State Supreme Court A Step Closer to Decision on Marijuana Proposal
The high court directed Secretary of State John Thurston to make a formal finding on the matter. read more >
The high court directed Secretary of State John Thurston to make a formal finding on the matter. read more >
A Black candidate has never been elected to the Arkansas Supreme Court. A group of plaintiffs hopes to change that with a federal lawsuit. read more >
The lawsuit says the Craighead County Election Commission knew about the error for more than a week before early voting began. read more >
Gov. Asa Hutchinson says he'll make a decision next week about whether to sign the measure. read more >
Josh Price, a former Pulaski County election commissioner, says he's running for Arkansas secretary of state. read more >
The sponsor of Arkansas' voter ID law said Wednesday that he would challenge the incumbent secretary of state in next year's Republican primary. read more >
Supporters of an effort to impose stricter term limits on Arkansas legislators on Thursday filed a lawsuit challenging new restrictions placed on initiative campaigns. read more >
Two groups are asking an Arkansas judge to strike down several voting restrictions enacted this year that they say are unconstitutional and will disenfranchise the state's voters. read more >
The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled that two proposed amendments will not be removed from the general election ballot next month, upholding a lower court's decision to dismiss the case against the secretary of state. read more >
A lawsuit asks a federal judge to require Arkansas election officials to give absentee voters a chance to correct their ballots before they're rejected due to signature issues. read more >
An Arkansas board has approved the ballot title and popular name for a proposed constitutional amendment that would shift the authority on who can redraw legislative and congressional boundaries for the next decade. read more >
Arkansas’ governor on Tuesday stood by efforts to reopen schools next month, despite concerns raised by pediatricians and the Little Rock teachers union about moving forward with in-person classes as coronavirus cases continue rising. read more >
Arkansas' confirmed coronavirus cases now exceed 20,000 people, health officials said Monday as they announced an additional death from the illness caused by the virus. read more >
Ten more people in Arkansas have died from the illness caused by the coronavirus, the state health department said Tuesday as 595 more people tested positive for the virus. read more >
It’s a minor development in the scheme of things, but Arkansas Business’ parent company now owns the rights to the name Arkansas Business Publishing Group. read more >
Early voting began Tuesday for Arkansas' March 3 primary and nonpartisan judicial election, with the solidly Republican state drawing interest among Democratic presidential hopefuls. read more >
Arkansas officials on Friday approved thousands of signatures submitted for a referendum on a law expanding the procedures optometrists can perform. read more >
Land Commissioner John Thurston has countered criticisms of his spending $27,000 of taxpayers’ money on a boat by calling the criticism “D.C. politics.” We can’t see where Washington enters into it. Unless ... read more >
Attorney General Leslie Rutledge launches her 2018 re-election bid, joining a growing list of Arkansas elected officials who have begun raising money and organizing their campaigns more than two years ahead of that election. read more >
In ceremonies in the Arkansas House chamber Tuesday morning, a clerk read last November's election results before Arkansas' Chief Justice Jim Hannah swore in Lieutenant governor Tim Griffin and four others. Justice Jo Hart swore in Attorney General Leslie Rutledge. read more >
