Huntsville School District is sponsoring a Community Resource Night on Tuesday, Sept. 8 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the AT & Georgia Mae Smith Activity Center.

In today’s economy, most households rely on two incomes to afford to live. That reality oftentimes forces hardworking Arkansans to choose between their career and financial security or caring for a loved one.

The Joint City, County, & Local Affairs Committee met in Hot Springs recently to review and discuss Senate Joint Resolution SJR15, known as Issue 3 on the November ballot.

Last week’s benefit match with Huntsville defeating Class 6A Springdale, 25-7, 25-27, 19-25, 25-22, 15-13, whetted the appetite of players, coaches and fans for volleyball.

The Senate has officially kicked off the August In-State Work Period, and I am glad to be back home in Arkansas and have the opportunity to visit with many Arkansans.

The Joint Committee on Energy of the Arkansas General Assembly recently reviewed a technical feasibility study on new nuclear generation in Arkansas which concluded that nuclear power is both feasible and advisable for the state’s future energy needs.

Across Arkansas, school buses are back on the roads, classrooms are filling up, and students are settling into the routines of a new school year.

Playing spot duty at quarterback last season gave Elkins senior Austin Born a keen insight into the role his mother, Amanda Born, assumed in serving out the unexpired term of Carmen Watkins as Madison County treasurer.

The men and women in law enforcement dedicate their lives to protecting their neighbors, responding in moments of crisis and helping build stronger communities. They answer the call when others need help most and deserve our support and the tools necessary to serve safely and effectively.

Our founding fathers set up a brilliant plan by balancing large population states and rural states.

This week, several legislative committees met at the State Capitol to continue studying issues that could shape policy during the 2027 Regular Session. 

One of the little-known facts about Madison County government isn’t such a secret outside the county. Madison County Emergency Services Director Keith Edmonds regularly fields inquiries about the program he’s developed when he attends conferences across The Natural State.

Arkansas has a proud history of producing leaders whose ideas have shaped our nation and influenced generations beyond our borders.

Members of the Arkansas Senate and House of Representatives were recently invited to the White House to meet with key staff from the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs for the White House State Leadership Conference.

As another school year begins, hundreds of thousands of Arkansas students will once again be riding school buses each day. In fact, more than 350,000 children rely on school buses to get safely to and from school, with buses making thousands of stops in communities across our state.

Most Americans associate July 4, 1776, with the Declaration of Independence — the date it was adopted and proclaimed to the 13 original colonies. Less known is the history behind what it took to get the word to each colony from Philadelphia, where the Continental Congress convened,  north as far as Maine and south as far as Georgia, or that it took another 29 days to get all 56 signatures added and that wasn’t achieved until Aug. 2, 1776.

Arkansans understand that conserving our natural resources and growing our economy are not competing interests. Arkansas is blessed with pristine rivers, forests, farmland, lakes and abundant wildlife. These resources not only make us The Natural State, they also support the agricultural, manufacturing and tourism industries that strengthen our economy and way of life.

Arkansas families preparing for the upcoming school year will once again benefit from the state’s annual sales tax holiday, scheduled as always for the first weekend in August. State lawmakers set the event in early August specifically to ease the financial burden on families with children headed back to school.

July 17, 2026 marks the sixth anniversary of an event during the COVID-19 controversy of 2020 that spelled relief for Arkansas native and Nashville recording artist Heath Sanders.

Just over a year ago, Congress passed landmark legislation focused on making Arkansas and America stronger, safer and more prosperous.