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Republican Sen. Joshua Bryant was elected Thursday as the Arkansas Senate’s next leader following three hours of deadlocked voting that indicated divisions facing the majority-GOP chamber next year.
The vote for Senate president pro tempore came during the Senate’s organizational
Attorney General Tim Griffin asked a federal judge Thursday to end a 35-year-old order establishing multiple majority-Black judicial districts in Arkansas, citing a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that weakened a key part of the Voting Rights Act.
The Republican atto...
University of Arkansas System President Jay B. Silveria was named the next leader of Purdue University Thursday.
Silveria, who became UA System president in January 2025, will assume his new role as Purdue’s president on ...
Republican U.S. Rep. French Hill has won a seventh term, fending off his challenger Chris Jones despite efforts from national Democrats to flip the seat.
The Assoc...
Breaking Republicans’ supermajority in the Arkansas House will give Democrats more leverage to influence policy, including upcoming budget discussions, party leaders said Thursday.
Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who