Ken Rice and Vera Elwood are vying to fill the open Second Ward seat on Columbia City Council in the Aug. 5 election.

Under a deal announced last week, Columbia has agreed to pay $200 million to the federal government, eliminate race-based preferences and end DEI programs “that distribute benefits based on race,” and ...

An email from Arkansas Board of Corrections (BOC) member Lee Watson to legislators calls for a different path to solving the state's prison bed shortage.

Columbia will pay the Trump administration $200 million but get back most of the $400 million in federal funding that was cut amid allegations of antisemitism.