KUAF looks at Arkansas's ALICE households, people who work but can't cover basic costs. United For ALICE's national director explains why the state's low cost of living doesn't add up to financial security for many families.
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Fayetteville is asking residents to help finish the design of a new 1.5- to 2-acre neighborhood park near Owl Creek. A drop-in workshop runs Thursday, Oct. 29, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. near North Magellan Lane and West Oldham Drive, and an online survey is open for at least two weeks.
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders says 13 state departments found 344 ways to make permits, licenses and other approvals faster and cheaper under her February executive order. Seventy-five of those changes are already in place or underway.
Three Razorback women's tennis players wrapped up the ITA Central Regional Championships in Memphis. Natalie Oliver won two singles matches, including a three-set comeback, and Brooke Schaefer and Anastasija Adeikyte picked up a doubles win.
Second Lady Usha Vance joined Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders in Central Arkansas to promote childhood literacy. They toured classrooms at Glenview Elementary in North Little Rock, held a roundtable with state education leaders and hosted a reception for teachers who earned merit pay.
