Arkansas Politics
As U.S. regulators weigh giving the final stamp of approval for certain covid-19 vaccines, governors in states hard hit by the pandemic hope the move will he...
by The Associated Press - July 23, 2021A dozen Democratic state lawmakers from Pulaski County in a letter Thursday urged Gov. Asa Hutchinson, House and Senate leaders, and other lawmakers to suppo...
by Michael R. Wickline - July 23, 2021With classrooms about to reopen, counteracting the delta variant must be a top priority, Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson told the Reagan Institute Summit on Edu...
by Frank E. Lockwood - July 23, 2021Five individuals will serve as campaign co-chairpersons for Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr.'s "Rebuild the Rock" sales tax initiative in the run-up to the ...
by Joseph Flaherty - July 23, 2021Rural community organizer Nick Cartwright is seeking the Democratic nomination for Arkansas' 2nd Congressional District in 2022, he announced Thursday.
by Rachel Herzog - July 23, 2021Two 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...
by Michael R. Wickline - July 23, 2021Arkansas' election commissioners on Thursday formally accepted findings holding current and former members of the Pulaski County Election Commission legally ...
by Rachel Herzog - July 23, 2021Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge said Thursday that while running for the Republican nomination for governor, she also will try to put on next year’...
by The Associated Press - July 22, 2021A group of Democratic lawmakers in Arkansas, which has the nation's highest covid-19 rate, urged the governor and Republicans who control the Legislature on ...
by The Associated Press - July 22, 2021Rural community organizer Nick Cartwright is seeking the Democratic nomination for Arkansas’ 2nd Congressional District, he announced Thursday.
by Rachel Herzog - July 22, 2021In a surprise move Wednesday, a federal judge in Little Rock issued a ruling from the bench to temporarily block an Arkansas law set to go into effect less t...
by Dale Ellis - July 22, 2021Proposed Democratic tax increases would make it hard for farms to be passed down from generation to generation, five Republican members of the Senate Agricul...
by Frank E. Lockwood - July 22, 2021The Benton County Committee of the Whole voted unanimously Tuesday night to pass a "pro-life" resolution along to the Quorum Court.
by Mike Jones - July 22, 2021The Faulkner County Quorum Court voted 12-1 Tuesday to spend more than $400,000 to purchase property for the future home of its first animal shelter.
by Jeannie Roberts - July 22, 2021A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked enforcement of Arkansas' ban on gender confirming treatments for transgender youth while a lawsuit challengi...
by The Associated Press - July 21, 2021