After each census, Arkansas redraws the boundaries for seats in the General Assembly as well as the boundaries of the districts for its seats in the United S...

The Arkansas Legislature on Friday ended its three-day special session without making the change sought by Gov. Asa Hutchinson, to allow public school distri...

Arkansas lawmakers, meeting in a special session to consider easing a ban on mask mandates for schoolchildren on Thursday voted down two bills that would hav...

Both the Arkansas House of Representatives and Senate on Thursday handily approved identical bills aimed at backing Gov. Asa Hutchinson's decision to end the...

Two senators had a heated exchange Thursday morning during an unofficial meeting in the Old Supreme Court room in the state Capitol, an indicator of tensions...

A bill to allow public school boards in Arkansas to enact mask mandates under certain circumstances failed to advance from committee on Wednesday after the s...

New laws restricting abortion, banning covid-19 mandates and limiting transgender participation in school sports are set to go into effect in Arkansas on Wed...

The number of bills filed and laws enacted in this year's regular legislative session inched up over totals from the 2019 regular session.

Some of the new laws are on lighter topics, such as:

Two legislative panels on Thursday advanced a proposal to hire Moody's Analytics Inc. as a consultant to assess the impact of federal covid-19 stimulus payme...

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...