Benjamin Hardy

A three-judge panel in federal court in Little Rock ruled against plaintiffs arguing that Arkansas's congressional map was drawn to discriminate against Black voters.

AG Tim Griffin has declined to appoint a new member to the Ethics Commission, claiming a 1990 state law on racial equity is "wrong and unconstitutional."

Congrats to Phillip Powell, our agriculture and environment reporter, for taking home two prizes amid stiff competition.

For those of you (i.e., me) who haven’t listened to much of the Antlers since the loss-and-madness-haunted 2009 masterpiece “Hospice,” their latest album is quite a surprise. 2021’s “Green to Gold” swaps the fluorescent chill of a hospital room for woods and fields in afternoon sunlight, crickets and cicadas on a summer night; its 7-minute title track is a meditation on seasonal change. The throughline from then to now is frontman Peter Silberman’s unmistakable warble, emotive as ever. The Antlers play the

Republicans will soon have two options: Turn away voucher applicants or pump even more money into the program even as state revenue is declining.

After years of deliberations, a blanket moratorium on industrial hog farming in the Buffalo River watershed has been implemented by state legislators and the Department of Agriculture.

It must be a heady moment for Tom Cotton: All those years of warmongering, finally come to fruition.