Arkansas News

In a show of unity, Senate Democrats sealed a 60-vote majority needed to advance health care legislation Saturday ahead of an evening showdown with Republicans eager to doom the bill and inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama...Mary Landrieu...

A report by Republicans in Congress about the Obama administration’s firing of a government agency’s internal watchdog suggests that the school chancellor in Washington intervened on behalf of her current fiancé, who was under investigation by the watchdog. The chancellor,...

20 PST Pressured from both sides, will a poll-wary Sen. Blanche Lincoln help the GOP sink healthcare reform?...Anticipating this remarkable coincidence, Lincoln may even realize that conservative ideologues and insurance lobbyists are not the only voices that should command her...

Three defendants allegedly involved in a child abduction case have entered not guilty pleas to that related charges. Shannon Wilfong, Diane Dobbs and Robert Sandefur entered the pleas Thursday in Franklin County Circuit Court. Wilfong is charged with abduction for...

Ark. — Ryan Mallett threw for 313 yards and five touchdowns to lead Arkansas over Mississippi State 42-21 on Saturday. Mallett’s final touchdown pass was his 28th of the season, a school record...Anthony Dixon rushed for 176 yards for Mississippi...

Public Option' Remains Possible Snag As Vote Looms November 21, 2009 November 21, 2009 Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid needs 60 votes — that's every Democrat and both Independents — to clear the way for a vote on historic heath...

Authorities in Garland County, Ark., said a homicide suspect was killed during a recent shootout with police and FBI agents...Little Rock, Ark., the suspect, whose identity was not released, wounded two sheriff's deputies during Thursday night's deadly shootout in Hot...

Federal regulators Thursday allowed Entergy Corp.’s subsidiaries in Mississippi and Arkansas to withdraw from an agreement that includes hundreds of millions of dollars in refunds for the utility’s Louisiana customers. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which regulates the sale...