rkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge says that while running for the Republican nomination for governor, she also will try to put on next year's ballot a proposition to end the state's individual income tax. read more >
A federal judge blocks an Arkansas law banning nearly all abortions in the state while she hears a challenge to its constitutionality. read more >
The former head of a North Little Rock nonprofit that helps entrepreneurs says he will seek next year's Democratic nomination for Arkansas governor. read more >
A federal appeals court says it will reconsider a panel's decision that Arkansas’ law requiring state contractors to pledge not to boycott Israel is unconstitutional. read more >
The American Civil Liberties Union asks a federal judge to strike down a new Arkansas law that made the state the first to ban gender confirming treatments or surgery for transgender youth. read more >
Republican attorneys general from 21 states including Arkansas are questioning a provision in the $1.9 trillion pandemic rescue plan that bars states from using its funds to offset tax cuts. read more >
Attorney General Leslie Rutledge sues Walgreens, accusing the pharmacy chain of fueling the opioid crisis in the state by filling a large number of suspicious orders for painkillers. read more >
State Sen. Jim Hendren, nephew of Gov. Asa Hutchinson, says he's leaving the GOP, citing Donald Trump's rhetoric and the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol by the former president's supporters. read more >
Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin on Monday dropped out of the race for governor and will instead run for attorney general. read more >
Arkansas will receive $5.4 million from the multi-state settlement between attorneys general from 47 states, the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories and McKinsey & Co. one of the world's biggest consulting firms. read more >
Former White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders raised more than $1 million in the first four days of her bid for Arkansas governor, her campaign said Thursday. read more >
Sarah Sanders, Donald Trump’s former chief spokeswoman and one of his closest aides, announces she’s running for Arkansas governor. read more >
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday said a judge who was barred from hearing execution-related cases after he participated in an anti-death penalty protest can't preside over a capital murder case. read more >
Lackie Drug Store of Lonoke is suing six of the largest pharmacy benefit managers in the country, saying it won’t be able to survive because the drug reimbursement rates it receives from the PBMs are often below its cost. read more >
Ten states on Wednesday brought a lawsuit against Google, accusing the search giant of “anti-competitive conduct" in the online advertising industry, including a deal to manipulate sales with rival Facebook. read more >
At a time when political polarization is so intense that the president of the United States can raise hundreds of millions of dollars from the fact that he lost his reelection bid by 7 million votes, only one thing seems to have near-unanimous support regardless of political affiliation: regulating Facebook. read more >
In a ruling seen as a win for local pharmacies, The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday reversed a lower court decision that prevented a 2015 state law regulating pharmacy benefit managers from going into effect. read more >
Federal regulators sue Facebook, seeking forced divestment of its Instagram and WhatsApp messaging services. In a separate case, 48 states and districts, including Arkansas, accused the company of abusing its market power. read more >
Randy Eminger of Bella Vista and the Arkansas Affordable Energy Coalition are committed to keeping Arkansas as a coal customer, and he’s challenging Entergy’s coal-plant closure plan in federal court, arguing that state utility regulators haven’t vetted it properly. read more >
Eager to be shed of Obamacare once and for all? Be careful what you wish for. read more >
