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A nonprofit group's campaign to hold free medical clinics for the uninsured in three states is turning into a not-so-subtle jab at moderate Democrats to support their party's efforts to reform health care.
Federal regulators Thursday authorized Entergy Corp.'s utilities in Mississippi and Arkansas to leave a multistate agreement, a move expected to eventually save money for electric customers in Arkansas.
The Arkansas Lottery Commission agreed Tuesday to sell Mega Millions tickets next year, making multistate jackpots available to lottery participants four nights a week instead of two.
Forty-three "career coaches" will be placed in high schools around Arkansas next year to help students chart their college and career goals, state officials announced Monday.
Arkansas finance officials said Tuesday that the state collected $17.8 million less than expected last month, as state agencies prepared to detail their plans for cutting budgets.
Powerball's launch in Arkansas may feel more like New Year's Eve than Halloween with a party in Little Rock marking the start of ticket sales Saturday night.
Fox Business Network host John Stossel criticized Democratic-led moves to reform the nation's health care system on Thursday and defended his appearance at a series of town hall forums on behalf of a conservative group.
U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., said Tuesday she still can't support a government-funded insurance option, a day after legislation was unveiled that would give states the choice of whether to participate in the program.
A Christian college that had exempted Arkansas' lottery from a student gambling ban reversed course on Friday and said students can't buy the tickets after all.
Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe said Monday he's cautiously optimistic that his recent eight-day trip to Europe will draw new industries to the state, including suppliers for a wind-energy firm.
By all indications, the Holly's Health Mart drugstore owned by Rep. Mike Ross and his wife appeared to be worth no more than $300,000.
Fiddling with your iPhone behind the wheel can get you fined across much of the nation. But many states are more than happy to tweet you with up-to-the-minute directions on how to steer clear of a traffic jam.
Gov. Mike Beebe said Friday he returned from a visit to Cuba optimistic that Arkansas can increase its agricultural exports to the communist country.
One by one, the women told the court a similar story. They were "married" to evangelist Tony Alamo as children or teens, pushed into the unions with the blessings of parents who believed it was the highest honor before God.
An India-based pipe manufacturer is no longer planning to open a $100 million plant along the Arkansas River in Little Rock, state officials said Tuesday.
The city of Clinton sued Pilgrim's Pride Corp. for $28.5 million in federal court on Monday, accusing the poultry processor of potentially turning the city into a ghost town by idling its plant there.
An Arkansas judge should be kicked off the bench for operating a probation program that handled thousands of dollars collected from people found guilty in his court and for an improper relationship with a defendant, a judicial ethics panel said Monday.
A Republican state senator's reference to Democratic U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer as "that Jew" has drawn a rebuke from the director of the Republican Jewish Coalition.
The Arkansas Senate on Monday rejected letting the children of illegal immigrants pay in-state tuition rates at state colleges and universities after opponents questioned the offer's legality and possibility it would attract more immigrants.
A new proposal to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment has failed in Arkansas, 27 years after a federal deadline to accept the anti-discrimination measure.
A state Senate panel has rejected a bill that would allow concealed handguns in Arkansas churches, a proposal that divided religious leaders.
Country music singer Charley Pride dropped by the Arkansas Senate to lead lawmakers in a sing-along, and to praise the Little Rock hospital that removed a tumor from his vocal cords 10 years ago.
Former President Bill Clinton told legislators in his home state of Arkansas on Wednesday that he'd be shocked if it took more than two years for the nation's economy to rebound, and said he supports President Barack Obama's $787 billion stimulus package.
Gov. Mike Beebe has signed into law new animal-cruelty restrictions that make aggravated cruelty to cats, dogs and horses a felony on the first offense.
The Arkansas Farm Bureau has announced it will back legislation to make aggravated animal cruelty a felony on first offense, reversing its opposition to past efforts to stiffen the state's animal cruelty penalties.
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