Arkansas Politics

Little Rock city directors are scheduled to vote April 20 on whether to call an election this summer on Mayor Frank Scott Jr.'s proposed 1 percentage point s...

Legislative leaders have met twice with Gov. Asa Hutchinson to discuss the proposed legislation that will set spending priorities for state government next f...

One year ago, the financial forecasts for Arkansas were pessimistic, but local officials are grateful the projected fiscal cliffs were overstated.

Senator points out U.S.-aided entities

Jack Foster, a former Pine Bluff council member and a Vietnam veteran, will run for U.S. Senate as a Democrat in 2022, he announced this week.

Three members of the all-Republican Arkansas congressional delegation visited the nation's southern border Friday, observing, firsthand, what they portrayed ...

House Speaker Matthew Shepherd, R-El Dorado, defended the chairwoman of the House Judiciary Committee on Friday after she was criticized for refusing to hold...

Arkansas teachers wouldn't be required to address students by a name or pronoun inconsistent with the student's biological sex under proposed legislation tha...

The Arkansas Senate on Thursday handily voted to confirm Gov. Asa Hutchinson's appointment of Health Secretary Jose Romero, who has been at the helm of the D...

A so-called class protection bill being pushed by legislative leaders in lieu of a bill targeting hate crimes was sent to the House floor Thursday, though op...

A bill that would allow law enforcement agencies to charge records-requesters up to $20 per hour for each hour of audiovisual material provided beyond the fi...

An Arkansas House committee on Thursday advanced a bill that would gradually increase the price of used motor vehicles exempt from the sales tax from $4,000 ...

Four bills that would tighten restrictions on absentee ballots and adjust the state law around election violation complaints were endorsed by a Senate commit...

Gov. Asa Hutchinson wants to provide $20 million more in state funds to the public school employees health insurance plan in the current fiscal year, which e...

Pulaski County Circuit Judge Alice Gray said Thursday that she will decide in about a month whether a lawsuit aimed at curtailing the authority of Arkansas A...