Neal Earley

Authorities: Puppy sales were scam A federal grand jury this week indicted two Malvern residents in an alleged nationwide scam involving "purebred" puppies, the office for the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas announce... May 6, 2021

Storms spawn 2 twisters that hit Northwest Arkansas A pair of tornadoes touched down in western Arkansas as powerful wind gusts and severe weather ripped through parts of the state late Monday and Tuesday morning. A thunderstorm moved west to east fro... May 5, 2021

Corps rushes to patch up levee TOAD SUCK -- With only a few hours of notice after heavy rainstorms in Northwest Arkansas, engineers scrambled Friday to patch the one thing standing between the people of Toad Suck and the Arkansas R... May 1, 2021

Flash floods hit state's Northwest; 3 counties declare disasters after 6 inches of rain Heavy rain over the past few days led to flash floods around Arkansas Thursday, as rising water trapped people inside homes and vehicles while counties looked to the state for disaster assistance. Th... April 30, 2021

Legislators work late to pass gun bill The Arkansas Legislature spent its last full day Tuesday focused on choosing a compromise bill that would bar state and local law enforcement officers from enforcing certain future federal gun laws, a... April 28, 2021

Shift in authority on grants approved The House on Monday concurred with Senate amendments to a bill that would put a different agency in charge of overseeing grants to the groups that provide services for abused children. House Bill 149... April 27, 2021

Arkansas Senate votes to override governor's veto of gun bill The Arkansas Senate voted to override Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s veto of a bill that would prohibit state and local law enforcement from helping to enforce federal gun laws. After debating the bill Monday... April 26, 2021

Governor vetoes bill on gun-law assistance Gov. Asa Hutchinson vetoed a bill Friday that would prohibit local and state police from working with federal authorities in the enforcement of certain federal gun laws that conflict with the Arkansas... April 24, 2021

STATE CAPITOL NEWS IN BRIEF: Appropriation for economic office fails | Gun-crime parole bill sent to governor | Senate OKs mask-edict bill Commerce funding The appropriation for the state Department of Commerce for fiscal 2022 failed to gain the necessary three-fourths vote to pass in the House on Thursday. The House's 62-20 vote on S... April 23, 2021

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