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Key points: Proposal would require libraries to ensure that children under 16 cannot check out “sexually explicit materials,” which depict or describe sexual contact and behavior

Dozens of Arkansans told the Department of Education that they oppose requiring public libraries to restrict children’s access to “sexually explicit materials” in order to receive state funding.

The additional money is going before lawmakers less than two weeks after the public television network's commission reversed course on its decision to cut ties with PBS.

Dozens of Arkansans told the Department of Education that they oppose requiring public libraries to restrict children’s access to “sexually explicit materials” in order to receive state funding.

Arkansas’ public television network will receive $500,000 in additional state funds offered by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders to supplement its operating budget under a proposal that received initial legislative approval Tuesday, June 17, 2026.

Arkansas' public television network will receive $500,000 in additional state funds offered by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders to supplement its operating budget under a proposal that received initial legislative approval Tuesday.

From left: Arkansas Education Secretary Jacob Oliva and Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders tout the improvements in public school students’ test scores at a press conference at the Arkansas Capitol on

Rural Arkansans face increasingly long drives to hospitals that deliver babies as more labor and delivery units have closed due to financial strain.

Rural Arkansans face increasingly long drives to hospitals that deliver babies as more labor and delivery units have closed due to financial strain, according to new data from the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement.

Both platforms issued statements disputing the lawsuit's allegations and its characterization of their online environments.