LITTLE ROCK – A new poll shows U.S. Rep. Mike Ross, D-Prescott, holding an 18-point lead over Republican challenger Beth Anne Rankin in the 4th District congressional race.

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BOONEVILLE — The Booneville City Council voted Monday to petition the Booneville Community Hospital board to “take care of problems” at the beleaguered, city-owned hospital.

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LITTLE ROCK – A state panel seeking new ways to pay for badly needed highway improvements will have to win over the public to any new revenue sources it recommends, Gov. Mike Beebe said Monday.

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LITTLE ROCK – The Legislature has the authority to give individual counties the option to enact an ordinance providing for nonpartisan elections, an option cities already have, Attorney General Dustin

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LITTLE ROCK – Photos, letters and notes between constituents and elected officials tell a collective story of Arkansas’ past, but records grow bulky and archivists commonly face a lack of personnel, m

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CLINTON — A medical helicopter en route to pick up a patient crashed early today near Scotland in Van Buren County, killing all three crew members aboard, authorities said.

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LITTLE ROCK — A North Little Rock man was in custody today, charged in three 2009 slayings along interstates in Central Arkansas, state police said.

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Northside High School students generated themselves some impressive bragging rights, they learned from the governor and other officials Monday.

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Three incumbent justices of the peace and their three challengers offered their views on Sebastian County government during a noon candidates forum sponsored by the Fort Smith League of Women Voters.

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With the OK of Sequoyah County commissioners, an educational facilities trust is established to help Vian Public Schools issue $4.5 million in bonds for needed school facility improvements, District 2

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