The University of Arkansas Pulaski Technical College plans to use $20 million in congressionally directed funding to build a new workforce training center at the Port of Little Rock, the school said. The center, located south of the Little Rock Port Authority offices on Industrial Harbor Drive, will be designed to “expand skilled talent pipelines and support the growing manufacturing and logistics industries in Central Arkansas,” according to a news release. It is meant to meet the region’s “urg

3.4K views · 41 reactions | The news in Arkansas today, Wednesday, Nov. 9, is just about uniformly bad. It only begins with Donald Trump's victory. | Arkansas Times | Facebook

Arkansas news on Friday, July 8 includes local reaction to the police slayings in Dallas. Also: Supreme Court ignores the Constitution; Asa blocks for Trump; FBI investigates legislative spending; another firing at Heritage Department; more discrimination against LGBT people; petitions submitted for marijuana, casinos and to deter nursing home lawsuits. | Arkansas Times

1.9K views · 36 reactions | Today's news: Trump's fold; the liars who covered for him in Arkansas; LRAFB as detention camp; Steve Womack's ruinous budget; Senate ethics (short book); Canada v. Arkansas on marijuana; regulating AirBnB; farmers take a lick from Trump tariffs; a bad night for enchiladas. | Arkansas Times | Facebook