🐓 Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas poultry companies reached a proposed settlement in the decades-old Illinois River pollution case that would require more than $44 million in payments and sharply limit poultry litter use in the watershed. (Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)
🧸 Multiple Arkansas child care centers have closed or cut services after the state reduced voucher reimbursements and raised parent copays, shrinking enrollment in the School Readiness Assistance Program by thousands of children. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)
🌳 The Northwest Arkansas Land Trust permanently protected 80 acres in Washington County, including land in the War Eagle Creek watershed and a 50-acre addition to Mill Branch Park in Goshen. (Northwest Arkansas Business Journal)
