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Curtis Coleman, the founder of a food safety company and an unsuccessful candidate for the U.S. Senate last year, says he's considering a run for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in Arkansas in 2014.
A man sent to death row for robbing and shooting a teenager after a party should have his murder conviction overturned because a judge wouldn't dismiss a juror caught tweeting during the trial, his lawyer argued Thursday to the Arkansas Supreme Court.
Like many residents in the central Arkansas town of Carlisle, James Dowdy doesn't like taxes. The 70-year-old retired farm equipment salesman complains about "tax and spend" government and said he vowed to never vote for a local tax increase after the last one he supported more than 25 years ago. But that was before cracks and potholes started eating away the town's streets and mold evicted the police from their station downtown.
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the start of his presidential campaign, Bill Clinton on Saturday offered a vigorous defense of President Barack Obama against what he called the same anti-government stances he faced during his campaign and two terms in office.
The flames of the massive wildfire that had swallowed nearly 1,400 homes in Central Texas had been tamed, but Webster Fire Chief Patrick Shipp and his crew — veterans of a fire season pushing his team to the limit — know the danger doesn't end there.
U.S. Rep. Mike Ross, the only Democrat among Arkansas' four House members, announced Monday he won't seek re-election next year as he explores a 2014 bid for governor, dealing a potential setback to his party's attempts to stop a Republican surge in the state.
When storm clouds threatened his childhood home, James Firestone's family knew where to go until the menace had passed: a bunker-like hole in the backyard that could withstand even the most powerful tornado.
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said Saturday he won't seek the Republican presidential nomination, choosing to stick with a lucrative career as a television and radio personality over a race that would be both costly and caustic.
Despite weeks of mixed signals, Mike Huckabee's supporters say they believe the former Arkansas governor is now inching toward another run for president.
Violent weather ripped through the South for a second straight night, killing at least one person in Arkansas, damaging more than 100 homes in a rural East Texas community and overturning a trailer at an oil drilling site in Louisiana.
Glenn Beck on Friday offered some unsolicited advice to former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee as he continued a political feud with his fellow Fox News Channel host: Skip the 2012 presidential race if you can't take some political punches.
Mike Huckabee is criticizing fellow Fox News Channel host Glenn Beck for calling the former Arkansas governor and potential presidential candidate a "progressive."
Arkansas lawmakers on Thursday approved cutting the state's taxes on groceries, used cars and manufacturers' utility bills, becoming one of the first states to adopt significant tax relief while other statehouses are grappling with massive spending cuts and deficits.
Were Mike Huckabee's recent gaffes enough to doom any presidential ambitions he still harbors? A calculated play for the Republican Party's base? Somewhere in between?
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee on Friday denied that he was criticizing Academy Award-winning actress Natalie Portman when he suggested her pregnancy was glamorizing the idea of having children outside of marriage.
Arkansas' iPod-toting runners and walkers can keep enjoying their tunes in both ears for the time being, but plugged-in New York pedestrians may not be so lucky.
Gov. Mike Beebe said Tuesday he's hopeful business and labor leaders can come up with a proposal to repay more than $330 million Arkansas owes the federal government for unemployment benefits so lawmakers can address the issue during next year's session.
Republican Sen.-elect John Boozman said Thursday that he hasn't decided whether to support a GOP moratorium on earmarks in the Senate, even though he supported a similar ban in Congress.
Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe has won a second term in Arkansas.
Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln on Saturday said her status as a moderate Democrat is even more valuable in a divided Washington as she and Republican challenger John Boozman expressed optimism days before voters decide whether Lincoln can keep her job.
Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln and Republican challenger John Boozman are expressing optimism in the final days of their fight for Lincoln's Senate seat in Arkansas.
As the only Arkansas congressman seeking re-election, U.S. Rep. Mike Ross should have plenty of reason to fret about his future. He's an incumbent in a political climate hostile to those in power. He's also a Democrat in a place where the party's leader, President Barack Obama, is especially unpopular.
Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln reprised her chief argument of the primary campaign — that her independence has made her a target of outside groups — as she opened the final week of her uphill fight to keep her job.
Republican Senate hopeful John Boozman on Thursday fought back against Sen. Blanche Lincoln's criticism of his military record, calling the Arkansas Democrat's charge that he's voted against veterans' programs a sign that her campaign's become desperate.
Democratic Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln has for the first time in her re-election bid raised less money in a quarter than Republican challenger John Boozman.
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