Democratic Sens. Jamie Scott of North Little Rock and Clarke Tucker of Little Rock expressed concerns that Arkansas PBS would ...

A bill that would eliminate the Arkansas Educational Television Commission and Arkansas State Library Board and transfer their powers, duties and funding to the Arkansas Department of Education ...

The fight over who controls the content in Arkansas libraries continues. A group of lawmakers are back with a bill that would ...

The bill comes after several other legislative attempts to regulate content in state libraries and concerns over oversight at ...

Senate Bill 184 would disband the State Library Board and the Arkansas Educational Television Commission, transferring their ...

The State Library Board rejected member Jason Rapert’s attempt Friday, February 14, 2025 to remove references to the American ...

The Arkansas State Library Board narrowly rejected a motion by former state Sen. Jason Rapert to that would have barred "state and grant funds" from being used to pay for American Library ...

The Arkansas State Library Board oversees public libraries and disburses state funds to them on a quarterly basis, and the ...

Jennifer Chilcoat, director of the Arkansas State Library, did not reply to an email seeking comment. Kimberly Mundell, communications director for the Education Department, said Monday that “We ...

Arkansas PBS CEO Courtney Pledger spoke against the bill, saying the agency would stand to lose funding via grants and ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A new bill in Arkansas could reshape the operations of Arkansas PBS and public libraries across the state. Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Jonesboro) introduced Senate Bill ...