Kara Byars announced her intent to run for Circuit Judge, Division 2 in the 16th Judicial District in the March 3, 2026 election. The 16th District covers Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard, and Stone Counties. The current Circuit Judge, Don McSpadden, is not running for re-election. “During my legal career I [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. — Judge Tommy Fowler, who currently serves as District Court Judge in Craighead County, announced Tuesday in a press release that he will run for Circuit Judge in Arkansas’ 2nd Judicial District. “I feel very good about where Judge Boling and I have the District Court right now, [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. — The Craighead County Clerk’s Office has begun its 2025 address confirmation program as part of a federally mandated effort to maintain accurate voter registration rolls, a press release said Tuesday. The program, conducted in odd-numbered years under the National Voter Registration Act and the Help America Vote [read more…]
Bill is aimed at “bad actors” in small-scale sewage treatment units, lawmaker says by Ainsley Platt, Arkansas Advocate A bill that would strengthen state regulators’ ability to deny and revoke wastewater permits for those who have a demonstrated history of noncompliance with environmental regulations was filed in the Arkansas Senate [read more…]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders today announced the Defense Against Criminal Illegals Act. The legislation’s lead sponsors are Senate President Pro Tempore Bart Hester (District 33) and Representative Frances Cavenaugh (District 30). “President Trump made border security one of his top priorities and in just a few months, he [read more…]
LITTLE ROCK — Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders today announced the Bell to Bell, No Cell Act, legislation that would ban smartphones and other personal electronic devices like smartwatches from every single public school in Arkansas, beginning in the 2025-2026 school year. Senator Tyler Dees (District 35) and Representative Jon Eubanks [read more…]
WASHINGTON––U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) introduced the Thin Blue Line Act to increase penalties for criminals who target law enforcement. Federal law already makes the targeting, killing or attempted killing of federal law enforcement officers, judges and correctional officers an aggravating factor in the decision whether to impose [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. — Mayor Harold Copenhaver won his reelection campaign on Tuesday night. Dec. 3. The runoff election pitted Councilman LJ Bryant against the incumbent Copenhaver. With 8,714 votes cast, Copenhaver won with about 60.4% of the vote, or 5,264 votes. Bryant received about 39.6%, or 3,446 votes. In the [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. — With the end of the political season here, several of Arkansas’ most tenured journalists will be recapping the 2024 election at the next NEA Political Animals meeting. Friday, Dec. 13, Noon – 1:00 p.m., NEA Political Animals welcomes Roby Brock and George Jared with Talk Business & [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. — The third-place winner in the race for Jonesboro mayor has endorsed a candidate in the run-off election. Jeremy Terrell endorsed Jonesboro Councilman L.J. Bryant as his choice for mayor on Tuesday, Nov. 19. “As a voter, and as someone who will be vocally holding whomever is mayor [read more…]
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