Arkansas Politics

The Arkansas Advocate's Tess Vrbin spoke to Little Rock Public Radio aboutchallengers hoping to unseat Arkansas' U.S. House, Senate representatives in the 2026 midterms.

A summit of aerospace and defense firms has drawn protests over Arkansas’ role in supplying deadly weapons to overseas conflicts

Video of state trooper punching 18-year-old has garnered national attention and is the subject of a civil rights lawsuit

The attorney general’s office says the state will appeal

The Arkansas Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit Wednesday that sought to reverse the secretary of state’s decision to disqualify a direct democracy ballot measure from the ballot

The state needs time to create and implement a new program in place of ARHOME, DHS Secretary Janet Mann wrote to federal officials

As Central Arkansas Water continues acquiring land in the Lake Maumelle watershed, Perry County officials say they also hope to preserve the county’s economic future.

Governor, other top Republicans had called on lawmaker to step down

Arkansas was first Southern state to expand Medicaid under Obamacare

The comments come after Republican state Rep. Austin McCollum was arrested on allegations of domestic violence Saturday morning.