility.

The Arkansas Farm Family of the Year program has announced its 2025 County Farm Families of the Year.

On April 30, U.S. Representatives Dave Taylor and Eric Sorensen introduced the Rural Broadband Assistance Act, bipartisan legislation aiming to improve access to federal broadband programs by funding technical assistance for rural communities. The bill provides counties with vital support to help navigate complex broadband funding processes and expand high-speed internet access in communities across rural America.

During the DEA National Drug Take Back event on April 26, more than 28,700 pounds of unused or expired prescription medication was collected.

Kristin Netterstrom Higgins, program associate at the Public Policy Center at the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, joins Ozarks at Large’s Matthew Moore to discuss the amendments.

Arkansas Secretary of State Cole Jester has announced he will seek the Republican nomination for Commissioner of State Lands in 2026.

Senators Mike Rounds and Tina Smith reintroduced the Rural Housing Service Reform Act (S.2160), bipartisan legislation that would help preserve affordable housing and stabilize rental assistance for rural county residents across the country.