4+ hour, 30+ min ago  (434+ words) A controversial member of the governor's team will not be losing his job or salary. An attempt failed at a legislative meeting Tuesday to cut funding to gubernatorial advisor Joe Profiri. Republican Sen. Terry Rice presented the amendment ti members…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (543+ words) Pulaski County's chief executive says Treasurer Debra Buckner's allegations of financial mismanagement are wrong, and that she should step down immediately. In a news conference Friday afternoon, County Judge Barry Hyde said, while a formal audit of the county's finances…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago  (672+ words) From the Arkansas Advocate: The Arkansas Capitol Arts and Grounds Commission was unable to approve the design for a proposed "monument to the unborn" advocated by abortion opponents to place on Capitol grounds Tuesday after there weren't enough members present…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago  (906+ words) This story contains descriptions of sexual assault. Two lawsuits over sexual harassment in Arkansas prisons have been settled. The decision was approved on Tuesday by the Claims Review Committee of the Arkansas Legislature. Corrections Department Chief of Staff Wade Hodge…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (810+ words) Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders gave her annual address to the state legislature Wednesday. The speech kicks off the biennial fiscal session. For 30 calendar days, the state House and Senate meet to pass and debate budget bills. In her speech, Sanders…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (1151+ words) The Bible does not say what type of stone The Ten Commandments were carved into, but ever since the 1956 movie of the same name, masons have carved them into granite. The statue of the Ten Commandments on the grounds of…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (897+ words) From the Arkansas Advocate: Legislators converge at the Arkansas Capitol Wednesday, where they will hear the governor give her State of the State address. Then, the work of crafting a multibillion dollar state budget will begin. Unlike regular sessions, this…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (518+ words) From the Arkansas Advocate: Hundreds of people packed into the Bentonville Armed Forces Reserve Center Monday where loved ones said tearful goodbyes to about 130 Arkansas National Guard members who are deploying to southwest Asia for a nine-month mission. The deployment…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (764+ words) From the Arkansas Advocate: State Rep. Tara Shephard will be southwest Little Rock's next state senator after she defeated Charity Smith-Allen in Tuesday's Democratic primary runoff election. Shephard won nearly 59% of the vote over Smith-Allen, who won about 41%, according to…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (707+ words) A ruling says a Ten Commandments statue on the Arkansas State Capitol grounds is unconstitutional. Wednesday, U. S. District Judge Kristine Baker issued a 148-page ruling calling the monument "discriminatory." She says the monument violates the Establishment Clause in the First Amendment…...