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Sandra Prater, a former State Representative, announced Wednesday her intention to seek the District 29 Senate seat as a Democrat. District 29, consisting of parts of Faulkner, Pulaski and White counties, is currently represented by Sen. John Paul Capps, who cannot run for re-election due to term limits.

... nonprofit group sparred Wednesday on how much Halter's proposed lottery would bring to Arkansas. Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families released a study that said a lottery would bring $61.5 million in revenue to the state less than ...

LITTLE ROCK Lt. Gov. Bill Halter submitted 138,615 signatures Thursday in support of a constitutional amendment creating a state-run lottery, moving his proposal to help fund college scholarships closer toward appearing on the November ballot.

LITTLE ROCK A proposed constitutional amendment that would create a state-run lottery to fund college scholarships was approved Monday to go before Arkansas' voters this fall.

LITTLE ROCK Arkansas continues to have one of the nation's highest poverty rates and lowest median household incomes, as high gas prices and housing worries still trouble the country, new U.S. Census Bureau data shows.

... under way for a Nov. 4 ballot measure that would put a similar prohibition into law. Officials with Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families and other groups are tying the DHS hearing to a campaign against the item on the ballot. State ...

LITTLE ROCK Mike Beebe isn't likely to hit the campaign trail or the airwaves to defeat a measure aimed at barring gays and lesbians from adopting children or serving as foster parents. That doesn't mean he's staying on the sidelines.

LITTLE ROCK Arkansas plans to reverse course and allow unmarried or same-sex couples to take on foster children on a case-by-case basis, even as voters prepare to decide the issue in November, the state Department of Human Services said Thursday.

... both of which argued against a cohabitation ban. Also tagged as gay activists were officials from Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, an advocacy group with which the Arkansas Family Council has aligned itself as it fights a proposed ...