Recent stories by John Moritz
AG challenger proposes tighter state ethics rules
Ethics proposals released by Democratic attorney general candidate Mike Lee on Monday would sharply curtail the privacy of relationships that lawmakers share with lobbyists and political donors, while...
September 18, 2018
State hearings start for 2 ballot measures
Court-appointed special masters began hearings over the weekend to determine whether a pair of citizen-initiated ballot measures can stand up to legal challenges before the November election.
Issues 3...
September 18, 2018
Arkansas Supreme Court orders new trial for convicted killer
A man convicted of killing a woman and burning her apartment in Ouachita County will get a new trial after the Arkansas Supreme Court ruled Thursday that it could not adequately review his case due to...
September 14, 2018
Justice bows out of hearing suit on amendment; Issue 1 appeal at high court
Arkansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Dan Kemp recused on Thursday from a hearing a lawsuit that is attempting to throw Issue 1 off of the Nov. 6 ballot.
The suit, brought by retired Pulaski County Cir...
September 14, 2018
Security along on '16 trips by Arkansas AG
As Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge prepared for her two-week trip to the national convention host cities of Cleveland and Philadelphia in the summer of 2016, law enforcement officials in her...
September 14, 2018
Inmate pronounced dead after being found on floor of Arkansas prison cell, agency says
A prisoner was pronounced dead at Arkansas’ Cummins Unit on Tuesday night after being found unresponsive on the floor of his cell, the Department of Correction said.
An agency spokesman identified th...
September 12, 2018
Democrat rips Nunes' stop to back Crawford
The appearance of Rep. Devin Nunes of California, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and an early backer of President Donald Trump, in Jonesboro on Tuesday drew a rebuke from Chintan Des...
September 12, 2018
State panel takes up gun-control proposals
Republicans in the Legislature appeared more amenable Monday to legislation allowing for the temporary judicial confiscation of guns than to raising the minimum age to purchase semi-automatic rifles, ...
September 11, 2018
Arkansas judge disqualifies Issue 1 from ballot
A Pulaski County circuit judge on Thursday ordered that no votes be counted for or against Issue 1 in November, in effect disqualifying the proposed constitutional amendment that would limit lawsuit d...
September 7, 2018
'Raise your voices,' ex-AG urges students at UAPB talk
PINE BLUFF -- Former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch encouraged students at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff on Thursday to "raise your voices" in response to the nation's shifting politic...
September 7, 2018