Bruce Westerman

Actor Kevin Costner visited Hot Springs on Friday, June 12, to testify in support of the Great American Outdoors Act 250 during a field hearing at The Arlington Resort Hotel & Spa. “I’m here today to urge Congress to reauthorize …

Sen. Tom Cotton is big on Arkansas, and voters of the Natural State feel the same way, having elected the native son of Dardanelle to represent them in Congress for nearly 15 years, starting in the U.S. House of Representatives …

Incumbent congressmen Sen. Tom Cotton and Rep. French Hill cruised to easy victories during yesterday’s Arkansas primaries and learned who they’d be facing in the general election come November. U.S SENATE Cotton, a Republican, garnered 230,204 votes (81.6 percent) with …

Photos by Sarah DeClerk. Feature image above: Ernest Scheyder, left, senior correspondent at Reuters, moderates a panel discussion with Emma Bishop, vice president of the Battery Materials & Technology Coalition, from left, David Kovatch, president at Mission Strategies, Matthew Godlewski, …

The Arkansas State Capitol rotunda echoed with the promise of political aspiration Monday on the first day of candidate filing for the 2026 election. Candidates can file with the Arkansas Secretary of State Cole Jester’s office through Nov. 12. Gov. …

Little Rock hosted the second annual Arkansas Lithium Innovation Summit at the Statehouse Convention Center Oct. 28 and 29. The summit brought together industry leaders, state and local government and representatives from the education sector to provide actionable insights about …

Arkansas’ federal congressional delegation has submitted two letters to Pentagon Secretary Pete Hegseth to support expansion of vanadium production in the U.S. in order to counter the current effective control of vanadium supply chains by Russia and China. In two …

The presidential election wasn’t the only thing Arkansans decided on Nov. 5, with state and federal offices up for grabs and various issues on the ballot. As expected, Donald J. Trump cruised through the Natural State, outpacing Vice President Kamala …

Another four years have come and gone, and that means the American public again gets to decide who will run the country, as well as who will fill a number of local, state and federal offices. Two issues will definitely …

Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders recently joined ExxonMobil and state leaders to announce that the company will drill its first lithium well in Arkansas, marking an early investment into what may well be one of North America’s largest lithium deposits. Numerous …