Covering Arkansas Politics

Boozman Wobbles On Earmarks

New Gop Constitutional Officers To Appear On Panel

Lawmakers Discuss Coming Tax Cut Proposals

Finance Officials Lay Out Plans For State Budget (updated)

Arkansas' Department of Finance & Administration officials presented Gov. Mike Beebe's balanced budget for the next two fiscal years to state lawmakers and predicted a...

Brawner: Parsing The Election Returns

Green Party Argues For Ballot Access

Despite failing to meet a state legal requirement, the Green Party of Arkansas plans to argue it should be recognized as an automatically qualified political...

Political Scientist: Is Arkansas A ‘two Party’ State?

Dr. Janine Parry, political scientist at the University of Arkansas, was our guest on Talk Business this week.  Parry was also the guest speaker at...

Beebe To Propose Another 1/2 Cent Cut To Grocery Tax

Governor Requests Opinion From Ag On Special Election

Tolbert: Republicans Win, Now Comes The Hard Part

Brummett: Guns And Other Campaign Moments

Political columnist John Brummett with our content partner, the Arkansas News Bureau, takes a post-election look at the highlights and lowlights of this past year's...

State Senate Picks Top Leaders For Committee Posts

The Arkansas State Senate drew for seniority and committee positions at its organizational meeting on Thursday. At least 16 major and minor committee assignments were...

Bill Clinton’s Arkansas: A Redder State

House Members Draw For Seniority And Committee Assignments

The New Lake View: Unemployment Trust Fund Debt Could Be A Billion Dollar Problem

It should be one of the definitive debates of the upcoming legislative session: how will the state get a handle on a $475 million debt...

Republican Alleges State Police Involvement In Campaign

Tom Fite, the District 83 Republican who was knocked off the ballot by the Arkansas Supreme Court, alleges that a member of the Arkansas State...

Brummett: Alabama Happened

After State Gop Gains, What’s Next?

Arkansas Republicans made tremendous strides on Tuesday with their gains at the federal, state and local levels. How will those electoral victories translate into governing...

Senate Picks New Leaders, Welcomes Freshmen

Crawford’s Win Makes First District History