Early voting for the May 22, preferential primary and nonpartisan judicial election began on Monday, May 7.

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LITTLE ROCK–Arkansas and more than 40 other states have joined in separate settlements totaling $1.6 billion with Abbott Laboratories over allegations of illegal off-label marketing of the anti-seizure drug Depakote, state Attorney General Dustin McDaniel announced today.

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PINE BLUFF — The chairman of the state Board of Corrections says the board will comply with a judge’s order to seek a permit before operating halfway-transitional facilities in the city.

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HELENA-WEST HELENA — Gov. Mike Beebe testified in a federal voting rights lawsuit Tuesday that helping a white state representative defeat a black state senator was never a consideration in drawing new boundaries for an eastern Arkansas Senate district.

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Arknasas News Bureau LITTLE ROCK — An animal rights group today alleged cruel treatment of pigs and inhumane conditions at a Wyoming pig breeding facility owned by a supplier for a subsidiary of Arkansas-based Tyson Foods.

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The number of students the Booneville School District will be able to serve in its pre-kindergarten program will quadruple to 40 next year.

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Brandie Moses was right at home. So was Colton Waters.

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Organizers of the 9th annual Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast got their wish, sort of.

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LITTLE ROCK — A employee at an Arkansas McDonald’s was not being insubordinate when he refused to prepare food while dirty from cleaning the parking lot, the state Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday.

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LITTLE ROCK — Tax collections in Arkansas were 5.9 percent above forecast in April and 5.1 percent above collections a year ago, the state’s fiscal office reported today.

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