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Arkansas governor appoints Finance and Administration Secretary Larry Walther to state treasurer

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has named her top finance official to be the state’s treasurer.

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Asa Hutchinson formally launches 2024 campaign in Arkansas

Asa Hutchinson has formally launched his Republican campaign for president in his hometown of Bentonville, Arkansas.

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Former Arkansas lawmaker sentenced to 46 months in prison

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A former Arkansas lawmaker who admitted to accepting thousands of dollars in bribes and filing a false income tax return was sentenced Friday to nearly four years in federal prison.

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Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson responding during an interview with the Associated Press, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022 in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

The AP Interview: Hutchinson says Trump worst choice for GOP

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson calls the possibility of another Donald Trump presidential nomination the worst scenario for Republicans in 2024.

Gov.-elect Sarah Huckabee Sanders names public safety picks

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov.-elect Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Monday named a 26-year veteran of the State Police as her pick to lead the law enforcement agency and the Department of Public Safety.

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Arkansas governor recommends school funding increase

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Thursday recommended that lawmakers increase public school funding by $550 million over the next two years to raise teacher pay, as the Republican prepares to leave office in January.

Arkansas Human Services head Cindy Gillespie stepping down

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The head of the Arkansas Department of Human Services is stepping down next month after more than six years of running the agency, Gov.

After school shootings, are states making classrooms safer?

The shooting last May that killed 19 children and two teachers inside an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, led to pledges by governors in several states to make classrooms safer.

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Arkansas lawmakers pass tax cut package, adjourn session

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers on Thursday approved a $500 million tax cut package and adjourned a special session without taking up teacher raises, abortion ban exceptions or other issues Democrats had hoped to add to the agenda.

Arkansas lawmakers give first OK to $500M tax cut package

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers on Wednesday approved a $500 million tax cut package over objections from Democrats who questioned its potential impact on the state’s COVID-19 funds and called for action on teacher raises.

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson holds up an interim report from a commission formed to review school safety measures at a news conference at the state Capitol in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Tuesday, Aug. 2,2022. A proposed $50 million grant program for school safety is on the agenda for a legislative special session that is being held this week. (AP Photo/Andrew DeMillo)

Arkansas lawmakers advance tax cut, school safety bills

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers advanced tax cuts and a school safety grant program on Tuesday as they began a special session spurred by the state’s $1.6 billion surplus.

Arkansas lawmakers taking up tax cuts in special session

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers are meeting this week for a special session on tax cuts and school safety grants that’s been spurred by the state sitting on a $1.6 billion surplus.

Democratic gubernatorial nominee Chris Jones speaks at a news conference outside Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., Tuesday, July 19, 2022. Jones called for increasing teacher salaries in Arkansas. (AP Photo/Andrew DeMillo)

Democratic hopeful backs pay raises for Arkansas teachers

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Gubernatorial hopeful Chris Jones on Tuesday called for increasing Arkansas teacher salaries, following a push by fellow Democrats to put teacher pay raises on the agenda for a legislative session next month.

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, left, and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy acknowledge applause at the National Governors Association summer meeting, Friday, July 15, 2022, in Portland, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Murphy takes over governors association amid tensions, feuds

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy of New Jersey took over as the leader of the nation’s nonpartisan governors’ association on Friday in a time of deep divide between the states over issues such as abortion and gun control.

Arkansas ends fiscal year with $1.6B budget surplus

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas ended its fiscal year with a record $1.6 billion budget surplus, state finance officials said Tuesday as Gov.

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FILE - Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson is directed while the Senate prepares for a key test vote on the For the People Act, a sweeping bill that would overhaul the election system and voting rights, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 22, 2021. The leaders of the National Governors Association said Friday, June 10, 2022, they're forming a bipartisan working group, led by chair Hutchinson, a Republican, and vice chair New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat, to come up with recommendations to stop mass shootings following the Texas school massacre. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Governors forming task force to address mass shootings

The National Governors Association says it’s forming a working group of governors to come up with recommendations to stop mass shootings following the Texas school massacre.

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Arkansas governor names interim health secretary, director

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Thursday named an interim secretary of health and a new director of the state Health Department.

Finance office: Arkansas budget surplus nearing $1 billion

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas has accumulated a nearly $1 billion budget surplus for the fiscal year more quickly than expected, state finance officials said Tuesday.

FILE - Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, June 22, 2021 in Washington. On Sunday, May 1, 2022, Hutchinson said he is considering a presidential run in 2024 and his decision won’t be affected by whether former President Donald Trump joins the race. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

GOP Gov Hutchinson says 2024 presidential bid ‘on the table’

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson says he is weighing a presidential run in 2024 and his decision won’t be affected by whether former President Donald Trump decides to join the race.

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