An Arkansas truck driver who beat a police officer with a flagpole attached to an American flag during the U.S. Capitol riot was sentenced Monday to more than four years in prison.
Category: State News
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is not ruling out a special legislative session on tax cuts
The Republican governor said the state would have the opportunity to cut the income tax further over the coming months.
Director of Arkansas crime lab to retire at end of August
Officials said Monday that J.R. Howard, a former director of the crime lab, will come out of retirement to serve as acting director.
Arkansas officers shot and injured a parolee who fired at them at a motel, authorities say
Arkansas authorities are investigating after law enforcement officers shot and injured a parolee who fired at them at a Little Rock motel.
New justice on Arkansas Supreme Court won’t participate in case over education law
A justice who Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders appointed to the Arkansas Supreme Court won’t participate in the case regarding Sanders’ education overhaul.
Arkansas governor names former lawmaker to state Board of Education
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has appointed a former state legislator to the Arkansas Board of Education as it prepares to implement her education overhaul.
Arkansas AG requests expedited appeal of LEARNS Act ruling
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin on Wednesday filed a motion to expedite his appeal of a circuit court ruling that delays the effective date of the LEARNS Act
Medical marijuana sales in Arkansas could set new record
Medical marijuana sales in Arkansas are on track to set a new record this year, state officials said.
President of University of Arkansas System gets 2-year contract renewal
The University of Arkansas System’s president will keep his job for two more years with no pay raise, under a contract extension approved this week.
Arkansas treasurer, Mark Lowery, hospitalized after second stroke
Arkansas State Treasurer Mark Lowery has been hospitalized after suffering another stroke, his office said.
Arkansas ends fiscal year with $1.1 billion surplus, state’s second largest
The fiscal year ended in Arkansas with a surplus of more than $1.1 billion, which is the state’s second largest, finance officials announced Wednesday.
Arkansas governor names state GOP chairman, former federal prosecutor to Supreme Court seat
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Monday named state Republican Party chairman and former federal prosecutor Cody Hiland to the Arkansas Supreme Court, giving it a conservative majority as justices prepare to take up a challenge to her education overhaul.
Ruling puts in question plan to charter organization an Arkansas school district; appeal planned
An Arkansas judge ruled Friday that a recently passed education law cannot take effect until Aug. 1, putting in doubt state education officials’ vote to let a charter school organization take over a small school district.
Tech group sues Arkansas over law requiring parental OK for minors creating social media accounts
A tech industry trade group sued Arkansas on Thursday challenging a new state law that requires parental permission for minors to create social media accounts.
Plane crash in Arkansas lake kills pilot and injures passenger
A small airplane crashed and sank into Arkansas’ Lake Hamilton, not far from Hot Springs Memorial Field Airport, killing the pilot and injuring his daughter.