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Cole Jester in his first month as Arkansas Secretary of State has asked for a review of the state's election security procedures.

An Arkansas lawmaker has filed a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow voters to remove certain public officials from office. House Joint Resolution 1007, filed by Rep. Frances Cavenaugh, R-Walnut Ridge, would instate a recall process for several state officeholders, including the governor, attorney general and justices of the Arkansas Supreme Court.

Gov. Sarah Sanders announced Friday (Jan. 17) she has appointed Jerry Halsey to the Arkansas State Highway Commission. His term expires January 14, 2035. He will replace Alec Farmer.

Gov. Sarah Sanders has kicked off her 2026 re-election campaign in January, rolling out her first TV commercial, raising more than $1 million, and announcing her campaign staff.

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced the creation of a state award and presented it for the first time on Tuesday. Sanders presented the Arkansas Medal of Freedom to Sheriff Mike Knoedl of Dallas County. Knoedl was one of the first responders and he organized a response to the Mad Butcher mass shooting in Fordyce in June 2024.

Gov. Sarah Sanders announced several appointments on Wednesday, including appointing Polk County Judge Brandon Ellison to the Arkansas Workforce Development Board.

For years, the Washington County jail has dealt with overcrowding, leading county officials to roll out a pilot program called the Community Rebuilding Initiative (CRI) in the old Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU) building with the help of a local nonprofit, Returning Home Inc.

Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has announced an additional $66.5 million in financial assistance for water and wastewater projects for eight entities. The projects serve more than 60,594 Arkansans in eight counties. The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission approved this funding on January 15, 2025.

On January 5, the bipartisan Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82) was signed into law, repealing the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) that impacts the retirement benefits of certain public sector employees. Eliminating the WEP gives public employees access to their full social security benefits, putting an end to a reduction of benefits for 2.1 million county and state employees