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In this image for the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism, shoppers walk out of a Walmart store in Waldorf, Md., May 7, 2021. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has not cited the nation's largest retailer despite employee complaints, illnesses and deaths at Walmart facilities across the country. The company says there is no proof that employees contracted COVID-19 at work. (Brittany N. Gaddy/University of Maryland via AP)
Walmart sales soared, essential workers got scant protection

By Gracie Todd, Molly Castle Work, Natalie Drum, Nick Mcmillan, Kara Newhouse, Jazmyn Gray, Aneurin Canham Clyne, Jack Rasiel, Sahana Jayaraman And Haley Chi-Sing/The Howard Center For Investigative Journalism May. 12, 2021 12:31 PM EDT

In this image from the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism, a Tyson employee walks into the team member entrance at the Berry Street location in Springdale, Ark., on April 20, 2021. A sign in their path reads "Social Distancing Required at all Times" written in English, Spanish and Marshallese. (Mary Hennigan/University of Arkansas via AP)
9,000 employees sick as COVID overwhelms Arkansas workplaces

By Mary Hennigan, Abby Zimmardi And Rachell Sanchez-Smith/The Howard Center For Investigative Journalism May. 12, 2021 12:29 PM EDT

COVID vaccine clinic to be held at North Little Rock arena

Apr. 23, 2021 07:12 PM EDT
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences on Friday said it's holding a mass coronavirus vaccination clinic at Simmons Bank...

Arkansas reports 399 new coronavirus cases, 10 more deaths

Sep. 14, 2020 04:52 PM EDT
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas on Monday reported 399 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus and 10 more deaths from the illness caused by the virus. ...

Arkansas again posts new daily record for coronavirus cases

By Andrew Demillo Sep. 11, 2020 03:45 PM EDT
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas on Friday reported a new daily record for confirmed coronavirus cases, surpassing the one-day record increase set a week ago....

Arkansas reports 385 new coronavirus cases, 11 more deaths

By Andrew Demillo Sep. 09, 2020 04:49 PM EDT
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas on Wednesday reported 385 more confirmed cases of the coronavirus as a White House task force said the state has one of the...

FILE - In this April 27, 2020 file photo, Gov. Asa Hutchinson takes off his Arkansas Razorbacks facemark as he arrives for the daily coronavirus briefing at the state Capitol in Little Rock. Hutchinson issued the order Thursday, July, 16, 2020, effective Monday, July 20, requiring people to wear masks in public throughout the state, which is dealing with a surge in coronavirus cases. The governor issued the order after weeks of resisting such a requirement. (Staton Breidenthal/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP, File)
Virus cases at University of Arkansas approaching 1,000

By Andrew Demillo Sep. 08, 2020 05:15 PM EDT

Massachusetts’ protections weren’t enough to stop evictions

By Noemi Arellano-Summer, Anoushka Dalmia, Sophia Brown And Nick Mccool / The Howard Center For Investigative Journalism Sep. 05, 2020 09:00 AM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts had some of the nation’s strongest tenant protections during the federal CARES Act’s eviction moratorium, with thousands of...

Arkansas hits new record for a 1-day increase in virus cases

By Andrew Demillo Sep. 04, 2020 06:45 PM EDT
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas on Friday reported its greatest one-day increase in new coronavirus cases as the University of Arkansas moved to restrict...

FILE - In this April 27, 2020 file photo, Gov. Asa Hutchinson takes off his Arkansas Razorbacks facemark as he arrives for the daily coronavirus briefing at the state Capitol in Little Rock. Hutchinson issued the order Thursday, July, 16, 2020, effective Monday, July 20, requiring people to wear masks in public throughout the state, which is dealing with a surge in coronavirus cases. The governor issued the order after weeks of resisting such a requirement. (Staton Breidenthal/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP, File)
Arkansas lawmakers sue over state's coronavirus restrictions

Sep. 03, 2020 03:39 PM EDT

Arkansas reports new 1-day record increase in virus deaths

By Andrew Demillo Sep. 02, 2020 03:47 PM EDT
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas on Wednesday reported its largest single-day increase in deaths from the illness caused by the coronavirus, while the number...

Yochebed Israel, a certified nursing assistant, poses for a portrait inside her Tampa, Fla. apartment on Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. Israel's landlord tried to evict her in violation of the CARES Act after she fell behind on rent after contracting COVID-19. (Ivy Ceballo/Howard Center for Investigative Journalism via AP)
Confusion over eviction ban led to selective enforcement

By Brenda Wintrode, Amy Dipierro, Ryan Little, Luciana Perez Uribe, Aneurin Canham-Clyne, Trisha Ahmed, Sean Mcgoey, Sophia Brown And Maya Pottiger / The Howard Center For Investigative Journalism Sep. 02, 2020 09:51 AM EDT

Arkansas reports 17 more COVID-19 deaths, drop in new cases

By Andrew Demillo Sep. 01, 2020 06:44 PM EDT
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas on Tuesday reported 17 more deaths from the illness caused by the coronavirus, though the state saw a drop in new confirmed...

Robert Liza holds a cross and flowers as he sits on his family's ice cream truck carrying the coffin of his father Martin Liza, who he said died Tuesday of complications related to COVID-19, upon entry to the Nueva Esperanza cemetery on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Friday, Aug. 28, 2020, after the police spoke to the cemetery security guards to let them in. Liza said he doesn't have the money to bury his 70-year-old father, and that he and his brother have slept for two nights alongside the coffin outside the cemetery in hopes the cemetery will let them bury their father for free. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
The Latest: U of Alabama infections since return top 1,000

By The Associated Press Aug. 28, 2020 03:17 AM EDT

FILE - Former U.S. Senators David Pryor, right, and Dale Bumpers, both D-Ark., laugh at a joke during a meeting Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, at the Governor's Mansion in Little Rock, Ark. Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Monday, July 13, 2020, said that the state needs to work to lower its number of new daily cases of the coronavirus and that Pryor, a former Arkansas governor and U.S. senator, had been hospitalized with the virus. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)
Former Arkansas Gov. David Pryor hospitalized with COVID-19

Jul. 13, 2020 06:45 PM EDT

In this March 3, 2020 photo released by the University of Maryland via the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism, Washington, D.C., officials confer under a railroad overpass on L Street NE, about eight blocks from the U.S. Capitol, before garbage trucks and front loaders remove the homeless encampment there. (Susannah Outhier/University of Maryland via AP)
Cities try to arrest their way out of homeless problems

By Ryan E. Little, Gina Scalpone, Nick Mccool, Theresa Diffendal, Zack Demars, Aneurin Canham-Clyne And Riin Aljas / The Howard Center For Investigative Reporting Jun. 29, 2020 10:19 AM EDT