by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press 6/17/2013 07:34 am
The conservative Club for Growth tags Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor as President Barack Obama's "closest ally" in the state. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's gun-control advocacy group says Pryor "let us down."
by Associated Press 6/13/2013 07:38 am
Six months after the Newtown school shooting, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is stepping up his gun control campaign by asking donors not to support Democratic senators who opposed a bill to expand background checks on gun buyers, while a mayors' group he co-founded is embarking on a national bus tour to rally for efforts to curb gun violence.
by Associated Press 6/12/2013 04:15 pm
The National Rifle Association is buying airtime on Arkansas radio stations to defend Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor's vote against gun purchase background checks proposed by President Barack Obama.
by Associated Press 6/11/2013 07:15 am
Arkansas' U.S. Senate delegation is praising the passage of a farm bill. The bill passed the Senate on Monday on a 66-27 vote. The five-year, half-trillion bill includes greater subsidies for rice farmers and more aid for purchasing crop insurance.
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press 6/10/2013 07:31 am
Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton is turning into a hero among conservative activists who think he can topple the state's Democratic senator. Democrats are just as eager to take on a candidate they believe they can cast as too extreme.
by Arkansas Business Staff 6/10/2013 12:00 am
As of last week, almost 10 percent of federal court judgeships were vacant, including one created when U.S. District Judge Jimm Larry Hendren of Fayetteville took senior status on Dec. 31.
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press 5/30/2013 04:04 pm
U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor of Arkansas is using the first television ad of his re-election bid to defend himself against gun control groups criticizing his vote against an expanded background checks measure.
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press 5/29/2013 11:18 am
Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor is preparing to launch the first campaign ads for his re-election bid, as he faces a high-dollar blitz from groups on the right and left in Arkansas.
by Associated Press 5/24/2013 01:17 pm
A gun control group is invoking the 2008 shooting death of Arkansas' Democratic Party chairman with a new television ad questioning Sen. Mark Pryor's vote against expanded background checks. (Includes video.)
by Jeannie Nuss, The Associated Press 4/10/2013 02:52 pm
Sen. Mark Pryor, the lone Democrat in Arkansas' congressional delegation, said Wednesday he remains opposed to gay marriage, even as Democratic senators from other conservative states have joined the growing chorus of lawmakers who support it.
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press 3/24/2013 03:04 pm
Bill Halter and Mike Ross are moving closer toward what could be one of the biggest party fights ever for the state's top office.
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press 3/17/2013 05:15 pm
Former President Bill Clinton helped U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor of Arkansas kick off his bid for a third term Saturday night, casting the Democratic lawmaker's re-election fight as a test of whether voters will reward Pryor's push for bipartisanship over a high-dollar blitz by conservative groups to unseat him.
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press 3/15/2013 04:36 pm
Twenty months from election day, Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor has barely launched his bid for a third term and doesn't even have an announced Republican opponent. But Arkansas voters could be forgiven for thinking that 2014 is already here.
by Lance Turner 3/14/2013 03:28 pm
U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., joins a bipartisan group of lawmakers supporting legislation he says would give Congress the authority to approve the Keystone XL pipeline.
by Arkansas Business Staff 12/24/2012 12:00 am
There was good news and there was bad news in Arkansas in 2012. And in case you've forgotten the details, the Arkansas Business staff is here to remind you.
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press 12/18/2012 12:40 pm
Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel, a Democrat and candidate for governor in 2014, admits that he had an inappropriate relationship with Hot Springs attorney Andrea Davis after court documents alleged a sexual affair.
by Lance Turner 12/5/2012 08:11 am
U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., talks to Arkansas Business news partner THV 11 News about the "fiscal cliff" negotiations.
by Lance Turner 11/27/2012 03:08 pm
Arkansas' Congressional delegation petitions U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff General Mark Welsh III about the Air Force's proposal to eliminate the A-10 mission in Fort Smith.
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press 11/21/2012 01:54 pm
The 2014 campaign for Arkansas' top offices had already begun before voters cast their ballots in this year's election. Now it's about to go into full swing.
by Lance Turner 11/6/2012 11:01 am
Arkansas Business sits down with the state's two U.S. Senators, Republican John Boozman and Democrat Mark Pryor, to hear about their election day memories.