Governor’s portrait leaves a reflective Hutchinson all smiles
Outgoing Gov. Asa Hutchinson stared at his portrait during its unveiling Tuesday afternoon at the State Capitol and smiled, telling an audience filled with Cab…
Outgoing Gov. Asa Hutchinson stared at his portrait during its unveiling Tuesday afternoon at the State Capitol and smiled, telling an audience filled with Cab…
Governor-elect Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced in a news release Tuesday that she will nominate Joe Profiri, a “key” player for the Arizona Department of Corr…
LITTLE ROCK -- The statues of civil-rights pioneer Daisy Bates and musician Johnny Cash destined for Statuary Hall inside the nation's Capitol were not complet…
The statues of civil-rights pioneer Daisy Bates and musician Johnny Cash destined for Statuary Hall inside the nation's Capitol were not completed by the end o…
Gov.-elect Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced in a news release Friday she will nominate Washington County Judge Joseph Wood as secretary of the Department of Tr…
Governor-elect Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced in a news release Friday that she will nominate Washington County Judge Joseph Wood as secretary of the Departm…
Governor-elect Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced Thursday that she will nominate a key official in Florida's education system as secretary for the Arkansas Depa…
Jacob Oliva began his career as a special education teacher. Over the past 20 years, has has served in a variety of positions, including as a principal and sup…
Governor-elect Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Wednesday announced her plan to reappoint Larry Walther as Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration.
Sanders cited Walther's innovation while in the office as the reason she plans to reappoint him.
Governor-elect Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Tuesday said she will nominate Kristi Putnam as secretary of the Department of Human Services and announced several ot…
An effort to give Arkansans an extra hour of daylight is set to come up again during the legislative session that begins in January.
Governor-elect Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced Tuesday her picks to lead the Arkansas Department of Human Services, including plans to nominate Kristi Putnam …
Sanders' pick, Hugh McDonald, said he plans on putting more funding into technical schools and secondary education.
Leslie Rutledge said her office had received 22 consumer complaints against Stephen Rast and his wife, Taylor Wells.
A project to connect trails throughout the Maumelle Pinnacles has reached a milestone with the completion of the first few miles of the state-acquired Blue Mou…
Multiple public and private organizations will launch an analytics-driven initiative early next year to address the foster care crisis in Arkansas, a foster ca…
Arkansas has joined other states in banning the use of the social media app TikTok on state-owned devices and computers as two Republican legislators filed leg…
A former Democratic candidate for state auditor who was arrested during her campaign has been fined by the Arkansas Ethics Commission for multiple violations r…
A former Democratic candidate for state auditor who was arrested during her campaign has been fined by the Arkansas Ethics Commission for multiple violations r…
Less than a month before she leaves her post, Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced Thursday that her office will transfer $140 million in opioid…
Two medical marijuana companies in Arkansas contributed more than $1 million each in an unsuccessful effort to get recreational marijuana legalized during Nove…
Two medical marijuana companies in Arkansas contributed more than $1 million each in an unsuccessful effort to get recreational marijuana legalized during Nove…
Attorney General-elect Tim Griffin announced on Friday his senior staff and plans to restructure the state's legal team.
Attorney General-elect Tim Griffin announced the appointment of 18 senior staff positions as well as the creation of the Office of General Counsel.
An assignment on the House Education Committee was the top pick for many lawmakers during the chamber's organizational session Monday at the Capitol.
Finding quality childcare underlies many of the challenges facing women in Arkansas' workforce, but businesses, nonprofits and government agencies are working …
Finding quality child care underlies many of the challenges facing women in Arkansas' workforce, but businesses, nonprofits and government agencies are working…
Governor-elect Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced Tuesday that she will nominate the founder of the Buffalo Outdoor Center to serve as secretary of the Departmen…
The founder of the Buffalo Outdoor Center has been nominated to serve as secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism under Governor-elect Sarah …
An Arkansas State Police troop commander will be nominated to serve as secretary of public safety under Governor-elect Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
Arkansas Legislative Audit told legislators almost $100 million was spent on contact tracing contracts and agreements, and the state's top medical official sai…
The mayor of the small Sebastian County city of Bonanza fielded numerous questions Friday from legislators after a state audit indicated the city's administrat…
The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled Thursday that attorneys are not authorized to receive payment in an illegal-exaction lawsuit brought against multiple state ag…
Arkansas Legislative Joint Auditing Committee members say it's time to resolve a disagreement between Arkansas Legislative Audit and the state attorney general…
Members of the Arkansas Legislative Joint Auditing Committee say it’s time to find a resolution for a disagreement between Arkansas Legislative Audit and the a…
The Arkansas Supreme Court has reversed a circuit court decision that required the Arkansas Department of Transportation to pay more than $18 million in attorn…
State Rep. Vivian Flowers filed a bill Monday that would provide a pathway for people previously convicted of felonies to regain their right to possess a firea…
The Phillips County Election Commission has submitted its official election results to the secretary of state's office after weeks of questions and criticism r…
The Arkansas Department of Corrections issued a public notice Friday for submissions from communities interested in donating land for construction of a new cor…
The State Board of Election Commissioners will increase the number of counties selected for a random post-election audit by 10 in an effort to audit 5% of the …
Ballot errors, polling locations that opened late, and the mixing of early votes and election day votes are among the issues that led the State Board of Electi…
While officials with the Division of Children and Family Services have made strides in correcting the damage done to the foster care system by the covid-19 pan…
The Arkansas Board of Corrections on Friday authorized the Department of Corrections to begin a site selection process for a community correction center as the…
The Arkansas Supreme Court has suspended an El Dorado circuit judge for 18 months after finding the length of the Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability C…
Dexter Miller, the Democratic candidate for House District 62 in Arkansas' Delta, said Friday that he has requested a recount after election results indicated …
It has been more than a week since the Nov. 8 election, but vote totals from Phillips County are still not available as the secretary of state's office reporte…
The Arkansas Supreme Court has hired a new clerk of the courts to replace Stacey Pectol, who served both courts for 21 years before her recent retirement.
LITTLE ROCK -- Arkansas women have been able to serve as legislators for over a hundred years, but information about some of the state's female trailblazers ha…
LITTLE ROCK -- Legislators appeared ready to provide support to fight a "public health crisis" involving Alzheimer's disease and dementia after a report showed…