In a major political realignment, former Governor Mike Huckabee and the fiscally conservative Club for Growth are working to elect Marco Rubio the U. S. Senate. Club for Growth has previously been outspoken in opposition to Huckabee as a “tax and spend” governor.

Southwest Electric Power Co. says it will appeal a ruling that revoked its permit to build a $1.6 billion coal-fired electric generation plant in southwest Arkansas.

State police will be setting up checkpoints for the holiday weekend and seat belt use is now a primary violation.

Recent problems at prisons ranging from escapes to an inmate’s near death could warrant a “full-scale investigation by some outside agency,” state rep. Steve Harrelson of Texarkana. Prison director Larry Norris will appear before a legislative committee today.

Emon Mahony of El Dorado will reportedly be Gov. Mike Beebe’s next appointment to the state Game and Fish Commission.

The Texas legislature will go back for a special session dealing with the state budget starting tomorrow.

Authorities say at least one person was taken to the hospital after a blast at the east Camden Amtec plant.

Kroger is recalling some of its store brand ground beef with a sell by date from April 27 to June 1.

Gasoline prices are starting to drop, just in time for the July 4th holiday and summer vacation.

Arkansas grocers say they and their customers are looking forward to paying less sales tax on groceries, but they’re not expecting to see a boost in business from the cut

A Little Rock homeowner is telling how surprised he was to find an 800 pound sow in the swimming pool. The visitor turns out to be a survivor of last week’s incident on a local freeway that stopped traffic cold for hours.

Federal prosecutors refused on Monday to turn over mental health evaluations and hospital records of witnesses in the upcoming child-sex trial of jailed evangelist Tony Alamo.

Authorities say a 26-year-old pregnant Fayetteville  woman was killed after she was stabbed by an attacker and hit by gunshot fired by police.

A 15-year-old pilot flying across America as a tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen is scheduled to make a stop Tuesday in Arkansas.

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