Rep. Justin Boyd, R-Fort Smith, announced his bid for the District 8 seat in the state Senate.

LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas enacted several environmental laws during the 2021 legislative session, but most notable for activists is what didn’t pass.

Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Thursday signed into law a measure that will require the state Department of Human Services' Arkansas Adult Protective Services Unit t...

The Arkansas House on Tuesday rejected legislation to cut early voting in the state by a day.

The Arkansas Senate voted to override Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s veto of a bill that would prohibit state and local law enforcement from helping to enforce federa...

Gov. Asa Hutchinson vetoed a bill Friday that would prohibit local and state police from working with federal authorities in the enforcement of certain feder...

The Arkansas Legislature's Joint Budget Committee on Thursday advanced identical bills that would distribute $5.84 billion in general revenue to state-suppor...

The Arkansas Senate on Thursday voted to send the governor a handful of tax-cut measures, including a bill that would reduce the sales tax on used vehicles p...

A bill to eliminate the Monday before the election as a day when early voting is available passed in the Arkansas Senate on Thursday.

The Arkansas Legislature on Thursday referred to voters in 2022 a proposed ballot measure that would raise the threshold for approval of proposed constitutio...

The appropriation for the state Department of Commerce for fiscal 2022 failed to gain the necessary three-fourths vote to pass in the House on Thursday.

The Arkansas House on Wednesday narrowly approved a $2 million state income tax credit program to fund private school scholarships for needy students, sendin...

The Arkansas House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to send the governor three tax-cut measures and on the other side of the Capitol, the Senate approve...

A bill that would add another enforcement mechanism to the state law's restriction on participation in school sports for transgender girls and women was sent...

In hopes of deterring more gun crime in the state, the House passed a bill Wednesday that, if enacted, would prohibit parole for convicted felons who are fou...