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…
by - April 6, 2017 11:02 am
Sen. John Cooper, R-Jonesboro, expected state revenues to dip in March, and it will likely happen again in April, he told Talk Business & Politics. Arkansas’ March revenue report shows…
by - April 5, 2017 4:05 pm
Fort Smith Public Schools (FSPS) will ramp up efforts to close the minority hiring gap for teachers and administrators, according to FSPS Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources and Support Services…
by - April 5, 2017 3:37 pm
The Arkansas State Parole Board recommended Gov. Asa Hutchinson grant clemency Wednesday for one of the eight men sentenced to be executed later this month. KATV reported that board members…
by - April 4, 2017 10:26 pm
Should have been at the gun range this week getting some religion as the Lord R. God intended. What follows are musings that might have occurred between busting caps for…
by - April 4, 2017 10:09 pm
Each year the Fort Smith Board of Directors reviews recommendations from its citizen-led Community Development Advisory Committee (CDAC) on how to allocate federal funding to area nonprofit programs designed for…
by - April 4, 2017 12:09 pm
One day after the 91st General Assembly approved the state’s $5.5 billion biennial budget, Arkansas’ March revenue report shows tax collections are well below expectations and year-ago levels with only…
by - April 3, 2017 6:45 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said he is reviewing the cases of each of the eight men the state plans to execute over 11 days from April 17-27 and said he doesn’t…
by - April 3, 2017 6:31 pm
The Arkansas House of Representatives on Friday (March 31) unanimously and ceremoniously approved a bill that the Democratic and Republican sponsors said was intended to strengthen the state’s Freedom of…
by - April 3, 2017 5:35 pm
On the same day the Arkansas Legislature recessed until May 1, Gov. Asa Hutchinson Monday reviewed the session’s accomplishments and said a May special session will focus on aligning state…
by - April 3, 2017 5:04 pm
Lawmakers on Monday closed out the 2017 session by rejecting the so-called Amazon tax bill, which would have allowed remote retailers to collect and remit sales and use taxes from…
by - April 3, 2017 12:26 pm
The first few months of Donald Trump’s presidency has seen a flurry of activity. Much of this has been enacted through the president’s power of executive orders. Of course, as…
by - April 2, 2017 9:47 am
Former Governor Jim Guy Tucker is one of three living Arkansas governors to have carried out a state execution – the other two being Bill Clinton and Mike Huckabee. With…
by - April 1, 2017 6:09 pm
It’s just a one-time bump and not likely enough to allay budget concerns among Arkansas legislators, but a $177 million winning Arkansas Lottery ticket sold in Stuttgart is estimated to…
by - April 1, 2017 1:01 pm
On July 25, 1902, Arkansas sent six men to the gallows — Lathe Hembree, Dee Noland, Tom Simms, Dave McWhirter, Jim Johnson, and Cy Tanner, or, as the July 26…
by - March 31, 2017 6:17 pm
Lt. Gen. L. Scott Rice, director of the Air National Guard, toured Guard facilities in central Arkansas, Fort Smith and traveled to Northwest Arkansas to meet with execs at Wal-Mart…
by - March 31, 2017 1:02 pm
After an emotional debate, the Arkansas Senate sent to the governor a bill that bans concealed firearms at college sporting events. Senate Bill 724, sponsored by Senate Pro Tempore Jonathan…
by - March 30, 2017 8:25 pm
The Arkansas House of Representatives, with an assist from the outgoing Speaker, approved legislation Thursday (March 30) to amend the recently enacted “guns on campus” bill that some lawmakers say…
by - March 30, 2017 5:39 pm
Senators Thursday delayed acting on a proposed amendment that would ask voters to change the process for amending the Arkansas Constitution. The proposed amendment, House Joint Resolution 1003 by Speaker…
by - March 30, 2017 4:46 pm
A report from the Harvard Law School’s Fair Punishment Project concludes that Gov. Asa Hutchinson should halt eight executions set for April so that “legal deficiencies” in the trials of…
