Lottery dials back budget projections
The Arkansas Lottery Commission on Wednesday unanimously approved a revised budget that reduces its projection for money raised for scholarships by $3 million …
Stories by Sean Beherec
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State undecided over filing appeal in tech firm case
The Department of Finance and Administration has not yet decided whether to appeal a $250,000 Arkansas State Claims Commission award to a technology company th…
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Decal fee raise said short for prison
A proposed $2 fee increase on license plate decals would likely not cover the costs to build a new, roughly $100 million prison, an official from the Bureau of…
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Gubernatorial hopefuls file July finance reports
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mike Ross outraised his Republican opponent by more than $30,000 in July, according to campaign finance reports filed Friday…
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2 to call for vote to scrap No. 2 job
Sens. Keith Ingram and Jimmy Hickey said Thursday that they will introduce a proposed constitutional amendment during the next legislative session to eliminate…
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19 proposals in report on human trafficking
The state should provide funding to train law enforcement agencies and others in fighting human trafficking and create a board to focus on the issue, according…
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McDaniel to speak at U.N. on racism
Attorney General Dustin McDaniel will speak today before a United Nations committee in Geneva focused on ending racial discrimination.
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2 candidates target prison overcrowding
Democratic attorney general candidate Rep. Nate Steel said Tuesday that he plans to address prison overcrowding in a legislative package that he will release i…
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Justices urged to bury ID law
The plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the state's voter-identification law asked the Arkansas Supreme Court on Monday to uphold a lower court's ruling that f…
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Officials split on judicial elections
Instead of having Arkansas voters pick new Supreme Court judges, Democratic Attorney General Dustin McDaniel wants the decision to be made by the governor with…
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Revenue below forecast as state starts fiscal '15
The state's general revenue collections in the first month of fiscal 2015 were lower than expected, according to a revenue report released Monday by the state …
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Nuptial-suit recusals sought
The attorneys for the plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the state's ban on gay marriage on Monday asked any justices on the Arkansas…
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Details sought on alien children
Republican state Sen. Bart Hester on Friday sent a letter to Gov. Mike Beebe asking for more information about the federal government's plans to house unaccomp…
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State bucking inmate trend
The total number of state prison inmates held in the 15 Southern Legislative Conference states has declined in recent years, while the number imprisoned in Ark…
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For wrongly convicted, no state payout
Arkansas is one of 20 states without a law providing compensation to people who are wrongfully convicted and imprisoned.
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Kill state liquor bill, group's filing asks
An attorney for Little Rock law firm Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP, sent a letter to Secretary of State Mark Martin's office Monday, asking him to not cert…
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$100 million for new prison to go before legislators in '15
State corrections officials told a joint legislative committee Thursday that they will ask the Legislature for funding during next year's session to build a ne…
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Finance reports are filed in races
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mike Ross outraised his Republican opponent by $54,000 in June, according to campaign finance reports filed Tuesday with the…
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Arkansan helps pick '16 GOP host city
The Republican National Committee group that selected Cleveland as the site for the party's 2016 national convention included a longtime Arkansas Republican wi…
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Endangered birds found dead on island
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Arkansas Game and Fish Commission are investigating the illegal killing of endangered birds on the Arkansas River this s…
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Legislative panel rejects $460,000 for ex-inmate
A legislative subcommittee Tuesday rejected a $460,000 Claims Commission award to a former Clark County man who served more than 11 years in prison before a sp…
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Signatures in to add alcohol, wage to ballot
Groups supporting proposed ballot measures to allow statewide alcohol sales and raise Arkansas' minimum wage submitted signatures to the secretary of state's o…
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Job training moves up on state agenda
Political leaders from both parties are talking about workforce training and say it'll be a priority when the General Assembly convenes early next year.
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Bills adopted in session get Beebe's name
Gov. Mike Beebe on Thursday signed into law the handful of bills approved during this week's special legislative session, aimed at boosting funding for state s…
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Session's site shift to bump up costs
The cost of this week's special session is expected to be higher than the Legislature's three-day session in October because the House chambers were unavailabl…
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Last 3 workers at Darr's old office wrap up
The remaining three employees who served under former Lt. Gov. Mark Darr stepped down, as promised, Monday, five months after their boss's resignation.
