Arkansas Politics

State lawmakers are proposing a new minimum teacher salary of $50,000.

Members of the House Education Committee debated advancing a bill that would prevent transgender students from using bathrooms consistent with their gender identity.

An executive order from Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders prompted the withdrawal Wednesday of more than a dozen requests for federal pandemic relief funds.

Arkansas First Gentleman Bryan Sanders will lead the new Natural State Initiative aimed at boosting tourism.

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders says Arkansas will be a national leader in education reform under her administration.

Former Gov. Asa Hutchinson supported blockage of a law he signed banning government mask mandates.

As the first week of the 94th General Assembly wrapped up, lawmakers passed a rule package at the behest of House Speaker Mathew Shepherd.

A federal appeals court heard arguments Wednesday over whether the Voting Rights Act allows private citizens to sue to enforce a key part of the 1965 law prohibiting discriminatory voting practices.

At a press conference Wednesday, the minority leaders of the state House and Senate railed against expanding school choice programs and phasing out the income tax.

The executive orders signed by the new governor focus on limiting government and conservative “culture war” issues.