Shawn Womack

Five Arkansas Supreme Court justices on Wednesday challenged efforts to sanction them over the court's decision to prohibit a judge who participated in an anti-death penalty demonstration from hearing any execution-related cases. read more >

A disciplinary panel files ethics charges against a seventh member of the Arkansas Supreme Court over a court's decision involving Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen. read more >

Arkansas' attempt to carry out its first execution in nearly 12 years wasn't thwarted by the type of liberal activist judge Republicans regularly bemoan, but by a state Supreme Court that's been the focus of expensive campaigns by conservative groups to reshape the judiciary. read more >

The seven justices who sit on the Arkansas Supreme Court have a wide range of business investments, from property to tower rent for a radio station. read more >

Arkansas Supreme Court justices questioned Thursday whether a city's ordinance banning discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity flies in the face of a 2015 state law that was intended to prevent local LGBT protections. read more >

From establishing the first medical pot program in the Bible Belt to the future of a hybrid Medicaid expansion program covering thousands, the state faces plenty of questions in the new year. read more >

Citing the record-breaking amount of spending by outside groups on two state Supreme Court races, Gov. Asa Hutchinson says he wants lawmakers to look at ending popular election of justices. read more >

Nearly $1.3 million was spent on television ads in both races by the candidates and groups, more than double the previous record in Arkansas for a judicial election. read more >

The most expensive court election in Arkansas history ends on Tuesday with voters choosing a new Supreme Court chief justice from either a current justice or a circuit judge. read more >

The race for an open seat on the Arkansas Supreme Court pits a state judge and ex-lawmaker who once advocated banning gays and lesbians from fostering and adopting children against a Little Rock lawyer who touts his lack of political experience as an asset. read more >

A Little Rock attorney launched a bid against a north Arkansas judge for the state Supreme Court on Monday, making his candidacy official minutes before the filing deadline for next year's election. read more >

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee was the first in line Monday to make his bid official as the White House hopeful helped kick off the one-week filing period in his home state for candidates in next year's election. read more >

Roughly a year after Republicans completed their sweep of statewide offices in Arkansas, the 2016 campaign begins officially in the state Monday with the start of the one-week filing period for candidates. read more >