by - October 6, 2018 10:20 am
A representative for one of five companies awarded licenses to grow for Arkansas’ fledgling medical marijuana industry says the business will be ready to start cultivating and supplying the product…
by - October 6, 2018 10:14 am
When Arkansas voters took the step to legalize medical marijuana in the November 2016 election, the Natural State was hailed as an outlier for being the first state in the…
by - October 4, 2018 8:45 pm
Conference committee negotiations over this year’s farm bill have reached an impasse because the ranking Senate Democrat wants to wait until December to complete them, Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Hot Springs.,…
by - October 4, 2018 4:27 pm
Seeking out opportunities to be useful each day is one way Gov. Asa Hutchinson finds joy and satisfaction in his personal life, even while doing a very public job. Speaking…
by - October 3, 2018 9:48 pm
Benton’s incumbent mayor, David Mattingly, endorsed Terry Benham in the race to succeed him. Benham is one of three candidates vying for the Benton mayoral post. Mattingly, a two-term mayor,…
by - October 3, 2018 7:58 pm
The Democratic nominee for Secretary of State, Susan Inman, questioned a nearly $30,000 boat purchase by her GOP opponent, Commissioner of State Lands John Thurston. Inman and Thurston are vying…
by - October 3, 2018 7:28 pm
Two incumbents and two challengers pitched their candidacies Wednesday at the Jonesboro Kiwanis Club meeting. Alderman John Street was joined by his opponent, Amanda Dunavant while incumbent Alderman L.J. Bryant…
by - October 3, 2018 5:45 pm
Interstate 49 divides Rogers like a stream or railroad, and the city has plans to improve connectivity from one side of the interstate to the other by building several overpasses….
by - October 3, 2018 4:19 pm
Former Arkansas Speakers of the House Robbie Wills and Bill Stovall have formed a new consulting firm, WSG Consulting, LLC, along with former State Rep. Rick Green and Dana Wills,…
by - October 3, 2018 3:46 pm
In taking nearly 30 minutes to explain the finer details of his proposed reorganization plan, Gov. Asa Hutchinson made clear that no employees would lose their jobs and any financial…
by - October 3, 2018 2:40 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday (Oct. 3) before an overflow crowd gathered at the State Capitol unveiled his long-awaited “transformation plan” to shrink the size of Arkansas’ state government from…
by - October 2, 2018 8:12 pm
A federal lawsuit was filed Tuesday (Oct. 2) against long-serving state Sen. Jason Rapert, R-Bigelow, by local members of national atheist group who say the Arkansas lawmaker violated their constitutional…
by - October 2, 2018 5:10 pm
With a rise in reports of algae growth on the Buffalo River, U.S. Reps. French Hill, R-Little Rock, and Steve Womack, R-Rogers, have asked the National Park Service (NPS) for…
by - October 2, 2018 11:30 am
State budget coffers were brimming headed into October and the early holiday shopping season as tax collections in all major revenue categories were ahead of forecast, the Arkansas Department of…
by - October 2, 2018 10:16 am
A six-figure ad buy from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) would suggest that the national Democratic campaign arm is bullish – for now – on their nominee Clarke Tucker’s…
by - October 1, 2018 8:51 pm
The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission on Monday (Oct. 1) scheduled a meeting with a Boston consulting firm in nearly two weeks to score and review the nearly 200 medical cannabis…
by - October 1, 2018 7:10 pm
Fort Smith City Director George Catsavis is open to ideas about a spay-neuter law, and Director Keith Lau believes there are more important issues the board should consider, but is…
by - October 1, 2018 5:05 pm
Out with the old acronym, in the with the new. President Donald Trump said that the U.S. has completed its renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA, and…
by - September 30, 2018 9:59 am
Population growth in Northwest Arkansas has been growing by about 12,000 new residents per year – a 1,000 person a month average increase – since 2014 and there appears to…
by - September 28, 2018 6:20 pm
U.S. Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., said the one week delay on Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination vote is a “good faith effort,” but said the actions of some senators have been…
