Arkansas City News

Work is being done in bits and pieces for two new cross-country interstate highways that will run through Arkansas.

I moderated a panel discussion of rural state legislators last week at the state Rural Services Department's rural development conference.

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/STEVE KEESEE Hundreds attended a rally Saturday for the Dry Counties Coalition at the Capitol in Little Rock to protest recent decisions by the state Alcohol Beverage Control Board to allow restaurants in dry counties to serve alcohol under the exemption for the private clubs.

Three Arkansas police departments are among only 27 nationwide that are ineligible for federal economic stimulus grants from the U.S. Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services program.

The Department of Justice is handing out $1 billion in stimulus dollars to cities and towns across the country to hire more police officers.

A proposed 3.3-percent cut that cleared a House committee Wednesday could translate into a $400,000 to $450,000 cut in the Arkansas City School District's $19 million general budget for next year, a school district official said today.

Companies like JB Hunt and Walmart draw in big business to the area and the cost of doing business in Fayetteville is low.

Gov. Mike Beebe signed 1-cent reduction in the state sales tax on groceries into law Wednesday, a move he said was as important for maintaining the momentum of tax cuts and establishing faith in government as for directly helping families.

A plan to create 1,500 new Arkansas jobs and add $359 million annually to the Arkansas economy was announced today at the State Capitol.

The House on Monday approved legislation to expand the ARKids First children's health insurance program.

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/STEVE KEESEE State Rep. Lindsley Smith, D-Fayetteville, gets a high five Monday from state Rep.

LITTLE ROCK - The Arkansas House voted Monday to add about 8,000 children to a low-income health insurance program, while the Senate voted to provide defibrillators to schools around the state, measures that ...

Legislation to expand the eligibility for the ARKids First Medicaid program sailed through an Arkansas House of Representatives committee Friday.

A House committee has endorsed a bill that's expected to expand the state's ARKids First health-insurance program to cover 8,000 more children.

A bill that would add a fee on wholesale milk prices to help a dwindling number of Arkansas dairy farmers stay in business won approval in the House on Tuesday.

Ghost hunter May Duvall stood near the jury box of the old Desha County Courthouse and began peppering the spirits with questions.

The Arkansas Homebuilders Association and the Arkansas Contractors Licensing Board will oppose a bill filed Wednesday in the House to raise the amount of a commercial or residential construction job requiring a ...

Local volunteers will be joining forces to help with a clean-up of the city March 19-21. The City of Arkansas City, Arkansas City Beautification Advisory Board, ACHS FFA, ACHS Work Ethics Program and Cowley ...

Arkansas' first-ever Green Party legislator received House approval Friday for his first piece of legislation: A bill to extend the signature-gathering period for new parties and independent candidates seeking ...

Representatives Bill Abernathy, Steve Harrelson, John Lowery, Bill Sample and Robert Moore will serve as chairmen of high-profile House committees this legislative session.