State News
Attorneys for one of the three men convicted in a 1993 Arkansas murder case that received international attention will be allowed to examine whatever evidence …
by Lara Farrar November 28, 2021Two nonprofit community-based justice organizations announced Friday they have asked the Arkansas Board of Apportionment to completely redraw the proposed legi…
by Stephen Simpson November 27, 2021Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Tuesday that he's looking at calling the Arkansas General Assembly into a special session starting Dec. 6 to consider income tax cuts.
by Michael R. Wickline November 26, 2021Arkansas schools that do not make students and staff members wear masks to prevent covid infection have a 25% higher rate of virus transmission than schools th…
by John Lynch November 24, 2021A draft bill that would cut the state's top individual and corporate income tax rates and consolidate low-income and middle-income tax tables is being circulat…
by Michael R. Wickline November 22, 2021The Arkansas Legislative Council postponed Friday a vote on the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences' request to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for its n…
by Tess Vrbin November 21, 2021Unemployment continues to drop in Arkansas with the state reporting Friday that the joblessness rate fell from 4% in September to 3.7% in October, the lowest s…
by Andrew Moreau November 21, 2021State-run medical facilities plan to require COVID-19 vaccinations for their employees, in compliance with a federal regulation but contradicting a state law p…
by Tess Vrbin November 19, 2021Amid a recent uptick coronavirus cases, Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Monday made Arkansas the latest state to broaden eligibility for booster shots of the Pfizer and…
by Andy Davis November 16, 2021Michelle Bailey joined an animal shelter fundraising committee because she loves dogs. Bram Keahey's motives were different.
by Kimberly Dishongh November 14, 2021PARIS (AP) -- U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris laid flowers at a Paris memorial to mark the anniversary Saturday of Islamic State attacks that killed 130 peop…
by Garrett Fuller November 14, 2021LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin and the state's four U.S. House members on Friday endorsed Sarah Sanders' bid for …
by The Associated. Press November 13, 2021Arkansas would secure more than $4 billion in funding for a variety of broad infrastructure sectors over five years under a sweeping legislative package that c…
by Ryan Tarinelli November 10, 2021Bolstered by better-than-expected individual income and sales and use tax collections, Arkansas' general revenue collections in October increased by $69.5 mill…
by Michael R. Wickline November 9, 2021House Speaker Matthew Shepherd, R-El Dorado, this week appointed Clark Smith of El Dorado to the seven-member Arkansas Independent Citizens Commission that set…
by Michael R. Wickline November 7, 2021