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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Discussions over a proposed education amendment and outlining how wealth is transferring between generations were the focus of the latest Talk Business & Politics. Host Roby Brock spoke with Arkansas Public Policy Panel Executive Director Bill Kopsky and Arkansas Education Association President April Reisma about the Arkansas Educational Rights Amendment of 2024 and how

JUNEAU — Funding was added Tuesday to the draft Alaska House budget to cover the costs of reduced-price meals for the next school year. Providing breakfast and lunch for all 3,914 children in the state who qualify for free and reduced-price meals would cost an estimated $479,500, according to the nonpartisan Legislative Finance Division. The amendment was added to the budget late Tuesday on a

A New Hampshire town’s new ordinance that was pitched as “a path forward” for public artwork hasn’t resolved a bakery owner’s First Amendment dispute over a large pastry painting, and his lawyer predicts it will only lead to more litigation as town officials become “speech police.” Conway residents passed the ordinance by a vote of 1,277 to 423 during town elections Tuesday, part of a lengthy

March proved challenging for a few of Multnomah County’s libraries, with multiple locations partially shutting down due to staffing shortages sparked by an amendment to the library’s contract with unionized employees. The Belmont, Gresham and Northwest Portland branches of the library moved to “door service” only on six different occasions in March, Cunningham said. That meant patrons could