Bill on Medicaid-expansion overhaul unveiled
Lawmakers seeking to preserve Arkansas' "private option" Medicaid expansion program unveiled legislation Monday that would replace the controversial work requi…
Lawmakers seeking to preserve Arkansas' "private option" Medicaid expansion program unveiled legislation Monday that would replace the controversial work requi…
State Rep. Jimmy Gazaway, R-Paragould, rolled out a coalition of support last week for his legislation that proposes to increase protections for Arkansas rente…
A so-called medical right of conscience bill was voted down in the House Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee Thursday after opposing groups said the leg…
The House voted along mostly partisan lines Wednesday to send a controversial "stand-your-ground" bill to Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who has in the past expressed re…
The House voted along mostly partisan lines Wednesday to send a controversial "stand-your-ground" bill to Gov. Asa Hutchinson.
A second attempt to get a controversial "stand-your-ground" bill out of the House Judiciary Committee succeeded Tuesday, after members of the committee beat ba…
A second attempt to get a controversial "stand your ground" bill out of the House Judiciary Committee succeeded Tuesday, after members of the committee beat ba…
The Arkansas Senate overwhelmingly approved a near-total ban on abortions Monday, sending to the House a bill that would prohibit the procedure in all cases ex…
The Arkansas Senate voted to pass a near-total ban on abortions Monday, sending the measure to the House.
All but one state bordering Arkansas saw rates of gun deaths increase in the years after passing stand-your-ground legislation similar to a bill under consider…
The filing of more than three dozen proposed amendments to the Arkansas Constitution through last week kicked off a period of political matchmaking, as lawmake…
Republican state lawmakers seeking to force the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider its long-standing precedent upholding the right to an abortion took the first …
A Senate committee voted unanimously Wednesday to advance a proposal to ban nearly all abortions in Arkansas.
Legislation that would ban all but one reason for abortions in Arkansas has drawn opposition from an attorney for the National Right to Life Committee, who wro…
Faced with intractable opposition from across the political spectrum, the sponsor of a bill to eliminate the "duty to retreat" from Arkansas' self-defense laws…
The sponsors of legislation that would eliminate the "duty to retreat" from Arkansas' self-defense laws met with Republican colleagues on Wednesday, after the …
The House passed Legislation Wednesday that would allow group therapy sessions to be conducted over telemedicine.
A contentious bill to eliminate the "duty to retreat" from Arkansas' self-defense laws was derailed in a House committee Tuesday, after hours of testimony from…
Controversial legislation to remove the "duty to retreat" from Arkansas' self-defense laws was voted down by the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday, after hours…
A state House committee voted Monday for a proposal to amend Arkansas' voter-identification law by removing a section that allows voters without proper ID to h…
The Arkansas House passed legislation Monday to create a hotline that women would be required to call before receiving abortions.
Tom Drogo sat in his bistro in the shadow of the Arkansas Capitol this month commiserating by phone with the owner of a nearby Subway shop, both men sharing gl…
The downward trend in new coronavirus cases in Arkansas continued Friday as the number of people hospitalized with the virus fell for the third day in a row. …
A bill that would require that pregnant women be notified of the availability of medical, welfare and private assistance programs before receiving an abortion …
Legislation that would set joint custody of children as the default award in divorce cases was advanced by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, over th…
The House passed a bill 96-0 Wednesday aimed at clarifying the law governing the pay of clerks for the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court.
The House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday advanced legislation that would allow prison officials to request a once-a-year adjustment of fees paid by parolees an…
A bill to eliminate the "duty to retreat" provision of Arkansas' self-defense laws passed the state Senate on Tuesday, with one Democrat joining most of the ch…
The Senate City, County and Local Affairs Committee on Tuesday endorsed legislation that would allow an employee of a retail liquor business to deliver alcohol…
Controversial legislation to eliminate a person's duty to retreat safely from Arkansas' self-defense laws passed the Arkansas Senate Tuesday by a wide majority.
Health officials in Arkansas reported the second-lowest one-day increase in new cases in 2021 on Monday, as the state kicked off a new phase of its vaccination…
House Speaker Matthew Shepherd said lawmakers are to begin diving into their full legislative duties this week, despite a shortened work schedule.
The Legislature returns to work Tuesday after taking today and Monday off.
Senate Republicans advanced legislation Wednesday to remove the duty to retreat from Arkansas' self-defense laws, a significant first step in enacting a "stand…
Senate Republicans advanced legislation Wednesday that would remove the duty to retreat from Arkansas' self-defense laws, clearing a hurdle for the proposal th…
Gov. Asa Hutchinson made a vigorous push for proposed hate crimes legislation in his address to lawmakers Tuesday, while Republicans in the Legislature continu…
In the aftermath of a deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said he thinks Arkansas is less likely to have violent actions in the days leading u…
State lawmakers convened in Little Rock on Monday for the 93rd General Assembly, with the cloud of the covid-19 pandemic and new worries over threats by extrem…
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Friday that he wants "this administration to end" after a mob supporting President Donald Trump broke into and ransacked the U.S. Capi…
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Friday “I want this administration to end,” after a mob supporting President Donald Trump broke into and ransacked the U.S. Capitol th…
Arkansas Democrats called Thursday for U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford to resign from Congress after he was one of more than 100 Republicans to continue objecting to t…
Arkansas' congressional delegation -- all of whom are Republicans -- took to Twitter on Wednesday afternoon to condemn the storming of the U.S. Capitol.
State prison officials began the process Tuesday of administering the first batch of 975 covid-19 vaccine doses to health care workers and security staff membe…
The Arkansas Claims Commission rejected claims of an "irreparably" flawed election by state Rep. Jim Sorvillo, R-Little Rock, on Monday, and it unanimously rec…
The Arkansas Claims Commission voted unanimously Monday to recommend that House lawmakers accept certified election results showing Democrat Ashley Hudson winn…
Arkansas Supreme Court Associate Justice Josephine Hart ended her eight-year term on the state's highest court Friday, retiring from a career in which she beca…
After the number of women in the Arkansas Legislature reached records over the past two years, the 93rd General Assembly will have fewer women in its ranks tha…
When Patricia Daniel walked into the Delta Regional Unit prison in Dermott earlier this month, it had been nearly two years since she last saw her son face to …
LITTLE ROCK -- When Patricia Daniel walked into the Delta Regional Unit prison in Dermott earlier this month, it had been nearly two years since she last saw h…
Republicans in the Arkansas Legislature introduced a "stand-your-ground" self-defense bill Wednesday, vowing to enact the measure in 2021 after past efforts fa…