by - April 2, 2015 9:15 pm
The last full day of the 90th General Assembly regular session felt like a relay race at times as lawmakers hurriedly sped a compromise religious freedom solution through committee, to…
by - April 2, 2015 4:02 pm
A compromise religious freedom bill received a veto-proof majority in the House Thursday with the bill being signed into law. The group leading the opposition to the original religious freedom…
by - April 1, 2015 9:42 pm
Legislators from the Fort Smith and Northwest Arkansas areas give Gov. Asa Hutchinson high marks on his first legislative session. Most who responded to questions from The City Wire were…
by - April 1, 2015 1:35 pm
Former U.S. Rep. John Paul Hammerschmidt, the long-time and popular Congressman of Arkansas’ 3rd Congressional District and one of only two Republicans to defeat Bill Clinton in an election, has…
by - April 1, 2015 11:46 am
Amidst a national backlash and pressure from corporations and special interest groups, Gov. Asa Hutchinson offered a compromise on HB 1228 – a bill that some championed as supportive of…
by - March 31, 2015 10:48 pm
On a day when renewed opposition from the state’s business community implored Gov. Asa Hutchinson to stop HB 1228, a bill dubbed the “Religious Freedom Restoration Act,” the Arkansas House…
by - March 30, 2015 8:21 pm
A nearly $5.2 billion proposed state budget was unveiled Monday morning as lawmakers and state officials begin the arduous task for negotiations this week. The Joint Budget Committee turned in…
by - March 30, 2015 8:13 pm
Arkansas lawmakers and Gov. Asa Hutchinson are on track – as were their counterparts in Indiana – to go against concerns of large employers and influential businesses like Wal-Mart Stores,…
by - March 30, 2015 7:42 pm
Amendments to a bill that would prevent state actions that “substantially burden a person’s right to exercise of religion” passed the House Judiciary Committee Monday despite a heavy presence of…
by - March 29, 2015 2:07 pm
The likely last week of this year’s regular legislative session starts Monday with lawmakers facing a boatload of issues and negotiations involving the state’s budget and national pressure over a…
by - March 29, 2015 2:04 pm
On Thursday, Gov. Asa Hutchinson officially named Mike Preston as the new executive director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, the state agency charged with recruiting and retaining jobs. Preston…
by - March 27, 2015 6:58 pm
A bill that supporters say will protect religious freedom and opponents say will allow for discrimination easily passed the Arkansas Senate on Friday (March 27). The 35-member body passed House…
by - March 26, 2015 10:35 pm
With potentially a week to go in Arkansas’ 2015 legislative session, lawmakers stepped up their committee and floor action to push through bills dealing with corrections, executions, drug screening, wine…
by - March 26, 2015 9:27 pm
Only hours removed from hiring the state’s next economic development chief, Gov. Asa Hutchinson outlined his vision for an aggressive platform on Thursday that he said would allow Arkansas to…
by - March 25, 2015 3:07 pm
While Gov. Asa Hutchinson has made it clear that he opposes President Obama’s new carbon emission rules that would shelve much of the state’s coal-fired power generation, he said Tuesday…
by - March 25, 2015 2:46 pm
A group in Fort Smith and one in Crawford County have raised a reported $19,000 and $3,050, respectively, as part of an effort to seek renewal of a sales tax…
by - March 24, 2015 8:55 pm
Lawmakers passed bills on Tuesday dealing with workforce training, capital gains taxes, tax credits for low-income families and criminal justice; meanwhile, several committees approved legislation that could create an even…
by - March 24, 2015 7:53 pm
Uncertainty over federal funding has caused the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department (AHTD) to withdraw 56 construction projects set for an April 21 bid cycle, with 11 of those projects…
by - March 23, 2015 8:16 pm
It was a hodge-podge of activity Monday as legislators started what could likely be the last full week of the 2015 legislative session. A capital gains tax cut bill was…
by - March 22, 2015 11:17 pm
With the Arkansas Supreme Court ruling this past week declaring the state’s lethal injection procedures as constitutional, executions in Arkansas are set to move forward after a decade of being…
