LITTLE ROCK – Governor Mike Beebe today announced the following judicial appointments: Donald P. Raney, Searcy, as Special Associate Justice to the Arkansas Supreme Court for the case styled Beverly Enterprises, Inc. v. Valerie Keaton; Arkansas Supreme Court Case Nos. CR09-548 and CR08-1386. Replaces Justice Elana Wills, who has disqualified herself from this case. Jimmy Simpson, [...]

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LITTLE ROCK — A federal judge has asked the Arkansas Supreme Court to answer three questions about state law that have arisen in a lawsuit filed by opponents of a $2 billion coal-fired power plant under construction in southwestern Arkansas.

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LITTLE ROCK — Salaried employees of the state lottery who were awarded compensatory time for working long hours on the lottery’s startup can take up to 80 hours of that time but no more, the state Lottery Commission decided today

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HOT SPRINGS — Travis and Lucy Brann had just sat down for their lunch of ham, beans and cornbread at the Hot Springs Senior Center when Gov. Mike Beebe approached.

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LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Supreme Court has revived a lawsuit challenging the installation of parking meters in downtown Eureka Springs.

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LITTLE ROCK — Gov. Mike Beebe today appointed Donald P. Raney and Jimmy Simpson, both of Searcy, as special associate justices to the Arkansas Supreme Court.

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Here is today’s early vote report by county from the Arkansas Secretary of State.   Early and absentee votes are now at 207,243. Random thought but does anyone else think 562 absentee ballots for Poinsett County seem like a lot?  Especially considering they only had around 6,300 vote in the last mid-term.  The Poinsett County Clerk says [...]

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Democrat Shane Broadway is locked in a close race with Republican Mark Darr for Lieutenant Governor.  It looks like he is bringing in Mike Beebe hoping for the Beebe Bump. Beebe also cut a radio ad for Chad Causey or Congress.

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Democratic candidates for three major statewide races are outraising and outspending their GOP counterparts.

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Well-capitalized Arkansas banks are capitalizing on out-of-state financial concerns.

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