Gay 'I-do's' in state halt after 4 days
Gay couples lost access to marriage licenses in Arkansas late Wednesday after the state Supreme Court noted that state law still prevents county clerks from is…
Gay couples lost access to marriage licenses in Arkansas late Wednesday after the state Supreme Court noted that state law still prevents county clerks from is…
The Arkansas Supreme Court should not block a lower court's ruling that struck down the state's ban on same-sex marriages because it would cause immediate and …
A court of appeals judge is running against an attorney with years of appellate experience in the only contested race for the Arkansas Supreme Court in 2014.
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling that barred mandatory life sentences without parole for youthful offenders should not apply retroactively to more than 50 such Arka…
Heber Springs Mayor and 1st Congressional District candidate Jackie McPherson on Tuesday endorsed a proposed state ballot initiative to raise Arkansas’ hourly …
The three candidates in the May 20 Republican primary for state attorney general are sharply criticizing the federal government, and they’re promising to battl…
Early voting begins Monday for the state’s May 20 primary and nonpartisan judicial elections.
A Pulaski County circuit judge reaffirmed on Friday his decision that the law requiring voters to show government- or college-issued photographic IDs for their…
Attorneys on both sides of four appeals over judicial qualifications filed briefs Friday with the Arkansas Supreme Court.
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the first-degree murder conviction of a Faulkner County man in the stabbing death of his former girlfriend.
The Arkansas Court of Appeals on Wednesday threw out a Faulkner County man’s rape conviction because prosecutors failed to subpoena any witnesses before the st…
Three Arkansas Supreme Court justices have recused themselves from pending appeals before the court over whether suspension for nonpayment of annual license du…
A group of stakeholders Tuesday identified a handful of “high-priority” recommendations for the Arkansas Water Plan that include creating a plan to respond to …
The Republican primary in District 52 in northeast Arkansas pits a first-term representative against a retired Arkansas State Police trooper.
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday denied the state’s request to reconsider its ruling throwing out a $1.2 billion Medicaid-fraud fine against Johnson &…
A Faulkner County judge should have intervened and ordered a new competency evaluation for a man convicted of stabbing his former girlfriend to death after he …
The Arkansas Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld the conviction for aggravated residential burglary of a man who was unarmed during a break-in because he made…
The National Rifle Association has endorsed Republican state Reps. Ann Clemmer and Bruce Westerman in their respective congressional bids.
Today is the last day to register to vote in the May 20 preferential primary and nonpartisan judicial elections.
The Arkansas Legislative Council on Friday voted to use $2 million in the state’s “rainy-day” funds to offer nearly two-thirds more Governor’s Distinguished Sc…
The “goodwill” value of Little Rock’s Brave New Restaurant was considered in a valuation of the business and can be divided in the co-owners’ divorce proceedin…
Nearly one-third of the state’s sitting judges since 2006 have been suspended from practicing law a combined 157 times for nonpayment of annual law-license due…
The parents of an 18-month-old girl who died in state custody had waived any right to the body under state law because they “abandoned” her, the Arkansas Claim…
The Arkansas Claims Commission unanimously rejected a settlement agreement between the state and the family of a former superintendent of the Pulaski County Sp…
The Arkansas Claims Commission on Friday unanimously approved awarding $200,000 in death benefits to the widow of a former Trumann Fire Department chief who di…
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday threw out a Lincoln County man’s capital-murder conviction, finding that the state had failed to prove the shooting was …
The parents of an 18-month-old girl who died in state custody forfeited the right to bury the child because they were estranged from her at the time of her dea…
Logan County resident Larry Brown awoke on the night of Aug. 28, 2011, to find masked gunmen in his home on Greasy Valley Road.
Republican attorney general candidate Leslie Rutledge called fellow candidate David Sterling’s plan to reinstate the use of the electric chair to carry out the…
A Little Rock attorney vying for a judgeship in the 20th Judicial Circuit against Circuit Judge H.G. Foster asked the Arkansas Supreme Court on Tuesday to incl…
Two attorneys hired by Conway in a land-condemnation case did nothing to violate an order by the Arkansas Supreme Court that prohibited them from collecting ag…
Circuit Judge H.G. Foster on Monday asked the Arkansas Supreme Court to decide whether administrative suspensions for nonpayment of annual license fees prevent…
Attorney General Dustin McDaniel on Monday asked the Arkansas Supreme Court to reconsider its ruling that threw out a $1.2 billion Medicaid-fraud fine against …
Attorney General Dustin McDaniel said Thursday that he will ask the Arkansas Supreme Court to reconsider its ruling that struck down a $1.2 billion Medicaid fr…
A split Arkansas Supreme Court Thursday threw out the Internet-stalking conviction of a man who chatted online with a Van Buren police officer who he believed …
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday revoked the license of Piggott lawyer Lisa Diane Davis after she failed to respond to disciplinary proceedings.
The Arkansas Court of Appeals on Wednesday overturned a lower court’s ruling in favor of the family of a Forrest City man who walked away from a residential ca…
A Howard County man who was convicted of aggravated assault and battery and has already been released from prison was not properly informed of his right to wai…
The Arkansas Claims Commission has put a hold on a settlement agreement between the state and the family of a former Pulaski County Special School District sup…
A Clinton landowner who constructed a 30-foot tall dam on a tributary of the South Fork of the Little Red River without a permit is challenging in court an ord…
A state environmental commission Friday dismissed a request by a conservation group to reopen a consent agreement with El Dorado Water Utilities for using unap…
When the Arkansas Legislature voted last week to override the governor’s veto of a provision in an appropriation bill, it didn’t require a landslide.
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday threw out a $1.2 billion fine against Johnson & Johnson and a subsidiary, ruling that the claims against the company by …
The Republican-controlled Legislature on Wednesday overrode Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe’s line-item veto of a sales-tax exemption for sand used in oil- and natu…
The state House of Representatives on Wednesday elected Rep. Jeremy Gillam as speaker-designate for 2015-16, giving the Judsonia Republican a lopsided first-ba…
The Arkansas Court of Appeals on Wednesday overturned a state agency decision denying unemployment benefits to a man who mentioned a subordinate’s firing in hi…
Republican gubernatorial candidate Asa Hutchinson raised more money than Democratic candidate Mike Ross for the second month in a row in February, but he still…
The state House of Representatives is scheduled this week to designate a new speaker to replace Rep. Davy Carter.
The Arkansas Public Defender Commission would need more than double the number of attorneys on the payroll to bring caseloads in line with national standards, …
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a $250 contempt fine against the former mayor of Helena-West Helena, who failed to appear before a legislative co…