... He is doing double duty on health care,” she said. In the local races, Sandra Prater, who is running for State Senate in District 29, said during six years as a representative, “you took me in with open arms. It was a fabulous time ...

... regular session or anytime during a special session. House Speaker Robbie Wills, D-Conway, proposed the rule. The state Senate has indicated it will adopt the same rule, he said. Talking later to reporters, Wills said he did not propose banning contributions ...

... Justice of the Peace Linda Jones Paxton, Betty and John Pickett, Kelly Plopper and Jonathan Spinks, Sandra Prater for State Senate, Twig Satterfield, Carol and Norb Schedler, County Judge Preston Scroggin, Rep. Linda and Hugh Tyler, Helen and ...

... for the U.S. Senate. But over the weekend, the state Senate president pro tem said he is still actively considering ... time been on opposite side of contentious fights in the state Senate; and second, the â significantâ amount of positive feedback ...

... Baker said he was hesitant to say more accurately how much his campaign had spent, because â itâ s not like my little state Senate race where I had my checkbook in my pocket.â (Staff writer Joe Lamb can be reached by e-mail at joe.lamb@thecabin ...

So why would state Sen. Bob Johnson, the term-limited president pro tem of the Arkansas state Senate, consider challenging U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln in what would be a tough battle for the Democratic Partyâ s nomination? Itâ s simple really ...

... 1934) Colorful ceremonies and auspicious circumstances marked the dedication by the only women member of the United States Senate, Mrs. Hattie W. Caraway, of McAlister Hall, the new women's building of the Arkansas State Teachers College ...

State Rep. Johnny Hoyt (D-Morrilton) announced this week his candidacy for Arkansas state Senate in District 18. The seat is being vacated by Sen. Bob Bob Johnson due to term-limits. Hoyt is a retired educator and is serving ...

... a good case for his staying put. He had just survived Mike Beebe's targeting and handily won re-election to the state Senate in Faulkner County. He was uncommonly perched for a legislative Republican as co-chairman of the Joint Budget Committee ...

... anecdote. Former state Sen. Jim Argue of Little Rock, a liberal ideologue, recounts pressing Beebe when they were state Senate colleagues to burst through his cautious pragmatism just once and let loose his mildly left-of-center instincts ...