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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- After running a campaign heavily focused on national politics and her time as President Donald Trump's spokeswoman, Sarah

Sarah Huckabee Sanders talked about orienting education around early literacy and getting workers ready for the jobs companies need.

A sheriff and two lawmakers from different parties shared their perspectives on prison and jail overcrowding in Arkansas.

Education change will top the Legislatures agenda when the General Assembly convenes Jan. 9, a prospect most Northwest Arkansas lawmakers interviewed looked forward to.

CAVE SPRINGS -- Incoming Senate President Pro Tempore Bart Hester describes himself as "a right-wing Republican that appeals to the country club Republican."

Less than a month before she leaves her post, Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced Thursday that her office will transfer $140 million in opioid settlement funds to the states general revenue to allow legislators to decide how to spend it.

Arkansas Gov.-elect Sarah Huckabee Sanders plans to reappoint Arkansas Department of Agriculture Secretary Wes Ward, Sanders announced Monday.

To encourage private landowners to create wildlife habitat, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will ask the legislature to create a conservation tax credit and to approve increases for hunting and fishing licenses.

To encourage private landowners to create wildlife habitat, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will ask the legislature to create a conservation tax credit and to approve increases for hunting and fishing licenses.

Bart Hester arrived in the state Senate a decade ago, not long out of the Razorback bullpen where he was the catcher. Thats not to say he didnt get into some games and earn a varsity letter.