Bryan King

Governor Sanders is seeing pushback regarding the decision to delay a special election for a vacant Arkansas Senate seat. The people of Franklin county want representation before next summer. read more >

A lot of the opposition to wind power is concentrated in northwest Arkansas, where the mountainous topography leads to concerns. read more >

The bankruptcy sale capped the fall of Cooks Venture, which touted its mission to build a better food system and liked to show off pictures of its Pioneer breed chickens foraging widely over the Decatur acreage. read more >

Arkansas bitcoin mining operations appear to be headed for more regulation. read more >

Concerned citizens in DeWitt are fighting plans for more bitcoin mining, and state Sen. Bryan King, R-Green Forest, and Arkansas Rice Growers Association Chair Kenneth Graves have joined their cause. read more >

Rushed legislation, such as Act 851 regarding crypto mining, rarely benefits anyone. read more >

Republican state Sen. Bryan King and the League of Women Voters of Arkansas file a lawsuit challenging a new Arkansas measure that makes it harder to get initiatives on the ballot. read more >

The new law also raises minimum teacher salaries and puts new restrictions on classroom instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity. read more >

Three years after its president resigned on his way to federal prison after participating in a state grant kickback scheme, Ecclesia College continues to deal with the repercussions. read more >

An effort to continue Arkansas' Medicaid expansion another year has cleared a major hurdle in the state Legislature, a day after the Trump administration said the state could impose a work requirement on the program. read more >

The executive director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission on Tuesday defended certain incentives his agency offers to companies that are building, moving to or expanding in Arkansas. read more >

Vacant seats in the Legislature, a lack of answers on proposals to impose new restrictions and uncertainty about the future of the federal health care law could put Arkansas' hybrid Medicaid expansion back in a precarious position. read more >

The Arkansas Senate approves keeping the state's hybrid Medicaid expansion another year after Republican efforts to repeal and replace the federal health law that created the program failed in Congress. read more >

A House panel sought Wednesday to reinstate Arkansas' voter ID law, and expanded Republican majorities in the Legislature could help it survive yet another court challenge like the one that struck down a nearly identical plan more than two years ago. read more >

Arkansas lawmakers barreled toward a budget standoff over the state's hybrid Medicaid expansion as they began their legislative session Wednesday, with opponents showing little sign of retreating from their push to defund the program read more >

An Arkansas lawmaker wants to ask voters next year to reinstate a voter ID requirement that the state Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional. read more >

A Republican takeover of a northeast Arkansas state Senate seat dims the prospects for continuing the state's compromise Medicaid expansion plan and could be a troubling early sign for Democrats who had hoped to rebound from recent losses at the polls. read more >

If anyone was unsure just how difficult of a balance Arkansas faces in trying to implement the federal health care overhaul, the rollout over the past week made it clear. After two elections and two legislative sessions that have been overshadowed by the 2010 law, the state is facing an identity crisis on how to move forward with it. read more >

Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe has vetoed three bills aimed at overhauling the state's election commission, including one that would create a "voter integrity unit" to investigate fraud complaints. read more >

The Arkansas Senate is expected to attempt to override Gov. Mike Beebe's veto of a bill that would require voters to show photo identification before casting a ballot. It takes a simple majority in the House and Senate to override a governor's veto. If the Senate does so, the House is expected to vote on its own override on Thursday. read more >