by - January 14, 2019 4:14 pm
Calling public service a “sacred trust,” new Arkansas Senate President Pro Tempore Jim Hendren, R-Sulphur Springs, urged senators to free the Legislature from the “stain of corruption.” “We’re all here…
by - July 22, 2018 4:31 pm
“Incoming Senate President Jim Hendren, R-Sulphur Springs, says he wants members to vote later this year to open up the Senate chamber and its committee meetings for live-streaming.” This is…
by - March 14, 2018 8:04 pm
As the Arkansas General Assembly prepares to wind down legislative duties at the State Capitol that began in early February, three state senators — two Republicans and one Democrat —…
by - October 23, 2016 2:39 pm
Arkansas Senate Republicans hope to solidify their grasp on the chamber by picking off another reliably Democratic seat in the November general election. Freshman Rep. Dave Wallace, R-Leachville, will attempt…
by - August 6, 2014 10:12 am
Arkansas Senate Republicans on Tuesday elected by acclamation Sen. JIm Hendren, R-Gravette, as Senate majority leader and Sen. Jimmy Hickey, R-Texarkana, as majority whip. The 22-member caucus met last week…
by - November 9, 2012 5:23 pm
The Arkansas State Senate, under Republican control for the first time since the post-Civil War era, selected its committee assignments and allowed members to draw for two- or four-year terms….
by - November 8, 2012 6:43 pm
Sen. Jake Files, R-Fort Smith, was selected Thursday (Nov. 8) as the chairman of the powerful Senate Revenue and Tax committee, a job he admits will be a “baptism by…