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Lawmakers return to old Capitol
The House of Representatives will return to the Old State House today to tackle substantial legislation there for the first time in more than 100 years.
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Justices uphold 2 murder convictions
A divided Arkansas Supreme Court upheld two murder convictions Thursday in separate cases out of Pulaski County.
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State gets $450,000 from SunTrust deal
SunTrust Mortgage Inc. has reached a nearly $1 billion settlement with the federal government and 49 states, including Arkansas, after an investigation into al…
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Dates set, session awaits Beebe nod
House and Senate leaders Monday said they have agreed on the dates for a special session next week but are still awaiting a formal proclamation from the govern…
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Verdict of DWI for Rule upheld
The Arkansas Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld Little Rock lawyer and former Democratic 2nd U.S. Congressional District candidate Herb Rule’s 2013 convictio…
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Election finances reported
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mike Ross reported having $1.6 million in the bank at the end of May, leading Republican gubernatorial candidate Asa Hutchin…
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AG race's outsider cash seen as a given
Political watchers and the candidates for attorney general say it's likely that more money from outside groups directed at the race will pour into the state be…
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Grassroots Caucus to host candidates
Ten candidates for governor and U.S. House and Senate seats will speak at the Delta Grassroots Caucus in Little Rock today.
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Rutledge bests Sterling
Leslie Rutledge handily defeated David Sterling for the Republican attorney general nomination in the primary runoff election Tuesday.
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GOP attorney general race highlight in today's runoffs
In today's runoff election, Republican voters statewide will pick their party's nominee for attorney general. Elsewhere, Republican voters in one north-central…
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Justices uphold retrial denial
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court's ruling denying a death-row inmate a new trial in the stabbing death of his former girlfriend.
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Drug convictions tossed on appeal
The Arkansas Court of Appeals on Wednesday reversed a Little Rock man's drug convictions, because the traffic stop that led to his arrest was improper.
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Rutledge's runoff donations are double Sterling's in May
Republican attorney general candidate Leslie Rutledge had more than double the contributions of her runoff election opponent, David Sterling, since the May 20 …
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State erred in murder appeal, federal filing says
The Arkansas Supreme Court violated a Little Rock man's due process rights by not granting him a new trial, while later requiring one for his co-defendant unde…
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Sterling cites non-GOP votes; Rutledge defends record
Republican attorney general candidate Leslie Rutledge has voted in five Democratic primaries and contributed to the state Democratic Party seven years ago, her…
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State justices hear debate on settling of Alltel fee claims
Former Alltel customers who were each charged a $200 early-termination fee should be allowed to pursue their claims against the company in court, an attorney f…
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Caregiver denied benefits after crash
The Arkansas Court of Appeals denied workers' compensation benefits Wednesday to an in-home caregiver who was injured in a car crash on the way to her clients'…
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Gay-marriage case to hover over polls
With the Arkansas Supreme Court reportedly months away from a ruling on the constitutionality of the state's gay-marriage ban, political watchers differ on wha…
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Ministers defend gay-nuptials ban
About 200 ministers and supporters Thursday called on state officials to uphold the definition of marriage as between a man and a woman after a recent circuit …
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2 in GOP runoff for top attorney keep on battling
Republican attorney general candidates David Sterling and Leslie Rutledge on Wednesday traded barbs and continued their campaigns hours after it became apparen…
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Wynne leads but court bid still close
Court of Appeals Judge Robin Wynne led Maumelle attorney Tim Cullen as votes were still being counted Tuesday in the only contested race for a seat on the seve…
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Justices: No gay nuptials till decision
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Friday suspended a lower court's ruling that found the state's ban on same-sex marriages unconstitutional.
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Teen killer's resentencing reversed
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday reversed a lower court's ruling that found a man was improperly sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of p…
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Spotlight shines on 'dark money'
About 50 attorneys, former judges and representatives from advocacy groups Thursday spoke against the use of so-called "dark money" in Arkansas' judicial elect…
