by - April 12, 2017 2:54 pm
Medical marijuana will be available to Arkansas patients around January 2018, predicts the Department of Finance and Administration. The timeline is based in part on the process spelled out by…
by - April 12, 2017 12:49 pm
Editor’s note: The following is the first of two stories about Arkansas murder cases involving eight of the men originally set for execution. The information was gleaned from court documents,…
by - April 12, 2017 8:57 am
Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce and Associated Industries of Arkansas CEO Randy Zook was our guest on Tuesday’s edition of Talk Business & Politics Daily. The chamber chief said the…
by - April 12, 2017 8:46 am
If it’s Monday, it’s John Brummett. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette political columnist John Brummett shares his thoughts on the recent airstrike in Syria that has drawn international headlines. Brummett compliments President Donald…
by - April 11, 2017 9:08 pm
A federal judge heard hours of testimony Tuesday (April 11) from out-of-state execution witnesses intended to highlight that the rush to send seven Arkansas death row inmates to the execution…
by - April 11, 2017 5:55 pm
Since 1973, 157 individuals occupying death rows across the country have been exonerated and set free, and that doesn’t include Arkansas’ most famous former Death Row inmate, Damien Echols. The…
by - April 11, 2017 5:27 pm
For the first time in the history of polling from Talk Business & Politics and Hendrix College, the Arkansas Legislature received a failing grade from state voters. The latest survey…
by - April 11, 2017 4:19 pm
Fort Smith officials are seeing the first signs of a more willing partner in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the direction of President Donald Trump appointee and former…
by - April 10, 2017 7:48 pm
Legislation for truck platooning was a priority for the Arkansas Trucking Association, just not at the top of the list. The trucking association had draft legislation, but without the right…
by - April 10, 2017 5:47 pm
Fort Smith City Administrator Carl Geffken knows he has a sizable task on his hands navigating the city’s federal consent decree for years-long violations of the Clean Water Act, and…
by - April 10, 2017 5:24 pm
In the last two months, President Donald Trump has seen erosion in his job approval numbers from Arkansas voters, while Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s performance seems to have risen over the…
by - April 10, 2017 4:20 pm
There were 31 resolutions filed in 2017 proposing amendments to the Constitution. Only two of them made the cut. Both of them will be subject to a lot of debate…
by - April 9, 2017 6:52 pm
June 18, 1990. That was the date Arkansas restarted state executions after a 26-year hiatus. John Swindler was executed using the electric chair. The next inmate executed was mass murderer…
by - April 9, 2017 9:48 am
Arkansas voters remain firmly committed to the death penalty despite an upcoming quick execution schedule, advances made in DNA testing, and a national trend towards ending the practice. A new…
by - April 9, 2017 9:36 am
Senate Majority Leader Jim Hendren, R-Gravette, says tax reform will likely be done before a long-term highway funding plan can be set and he predicts a short and smooth special…
by - April 7, 2017 4:17 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson issued his third and fourth vetoes of this year’s legislative session Thursday, including one regarding “unlawful mass picketing” in public places. Hutchinson vetoed Senate Bill 550 by…
by - April 7, 2017 4:10 pm
First-year Fort Smith Public Schools (FSPS) Superintendent Dr. Douglas Brubaker is ready to address the career readiness gap for high school students, he told audience members at the Fort Smith…
by - April 7, 2017 4:03 pm
The U.S. Senate on Friday (April 7) confirmed Federal Judge Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump’s nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, 54-45, after Republicans voted to end the 60-vote filibuster….
by - April 6, 2017 10:07 pm
U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said Thursday after the U.S. bombed a Syrian airbase that any country developing “illicit” chemical or nuclear weapons should see the U.S. action against Syria…
by - April 6, 2017 12:02 pm
Editor’s note: Story updated with several changes and additions. ––––––––––––––––– U.S. District Judge D. Price Marshall on Thursday (April 6) granted an execution injunction request for Arkansas death row inmate…
