Arkansas Politics
Federal taxpayer money entrusted to state and local governments isn't flowing down to meet the needs of Arkansans, Democratic candidates for governor said Fr...
by Doug Thompson October 23, 2021A federal judge's finding that two senior Arkansas court administrators violated the First Amendment rights of a Prairie Grove lawyer by canceling his employ...
by John Lynch October 22, 2021Actions by the state Legislature and the Arkansas Racing Commission to add rules and requirements to the casino amendment were in line with the state Constit...
by Jeannie Roberts October 21, 2021Gov. Asa Hutchinson and some lawmakers believe that Arkansas can afford to cut individual income taxes by more than $300 million over the next two years with...
by Michael R. Wickline October 21, 2021Mayor Frank Scott Jr. laid out a plan for addressing violent crime in Little Rock on Wednesday, announcing that $1.5 million in federal money would go to the...
by Grant Lancaster October 21, 2021A day after Little Rock elected officials voted to hand him the task of redrawing ward boundaries in light of 2020 census results, City Manager Bruce Moore d...
by Joseph Flaherty October 21, 2021The Sebastian County Quorum Court voted 9-4 to approve a resolution declaring its jurisdiction a "Pro Life County" at its meeting Tuesday.
by Thomas Saccente October 21, 2021Members of the Little Rock Board of Directors at a meeting Tuesday grilled outside attorneys on the controversy over how the Arkansas Municipal League and it...
by Joseph Flaherty October 20, 2021Gov. Asa Hutchinson has decided against calling a special legislative session to start Monday to consider income tax cuts, saying Tuesday that "we need more ...
by Michael R. Wickline October 20, 2021Members of the Little Rock Board of Directors on Tuesday approved an ordinance submitted by Vice Mayor Lance Hines of Ward 5 to definitively place the respon...
by Joseph Flaherty October 20, 2021Five Arkansas lawmakers have signed on to a letter calling for a 50-state audit of the 2020 presidential election and making unsubstantiated claims about cor...
by Rachel Herzog October 20, 2021The city's longest-serving council member is resigning.
by Stacy Ryburn October 19, 2021Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr. privately provided two draft redistricting maps to members of the city's Board of Directors on Monday as officials prepare ...
by Joseph Flaherty October 19, 2021Republican gubernatorial candidate Sarah Huckabee Sanders raised nearly $2.2 million last quarter, pushing her total fundraising haul past $11 million, the c...
by Rachel Herzog October 19, 2021U.S. Sen. John Boozman of Rogers has raised more than $3 million for his 2022 reelection campaign, according to Federal Election Commission filings.
by Stephen Simpson October 19, 2021