Government/Law

The new Arkansas-based true crime podcast Burden has just launched. The release of the podcast coincides with the start of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, which is in October. Season 1 of Burden examines the suspicious death of a young mother named Billie Jean Letterman in…

The Republican-majority Arkansas State Legislature recently voted 26-4 to suspend State Senator Alan Clark (R) for the remainder of the 93rd General Assembly, barring him from Senate offices and legislative meetings until Jan. 8, among other penalties. The suspension followed…

The Arkansas Supreme Court confirmed on Thursday that come November, voters will be able to decide whether or not to legalize recreational marijuana, overturning a state panel’s decision to block the measure, according recent reports from the Associated Press. In…

Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced his opposition to proposed amendments to the regulations on implementing Title IX in a news conference on Sept. 15. The proposed amendments would reverse controversial changes made to the law under the previous administration, as well…

To say that Matuschka Lindo Briggs is successful would be an understatement. As Vice President and Regional Executive of the Little Rock Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Briggs has accomplished a phenomenal amount in her career.…

The Wilson Law Group affiliates, Wilson & Associates PLLC and Attorneys Title Group LLC have named two new partners at their firm. Jillian Wilson has been named Comanaging Partner of Wilson & Associates and Robert M. Wilson III will be…

Little Rock School District officials voted to raise starting teacher salaries. The salary for new teachers will now start at $45,500, up $2,500 from last year and a significant increase from the $36,000 starting salary of two years ago.  After…

The Arkansas Supreme Court recently sided with a small group of taxpayers in a challenge to the Arkansas Department of Transportation over the allocation of funding generated by Amendment 91 taxes.  In a suit filed by lead plaintiff attorneys Joe…

Gov. Asa Hutchinson held a press conference today (Aug 22) to address efforts to reduce violent crime, as well as the recent Crawford County incident, in which a video showed three officers beating a suspect.  The main concern of his…

The City of Little Rock announced on Aug. 12 that it would be launching a webpage in order to better facilitate the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, in order to inform the public about all FOIA requests that are…