Arkansas

Since Arkansas started sending the obesity letters to parents, the state's childhood obesity rates rose to nearly 24% from 21%. During the pandemic, the state obesity rate hit a high of more than 26%. M. Spencer Green/AP hide caption toggle caption M. Spencer Green/AP Since Arkansas started sending the obesity letters to parents, the state's…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Raneisha Stassin, a 31-year-old freelance public relations communications consultant and podcast host based in California. It's been edited for length and clarity.Growing up, I was always forced to go to church. In fact, I grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas, a red state surrounded, by very…

A Walmart Spark driver in Rogers, Arkansas, has noticed a pattern when it comes to customer tipping.Deliveries to higher-income neighborhoods tend to leave smaller tips than lower-income areas, she told BI.She said tipping culture says a lot about how society values service workers' time. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized…

This family photo shows Aaron James and his daughter, Allie in September 2022. Aaron was working for a power line company in June 2021 when he was shocked by a live wire. He nearly died. Ultimately he lost his left arm, requiring a prosthetic. His damaged left eye was so painful it had to be…

Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson is challenging Trump for the GOP presidential nomination.Insider interviewed him on Thursday morning, a day after the third GOP presidential debate."There's a lot yet to be determined and you've got to stick with it," Hutchinson said. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a…

Courts have started blocking some US states' earliest attempts to age-gate the Internet. Yesterday, courts ordered preliminary injunctions blocking a Texas law requiring ID to access websites featuring adult entertainment, as well as an Arkansas law requiring ID to access some social media platforms. Both laws otherwise would've taken effect today. While the Texas law…

Two members of the Little Rock Nine criticized a state decision regarding an AP African American Studies course. The state's Dept. of Education won't allow credits to count toward graduation for the pilot course. The department says the course could run afoul of an anti-CRT order signed by Gov. Huckabee Sanders. Loading Something is loading.…

The population of Northwest Arkansas has grown 5.4% from April 2020 to July 2022.People are moving to the area seeking a "better way of life," one real-estate agent said.Two relocaters told Insider what drew them, from home prices to having a voice in a growing town. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your…

Enlarge / Medical examiner or forensic scientist with dead man's corpse in morgue. Federal prosecutors have charged seven people in an alleged nationwide network that trafficked stolen human body parts and remains taken from Harvard Medical School and an Arkansas mortuary—a "heinous crime" that involved the desecration of stillborn babies, faces, brains, hearts, skin, genitalia,…

Walmart will close 12 stores in nine states and Washington, DC. The company is also winding down its two remaining pickup locations in Illinois and Arkansas. Each year, the company typically closes a handful of stores it considers to be "underperforming." Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a…