NEWS & UPDATES

To the residents of Crittenden, St. Francis, Lee, Cross, and Phillips counties, for whom I've had the honor and privilege of serving both...

LITTLE ROCK – When the 2023 regular session convenes on January 9, there will be 13 new members in the Arkansas Senate. The legislature...

LITTLE ROCK – The legislature’s list of accomplishments in 2022 is lengthy and significant. During a special session in the summer,...

LITTLE ROCK – Legislators finished the calendar year with a final round of recommendations for spending federal relief funds and reserve...

LITTLE ROCK – The state Natural Resources Commission has awarded $270 million in grants for 157 drinking water and wastewater projects in...

LITTLE ROCK – A record prize in the Powerball lottery generated increased ticket sales in Arkansas in October. Increased sales of lottery...

LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas received good news from federal regulators that allows the state Medicaid program to better help women during...

From the historic hallways of the most beautiful state Capitol in our nation, this is Senator Keith Ingram. If I could control the...

LITTLE ROCK – A panel of three federal judges dismissed portions of a lawsuit filed against state officials, in which plaintiffs argue...

LITTLE ROCK – When Arkansas voters go to the polls on November 8 they will determine the fate of four proposed amendments to the state...

LITTLE ROCK – The state Division of Children and Family Services continues to struggle with high staff turnover and high caseloads for...

LITTLE ROCK – In the fiscal session earlier this year the legislature appropriated a million dollars for pregnancy resource centers. The...

LITTLE ROCK – Over the next three years about 3,200 Arkansans with disabilities will be able to get Medicaid services at home or in their...

LITTLE ROCK – Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic Arkansas has received billions of dollars in federal relief funding. The PEER...

LITTLE ROCK – The Senate and House Committees on Education are scheduled to vote on next year’s adequacy report at their meeting in early...

LITTLE ROCK – A shooting spree occurred in Little Rock over the weekend of August 13 and 14. Three people were killed and four people...

LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas has begun the process of expanding Medicaid services so that more pregnant women can qualify for the government...

LITTLE ROCK – The legislature concluded a quick, three-day special session after approving income tax cuts that will save 1.6 million...

LITTLE ROCK –Well-attended meetings at the state Capitol usually indicate that legislators are addressing an important issue. That was...

LITTLE ROCK – Every year the sales tax holiday is the first weekend in August. This year it will be Saturday, August 6, and Sunday,...