Arkansas religious rights bill augurs more than just a clarifying guide by Sonny Albarado for the Arkansas Advocate March 3, 2025 12:08 pm March 3, 2025 12:08 pm.

Arkansas state Sen. Jason Rapert (R) will have to unblock his atheist constituents from his social media accounts, as part of a settlement that a national organization of atheists said it reached ...

The 1st District consists of the Arkansas Delta, while the 4th District includes counties in southwestern Arkansas. Rep. French Hill, R-Ark., has represented Arkansas' 2nd District since January 2015.

A University of Central Arkansas Religious Studies Professor weighed in on what the selection of Pope Leo XIV means for the Catholic church. Prior to Pope Leo's selection on Thursday, professor ...

The articles are making the rounds on social media: From the Washington Post on March 27, “19 states that have ‘religious freedom’ laws like Indiana’s that no one is boycotting.” From ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson says he believes the state's image benefited from the compromise religious objections law that was enacted after an earlier version drew ...

As of Friday, 50.43% of voters rejected Issue 3, the Arkansas Religious Freedom Amendment. The 439,003 votes against Issue 3 outnumbered votes in favor by only 7,500.

A lawsuit challenging Arkansas' congressional map was tossed this week by a three-judge panel that ruled the shift of more than 23,000 Black voters in southern Pulaski County from the 2nd ...

Newsweek's map, below, shows where the change is happening, comparing the oldest available data—from 2007 or in some cases ...

A new alert has been issued for places in Arkansas, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Central Time on Saturday, with "dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 110 degrees or greater" expected.

In addition, this is not the first effort explicitly to protect religious freedom in Arkansas. In 2015, the state Legislature passed Act 975, which closely aligns Arkansas law with the federal ...

The proportion of non-religious people in America is growing in every U.S. state except South Dakota, new research suggests. Newsweek's map, below, shows where the change is happening, comparing ...