by - July 28, 2025 12:00 pm
The incumbent and the newbie
U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., knew he’d draw a Democratic opponent in his 2026 reelection bid. He might not have been counting on a farmer from Newport. Hallie Shoffner, a…
by - July 28, 2025 12:00 pm
U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., knew he’d draw a Democratic opponent in his 2026 reelection bid. He might not have been counting on a farmer from Newport. Hallie Shoffner, a…
by - July 1, 2025 12:24 pm
Arkansas’ two U.S. Senators voted for the Republican-sponsored Senate version of President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill” on Tuesday (July 1), although details of the measure are still not…
by - June 4, 2025 10:00 am
A.E. Shoffner decided to move from Orange County, N.C., to Jackson County in Arkansas in the 1860s to start a farm. He primarily grew cotton, and it wasn’t long before…
by - November 14, 2017 1:25 pm
U.S. Sen. John Boozman of Arkansas is one of a growing number of Republican senators calling for Roy Moore to withdraw from the U.S. Senate race in Alabama. Arkansas’ other…
by - September 30, 2016 5:35 pm
Democrat Conner Eldridge and Libertarian Frank Gilbert see different threats as the biggest one facing the United States. For Eldridge, “radical and radicalized individuals and groups” such as radical Islamists…
by - August 31, 2016 6:30 pm
U.S. Senate candidate Conner Eldridge says he supports an attempt to allow medical marijuana in Arkansas, and he leveled pointed attacks against his rival, U.S. Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., during…
by - January 21, 2014 3:41 pm
It was just three days ago that U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., announced he would resign his seat in the U.S. Senate at the conclusion of the 113th Congress, leaving…
by - July 31, 2013 12:33 pm
How close can a person get to confirming their intention to run for an office without actually saying yes? Pretty darn close, it turns out. Just ask Lt. Gov. Mark…
by - May 21, 2013 10:31 pm
The deceased and fantastically brilliant comedian Mitch Hedberg once quipped that he wore a necklace “cause I wanna know when I’m upside down.” Well, when the detached and fantastically buffoonish…
by - February 18, 2013 2:45 pm
"Right now, it would be very good." That was the answer Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Darr gave The City Wire on Monday when asked the likelihood that he would challenge…
by - January 16, 2013 3:39 pm
William Jenner, a 16-year-old student at Southside High School in Fort Smith, will serve as a Senate Page for the 2013 spring session after earning an appointment from U.S. Sen….
by - June 21, 2012 6:51 pm
Arkansas Farm Bureau chief Randy Veach warned months ago that details of a federal farm bill could be devastating for Arkansas. On Thursday (June 21), Veach said a Senate-passed farm…