by - March 14, 2017 5:04 pm
A controversial “guns on campus” proposal backed by Gov. Asa Hutchinson and the National Rifle Association that would expand the list of places where gun owners can carry a concealed…
by - March 14, 2017 3:11 pm
The House Education Committee Tuesday advanced a heavily amended bill that would create education savings accounts for school-age students funded by tax-credited donations. House Bill 1222, the Arkansas Parental Empowerment…
by - March 14, 2017 9:51 am
Eight legislators are attempting to defund Arkansas Tech University’s Department of Diversity and Inclusion after receiving complaints about its actions, including a sex education event one legislator says included a…
by - March 13, 2017 10:54 pm
The Fort Smith School Board approved a new “Netflix”-style learning tool called eduFACTOR at Monday’s (March 13) committee meeting and continued to debate fallout from the Southside High School mascot…
by - March 13, 2017 7:28 pm
Fayth Hill Washington couldn’t believe her eyes. The 4th-grader rounded the corner at the Hoxie Elementary School, and she saw white people standing everywhere. She’d spent the first three years…
by - March 13, 2017 4:42 pm
The American Health Care Act, the House Republicans’ bill that would repeal and replace Obamacare, would reduce federal deficits by $337 billion but would increase the number of uninsured people…
by - March 13, 2017 4:22 pm
The Arkansas Department of Correction has obtained a new supply of potassium chloride and can proceed with eight scheduled executions in April, assuming they happen then. The state’s supply of…
by - March 12, 2017 3:42 pm
The Arkansas House of Representatives recently passed HR 1047 recognizing the Christian Bible, in any recognized form, as the official state book. It passed without a single opposition vote, sponsor…
by - March 12, 2017 11:47 am
Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., said recent North Korean aggression with nuclear capabilities is being dealt with by the U.S. military and in a bipartisan Congressional manner. The state’s senior senator…
by - March 10, 2017 4:52 pm
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has announced that the 46 remaining U.S. attorneys appointed by President Obama have been asked to resign, but Arkansas’ Eastern District U.S. attorney hasn’t heard…
by - March 10, 2017 5:59 am
After more than two hours of discussion earlier in the day, the House Committee on Public Transportation gave a “do-pass” recommendation to the first of two companion bills that state…
by - March 10, 2017 5:58 am
One day after threatening to pull one of the session’s most controversial bills out of committee and send it straight to the Senate floor, lawmakers made good on that promise…
by - March 9, 2017 7:27 pm
The Arkansas House of Representatives Thursday advanced a bill requiring public schools to sell or lease underused buildings to charter schools after voting down the bill the day before. They…
by - March 9, 2017 7:03 pm
The House Education Committee advanced a bill Thursday (Mar. 9) that would allow Arkansas individuals and corporations to receive a tax credit for donating to nonprofits that fund school choice…
by - March 9, 2017 2:03 pm
U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Ark., has at least 37 cosponsors for House Bill 525 that would remove agricultural trade barriers between Cuba and the U.S. There could be a $6…
by - March 9, 2017 8:57 am
After more than a month of fierce debate that brought dozens of liquor store owners across the state to Little Rock, the Arkansas Senate on Wednesday quietly approved a controversial…
by - March 9, 2017 8:41 am
Three grandparents’ rights bills passed a House committee Wednesday after the bills’ sponsor shared her personal story regarding the subject. She later said the bills would be combined into one….
by - March 8, 2017 7:54 pm
A bill that would have given charter schools the right of first access to unused and underutilized public school buildings failed in the House of Representatives Wednesday, but the bill’s…
by - March 8, 2017 7:43 pm
Compromise legislation to allow any concealed carry permit-holders to carry a weapon at state colleges and universities hit a wall Wednesday (Mar. 8) as two proposals to amend the state’s…
by - March 8, 2017 5:47 pm
The office of Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday released the following list of appointments. Dr. Dexter Booth, Little Rock, to the Arkansas State Claims Commission. Appointment expires Jan. 14, 2022….
