State Treasurer Mark Lowery Dies at 66
Lowery suffered two strokes over the past several months. His condition deteriorated rapidly Tuesday after he announced plans to retire. read more >
Lowery suffered two strokes over the past several months. His condition deteriorated rapidly Tuesday after he announced plans to retire. read more >
Pool will serve a four-year term replacing Jessica Mobley, whose term on the five-person commission expired on March 6, 2023. read more >
Legislators meeting in a special session file two bills dealing with Act 1002, which prohibits state and local governments from imposing mask mandates. read more >
Arkansas reported 42 new COVID-19 deaths Monday and its biggest one-day spike in coronavirus hospitalizations since the pandemic began. read more >
The majority-Republican House votes 65-26 in favor of the measure, called a “class protection" bill, sending it to Gov. Asa Hutchinson's desk. read more >
Arkansas legislative leaders introduce a drastically scaled-back hate crimes measure that no longer explicitly refers to race, sexual orientation or gender identity, drawing the the ire of longtime proponents of such laws. read more >
The Arkansas House voted Thursday to require members and staff to wear masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. read more >
Arkansas lawmakers will not meet this month to vote on whether to support the state's coronavirus emergency declaration, House and Senate leaders said Tuesday, rejecting a request from Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson. read more >
A coronavirus outbreak in the Arkansas Legislature grew by two on Tuesday, pushing the number of lawmakers who have caught the disease in the past week and a half to nine, including a niece of Gov. Asa Hutchinson. read more >
Three Arkansas lawmakers announced Tuesday they have tested positive for the coronavirus and the state’s governor said he’s scaling back his public events and meetings after being exposed to someone with the virus. read more >
Gov. Asa Hutchinson signs three executive orders to protect businesses and employees from lawsuits over COVID-19 exposure. read more >
The Arkansas House has voted to expel a lawmaker who pleaded no contest to not paying state income taxes for several years. read more >
Arkansas House Speaker Matthew Shepherd says he's told state Rep. Mickey Gates, who pleaded no contest to not paying state income taxes, that it would be in everyone's best interests if he resigned. read more >
The Candian’s company, Standard Lithium Ltd., broke ground last week on a pilot plant in El Dorado, a key step toward a unique vision of pulling battery-grade lithium from a saltwater sea beneath south Arkansas. read more >
An effort to keep Arkansas' Medicaid expansion has failed in the state House, two days after a federal judge blocked a requirement that those on the program work in order to keep their coverage. read more >
Gov. Asa Hutchinson, whose state is at the center of the fight over work requirements for Medicaid recipients, says he wants to fight a judge's ruling blocking those rules, while Republicans elsewhere are trying to determine the decision's effect on their state. read more >
The Trump administration's efforts to push the poor toward self-sufficiency were dealt a blow Wednesday, when a federal judge ruled that Medicaid work requirements undermined the program's mission of providing health care for the needy. read more >
Gov. Asa Hutchinson and legislative leaders unveil a $300 million per year plan to maintain Arkansas' roads and bridges — one billed as the largest single highway proposal in the state's history. read more >
State legislative leaders call for an increase in fines for ethics violations and a measure barring elected officials convicted of certain crimes from collecting their retirement benefits. read more >
Arkansas needs hundreds of millions more dollars to adequately maintain current roads and bridges and keep up with future needs. The last new money the state dug up for Arkansas highways was $50 million the governor scraped together in 2016 from existing sources. read more >
