3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (136+ words) Vulnerable Arkie Republicans mum on whether they’ll bend the knee at Trump-a-palooza Arkansas Times Emails to the comms teams for both U.S. Rep. French Hill and Sen. Tom Cotton went unanswered, so we don’t know if Arkansas’ most vulnerable Republican…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (488+ words) “No one is aborting healthy babies late term. Omfg you are idiots,” one commenter said to Shelby. Others responded that Shelby had lost their vote. Several commenters pointed out that late-term abortion of healthy babies is not a thing. About…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (641+ words) Lake Smith, the 25-year-old whippersnapper running for the Little Rock Board of Directors, is offering voters a fresh face and fresh ideas. Smith sat down with us in Hillcrest in August, right after a shift at Leo’s, for a chat…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (227+ words) Vic Snyder on Dolly, DEI and why he thinks ‘democratic socialism’ is bad marketing Arkansas Times Vic Snyder, the former state senator and U.S. representative who represented Arkansas’ 2nd Congressional District, showed up to his sold-out Arkansas Times Lecture Series…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (685+ words) There are two ways to look at today’s big announcement that former Vice President Kamala Harris is endorsing Democrat Chris Jones for Arkansas’ Second Congressional District. If you’re Jones, a physicist, minister and Pine Bluff native making his second political…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (529+ words) Democrat Fred Love of Mabelvale is clocking out of his time in the Arkansas Legislature at the end of 2026, with the aim of clocking in at the governor’s office. Elected to the state House in 2010, he leveled up to the…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (174+ words) Arkansas Times The Democrats now hold 20 seats in the House, meaning they’ve still got much work to get to the magic number. Two or three pickups this cycle would bring the party’s short-term goal within sight. There are three parts…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (80+ words) Arkansas Times In a docket entry filed just after 6 p.m. on Wednesday, the Arkansas Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit challenging Secretary of State Cole Jester’s rejection of a proposed amendment to protect Arkansans’ access to the initiative process. Matt Campbell is…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (291+ words) There’s not been much gloating — not publicly, at least — about the revelation that the much maligned Franklin County prison project is finally dead. This was the suprise prison the Gov. Sarah Sanders administration expected Franklin County residents to embrace and…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (870+ words) This past week, Arkansas Times reporter Matt Campbell published an investigation into signatures arbitrarily disqualified by Secretary of State Cole Jester that were submitted for this year’s Arkansas Ballot Measure Rights Amendment, a citizen-led effort to fend off attacks on…...