For These Issues, Thank Your Lawmakers
Legislators have referred three proposed constitutional amendments for voters to either enact or reject by a majority vote. Here's information about each one. read more >
Legislators have referred three proposed constitutional amendments for voters to either enact or reject by a majority vote. Here's information about each one. read more >
American Atheists announced the settlement in its federal lawsuit against Arkansas over Republican Sen. Jason Rapert's social media. read more >
Critics argued that the cuts are skewed toward the wealthy and that the money would be better spent elsewhere. read more >
Legislative panels also endorsed incentives aimed at helping the state lure a U.S. Steel expansion in Mississippi County. read more >
The primary focus will be on a tax cut package that calls for reducing the state's top income tax rate from 5.9% to 4.9% read more >
Gov. Asa Hutchinson says he'll make a decision next week about whether to sign the measure. read more >
A former Arkansas Razorbacks football player who owns an investment firm says he'll run for Arkansas lieutenant governor, becoming the fifth Republican to seek the office. read more >
Former Arkansas Republican Party Chairman Doyle Webb announced Tuesday he's running for lieutenant governor next year, making him the third GOP candidate to seek the state's No. 2 constitutional office. read more >
Arkansas' top health official was confirmed by the state Senate despite pushback from some Republican lawmakers over the state's handling of the coronavirus pandemic. read more >
If the cost of performing FOIA requests is burdensome, the answer is to come up with the money, not to keep chipping away at the public’s right to know. read more >
Gov. Asa Hutchinson signs into law legislation banning nearly all abortions in the state, a sweeping measure that supporters hope will force the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit its landmark Roe v. Wade decision. read more >
The Arkansas Senate approves a measure banning nearly all abortions in the state, despite objections to the ban not including exceptions for rape or incest. read more >
An Arkansas Senate panel advances legislation aimed at forcing the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit Roe v. Wade by banning nearly all abortions. read more >
Arkansas reported its second-highest increase in confirmed coronavirus cases on Thursday as a state senator was hospitalized after testing positive for the virus. read more >
An Arkansas state senator said Thursday he is in the hospital after testing positive for the illness caused by the coronavirus. read more >
An aging unemployment system and a desire to get money to unemployed people quickly contributed to problems with the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance rollout in Arkansas, DWS leaders say. read more >
States' efforts to fight future floods may turn out to be only a down payment on a long-term battle against floods, which are forecast to become more frequent and destructive as global temperatures rise. read more >
A Republican state senator who sponsored a law requiring a Ten Commandments monument at the Capitol and several abortion restrictions says he's running for Arkansas lieutenant governor in 2022. read more >
The historic spring flooding in Arkansas caused at least $100 million in damage. Now comes the re-evaluation of Arkansas’ long-neglected levee system, which will surely seek to address at least two big public policy questions: Who should be responsible for the levees? Who should pay for their maintenance? read more >
Gov. Asa Hutchinson announces additional appointments to the Arkansas Levee Task Force he created by executive order last month. read more >
