Citizens of one Independence County town will head to the ballot box in August after the city council called for a special election on Tuesday evening.
A group of voters and a coalition of religious leaders asked a federal court on Tuesday to strike down Arkansas’ 2021 U.S. House map as unconstitutional, saying it dilutes the influence of Black voters in the Little Rock area.
Transgender minors in Missouri no longer will have access to puberty blockers, hormones or gender-affirming surgery under legislation passed by the Republican-led legislature Wednesday.
For the second time in less than a year, voters in Mountain Home are being asked to approve a school bond that would fund improvements made to the high school.
The storms and tornadoes that struck Arkansas on March 31, caused horrific damage in highly populated areas, and communities are still working to replace lost structures and infrastructure.
The Missouri ACLU on Thursday sued statewide officials for stonewalling a constitutional amendment to restore abortion rights as the attorney general pushes for a price tag on the proposal that is 1 million times higher than what the state auditor has estimated.
The Arkansas Legislature on Monday formally adjourned this year’s session without lawmakers attempting to override any vetoes Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders issued.
Missouri’s Republican governor on Thursday said he’s ready to force lawmakers to keep working if they do not send him bills putting limits on transgender kids’ health care and participation in sports by the session’s upcoming end.
A former Arkansas state senator has been sentenced to four years and two months in prison for accepting multiple bribes in Missouri, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.
In a news release, the Arkansas Department of Corrections stated that the former detention center in Batesville was purchased and will invest $13.3 million for expansion and renovations.
Transgender girls and women would no longer be allowed to play on the same team as other girls and women under a bill passed Monday in Missouri’s Republican-led House.
The White House said ahead of McCarthy's address that “a speech isn't a plan," dismissing his overture and reupping pressure on the Republican leader to approve a debt ceiling increase with no strings attached.
Arkansas lawmakers on Wednesday approved a plan by Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and legislative leaders to cut individual and corporate income taxes by $124 million a year.
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and legislative leaders on Thursday called for cutting income taxes by $124 million as they near the end of this year’s legislative session.
Missouri’s Republican-led House on Tuesday voted to ban state government spending on diversity, equity, and inclusion, including at public colleges and universities.
A bill to legalize sports gambling in Missouri passed the state House speedily on Tuesday, but the measure’s prospects in the Senate are far less certain.
Doctors and advocates for the transgender community contend the planned rule contains misleading or incorrect information straight from the playbook of anti-trans activists.
The bill signed by the Republican governor makes Arkansas the fourth state to place such restrictions at public schools, and it comes as bills in Idaho and Iowa also wait the governor’s signature.
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