Little Rock Politics News

Ark. – The man convicted of killing Little Rock television personality Anne Pressly has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. The jury that convicted Curtis Vance, 29, of capital murder, rape and burglary in last year's attack at...

Huckabee will sign copies of "A Simple Christmas" and his other six books for an hour beginning at 5 p.m...Yale Ave. "A book tour is a little more intense, actually," Huckabee said Monday by telephone from Wichita. "We're covering more...

The Arkansas Department of Higher Education has received $720,000 in federal grant money to improve the training of elementary and secondary public school teachers in low-income, rural areas of the state...Department of Education was announced Tuesday. "The goal of this...

Swine flu effects felt in district The Carmel Unified School District continues to be hit hard by the H1N1 flu virus, school officials said. Carmel Middle School's absence rate was 27 percent Thursday, said district spokesman Paul Behan...Elementary schools are...

A top adviser from John McCain's presidential campaign who has criticized Sarah Palin's odds as a 2012 presidential candidate defended Wednesday the decision to pick her as McCain's 2008 running mate...Earlier this month, Schmidt said Palin's presidential candidacy could be...

A legislative panel that oversees state agencies adopted a proposal Tuesday by state Sen. Gilbert Baker, R-Conway, to study gender-based disparities in government employees' pay and consider taking legislative action to address the issue. Baker, who recently announced as a...

The man charged with killing an Arkansas television anchorwoman from Greenville, S.C., is to appear in court for a final hearing before his capital murder trial. Curtis Lavelle Vance will appear Tuesday morning before Pulaski County Circuit Judge Chris Piazza...