by - November 7, 2016 5:03 pm
In the past six years, Republicans have gained control of all six of Arkansas’ congressional seats, all seven statewide constitutional officers and two-thirds of the state Legislature, but Democrats still…
by - November 4, 2016 5:49 pm
Three of Arkansas’ four African-American female legislators on Friday (Nov. 4) expressed support for the six Razorback women’s basketball players who knelt during the national anthem the night before. Before…
by - November 3, 2016 8:28 pm
U.S. Sens. John Boozman and Tom Cotton do not agree with a strategy to block any potential Supreme Court nominee of Hillary Clinton, but both say they would have a…
by - November 3, 2016 3:01 pm
Editor’s note: This story is updated with new information, including a retraction from a national news source. For the second time in three days, U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., referred…
by - November 2, 2016 6:58 pm
The machines used for voting in Arkansas would be very difficult to tamper with and impossible to hack, and so far there have been few complaints this election cycle, said…
by - November 2, 2016 11:19 am
Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. John Boozman have large leads while the Medical Marijuana Amendment has a small one in the latest Arkansas Poll. The 18th annual poll was designed…
by - November 2, 2016 7:49 am
Government and the national debt have grown so large that the states must restore balance through a never-before-used provision in the Constitution, said a former U.S. senator from Oklahoma. U.S….
by - November 1, 2016 8:26 pm
Passage of the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment would cost the Arkansas Department of Health and the Department of Finance and Administration between $4 million and $5.8 million annually to regulate,…
by - November 1, 2016 4:58 pm
Arkansas’ preterm birth rate rose from 10% to 10.8% in 2015, according to the March of Dimes, at the same time that the national rate also rose for the first…
by - October 31, 2016 8:24 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said he will commit $10 million in additional funding for higher education in fiscal year 2019 – the first across-the-board funding increase for the state’s colleges and…
by - October 31, 2016 6:06 pm
The Joint Committee on Educational Adequacy deadlocked along party lines voting for its required adequacy report Monday, potentially giving Gov. Asa Hutchinson the responsibility for crafting education policies and funding…
by - October 31, 2016 2:40 pm
Transfers to athletics of unrestricted education and general funds have increased an average of 49.3% statewide in the last five years and 19.1% over the last two years, according to…
by - October 31, 2016 1:23 pm
The Senate president pro tempore said the Legislature may self-impose a limit of two referred constitutional amendments and that one of them could change the process for voter-initiated proposals. Sen….
by - October 29, 2016 7:25 pm
The sponsor of Issue 7, the Arkansas Medical Cannabis Act which the Supreme Court has removed from the ballot, on Saturday blamed the sponsor of Issue 6, the Arkansas Medical…
by - October 24, 2016 3:40 pm
Dr. Richard Turnage said healthcare institutions must ride the wave of changes in the healthcare system. Effective Dec. 1, Turnage will man the surfboard as CEO of the University of…
by - October 20, 2016 10:10 am
“The old saying is, ‘Amateurs study tactics. Professionals study logistics,’” said Rep. Doug House, R-North Little Rock, a retired National Guard colonel. “I think in politics, amateurs study policy and…
by - October 19, 2016 11:04 pm
The third and final presidential debate between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump didn’t live up to the hype and probably won’t change the results, but the defining moment…
by - October 19, 2016 2:26 pm
Members of the law enforcement community Wednesday (Oct. 19) expressed their opposition to two measures on the November ballot that would legalize medical marijuana, with the president of the Arkansas…
by - October 17, 2016 2:01 pm
More than 301,000 Arkansans are either receiving health insurance through the private option or have been deemed eligible for the program as of the end of September – an increase…
by - October 14, 2016 8:53 am
A majority of Americans say marijuana should be legal and a large majority of younger Americans do, according to a Pew Research Center poll released Oct. 12. Asked, “Do you…
