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June 20, 2024

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signs income, property tax cuts into law

Arkansas Gov. Sanders signed legislation cutting the state's top individual tax rate and the top corporate rate, the latest in a series of AR income tax cuts in recent years.

June 19, 2024

Triple murder suspect on the loose in Arkansas is ‘armed and dangerous’: police

A man wanted for three murders in Oklahoma is on the loose in Arkansas and considered "armed and dangerous," state police said on Wednesday.

June 4, 2024

Tom Cotton on growing border crisis: 'Biden has stuck his head in the sand'

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., on the need to close the border ahead of President Biden’s plans to announce executive actions.

May 9, 2024

Red state AGs sue Biden admin to halt 'radical transgender ideology' threatening 'safety of women and girls'

More than 20 red states sue Biden admin over Title IX changes that expand sex discrimination to include gender identity and sexual orientation.

May 9, 2024

The cicada invasion has begun! Find out where the flying insects are emerging

The cicada invasion of 2024 has kicked off where billions of the flying insects will appear in 17 states in a rare natural phenomenon not seen since 1803

May 8, 2024

Arkansas cannot prevent 2 teachers from discussing critical race theory in classroom, judge rules

U.S. District Judge Lee Rudofsky has ruled 2 Arkansas high school teachers cannot be prevented by the state from discussing critical race theory in their classrooms.

May 6, 2024

Arkansas statues at US Capitol to be replaced with civil rights leader Daisy Bates and singer Johnny Cash

Arkansas is set to replace the statues of two figures from its history that have represented the state at the U.S. Capitol with contemporary figures, officials say.

May 2, 2024

Arkansas Gov Sarah Sanders signs executive order in response to Biden's Title IX changes

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Sanders signed an executive order on Thursday in response to President Biden's "attack on common sense" with his new Title IX regulations.

April 25, 2024

Arkansas mortician pleads guilty to selling 24 boxes of body parts stolen from cadavers

Candace Chapman Scott, a 37-year-old former mortuary worker from Arkansas, has pleaded guilty to selling 24 boxes of body parts stolen from medical school cadavers.

April 25, 2024

Missing doctor found dead in Arkansas lake committed suicide, authorities say

The death of Dr. John Forsyth, whose body was pulled from a northwest Arkansas lake last year with a gunshot wound to the head, has been ruled a suicide.