Arkansas Legislature

A smaller prison in western or NW Arkansas and completion of a planned addition in Calico Rock would be better, Lee Watson says

A federal judge said he will decide soon whether to block implementation of a new state law requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools, following a nearly nine-hour hearing Friday.

The League of Women Voters of Arkansas on Tuesday asked a judge to temporarily block enforcement of several new state laws regulating direct democracy that it argued are unconstitutional.

Helena-West Helena’s mayor was removed from office this week in light of his arrest for failure to pay tax returns

High-ranking Arkansas prison officials faced hours of tense questioning from lawmakers Thursday over the escape of a high-profile inmate.

On Thursday, Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families joined the Kids Count Coalition to mark what they felt were the highs and lows of the 2025 legislative session.

State insurance companies will be required to cover these treatments beginning in August

Central Arkansas state Sen. Fred Love is the first Democrat to launch a challenge to incumbent Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ re-election.

It’s the end of a 13-year-long saga that started with the state granting a permit to C&H Hog Farms in 2012

The law mandates a copy of the Ten Commandments be hung in all Arkansas public buildings, including school classrooms.