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David Pryor stood as a paragon of Arkansas politics in his era, circa 1966 to 1996.

Im riding through what once was Fort Chaffee with Keith Gibson, a west Arkansas business leader and member of the powerful Arkansas Highway Commission. Were looking at land that eventually will be part of a 13.7-mile stretch of Interstate 49. The new road will connect Arkansas 22 in Barling with the Interstate 40-49 interchange at Alma.

Arkansas Governors Mansion is in the midst of a privately financed renovation with an estimated cost of $592,000 for construction that started at the end of February and is tracking to wrap up at the end of April, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders spokeswoman said.

Arkansas Governors Mansion is in the midst of a privately financed renovation with an estimated cost of $592,000 for construction that started at the end of February and is tracking to wrap up at the end of April, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders spokeswoman said.

100 years ago

Frances Rowena Mathews Hunt was born on June 6, 1874, in Des Arc, to Julia Ann Wair Mathews and Allen C. Mathews, a Confederate veteran and editor of the towns newspaper, the Des Arc Citizen. While growing up, she was educated in the Des Arc schools and learned the printing trade at her fathers newspaper office.

With the recent inauguration of Arkansas’s first female Governor, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, many are rightfully wondering what the future holds for our state. However, this historic event also provides an excellent opportunity to look back at the state’s past and see where history might be made or where it might

Tuesday was Director Elaine Jones Day, to honor her 24 years on the Hot Springs Board of Directors.

Judge Robert Brown, former justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court, is back to talk about the history of Arkansas governors on this episode of the Southern Fried Podcast

A poll tax is a uniform per capita tax levied upon a specified class of people as a requirement for the right to vote. Arkansas first state constitution, adopted in 1836, authorized a poll tax to be used for county purposes. But things changed following the Civil War.