Arkansas Government

Arkansas had the nation's highest undercount in the 2020 census. State Rep. Howard Beaty and data expert Alison Wright explain what's at stake for 2030.

Randy Dixon returns to the Pryor Center archives with the four years Dale Bumpers spent as Arkansas governor, from reorganizing state government to unseating Sen. J. William Fulbright in 1974.

The Sanders administration says it will work to expand access to Arkansas' CES waiver program after more than 2,400 people were found waiting up to a decade for disability services.

The Pryor Center's Randy Dixon traces Dale Bumpers' 1970 rise from Charleston lawyer to governor, with archival audio of his campaign, his win over Orval Faubus and his defeat of Rockefeller.

Benton County Judge Barry Moehring says Austin McCollum, the sole nominee to succeed him, should not take the oath of office while facing three felony charges. Moehring offered to serve temporarily.

Former state Rep. Austin McCollum faces felony domestic battery, false imprisonment and aggravated assault charges in Benton County. He remains the lone candidate for county judge in November.

Paige McCammon's 2-year-old son Turner has an ultra-rare disorder. He qualifies for Arkansas' CES waiver but is number 2,084 on a waitlist families say could take a decade to clear.

The Pryor Center's Randy Dixon returns with part two on Arkansas' 37th governor: Winthrop Rockefeller's rise from Petit Jean Mountain to the governor's office, told in KATV archival audio.

Talk Business & Politics editor-in-chief Roby Brock breaks down new polling with Hendrix College showing Tom Cotton trailing Hallie Shoffner, French Hill trailing Chris Jones, independents shifting.

Randy Dixon of the Pryor Center traces Winthrop Rockefeller's path from a Rockefeller childhood to Texas oil fields, wartime Okinawa, then Arkansas, with historian John Kirk in part one of two.