LITTLE ROCK The state Senate is expected to make quick work this week of a proposed 1-cent reduction in the state sales tax on groceries.

... million to pay for a statewide trauma system and expansions of health-care services. Meanwhile, the Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee endorsed a bill to reduce the state sales tax on groceries from 3 cents to 2 cents. Sen. Bobby Glover ...

LITTLE ROCK Members of the Arkansas House were regrouping Friday after a contentious debate on whether to raise the tobacco tax led to shouting and snickering on the House floor and a public apology a day later.

... tax increase by a 75-24 vote. "Twenty-seven out of 35 is hard." Four of the eight members of the Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee, which has been assigned the bill, say they support the tax hike. Three say they're undecided and ...

LITTLE ROCK (AP) Senate President Bob Johnson on Monday said he thinks a 56-cent-per-pack increase in the cigarette tax and other tobacco tax increases has enough support to clear a legislative panel this week.

... care proposal, which includes an increase in taxes for other tobacco products, was endorsed by the Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee on a 5-2 vote Wednesday after lawmakers defeated an amendment that could have set up another contentious ...

LITTLE ROCK The Arkansas House on Wednesday approved new restrictions for young drivers after a debate that sharply divided rural and urban lawmakers.

... committee Thursday. Arkansas also inched closer to having an official state nut: the pecan. Meanwhile, the Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee advanced a proposal Wednesday by Sen. Barbara Horn to reduce the sales tax that manufacturers pay on utilities ...

LITTLE ROCK (AP) Lawmakers are inching toward the end of their legislative session this week, as they take up the state's $4.5 billion budget and a plan to carve up the state's $300 million surplus.

LITTLE ROCK Arkansas lawmakers finished their regular session Thursday with a new lottery and funding for a statewide trauma system, but not everything got done in the 88 days senators and representatives spent in Little Rock.