LITTLE ROCK — The Democratic Party of Arkansas is calling on the Arkansas State Police to review its use-of-force policies and prohibit the conduct Arkansans watched on video from an August 1 traffic stop, where a trooper threw an 18-year-old woman to the ground and punched her in the face. The call comes after the agency closed its internal investigation … Read More
Arkansas House Democrats Respond to Gov. Sanders’ Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies Act
LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas House Democratic Leader Andrew Collins called the “Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies Act,” announced by Governor Sarah Sanders and sponsored by Rep. Aaron Pilkington and Sen. Missy Irvin, a missed opportunity. While it moves in the right direction, integrating some proposals that have been championed by House Democrats, it does not go nearly far enough to address … Read More
Arkansas House & Senate Democrats Respond to Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s State of the State Address
LITTLE ROCK一 In their response to Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s State of the State Address, Arkansas House and Senate Democrats outlined their vision for a better Arkansas and the failures of the extreme Republican supermajority in their legislature. “When you call us, we answer. When you need help, we’re there. Since the time of David Pryor, Democrats have put people … Read More
Arkansas House Democrats Present the Better Arkansas Agenda
Arkansas House Democrats held a press conference Tuesday afternoon to introduce the Better Arkansas Agenda, a legislative package focused on taking maternal health from worst to first, strengthening our public schools, tackling our mental health crisis, and defending our democracy. Democratic lawmakers presented their legislative priorities, cast their vision for a better Arkansas, and announced their plans to file the … Read More
Arkansas Democrats Make History With 2022 Primary Nominations
LITTLE ROCK – Voters across Arkansas turned out to make history for the 2022 Democratic Primary. Contested elections were held across the state, up and down the ballot, from Justice of the Peace to the United States Senate. Chris Jones won all 75 counties to win the nomination for Governor, becoming the first African American nominated to run for the … Read More
RESIGN: Prairie County Sheriff Admits To Using Racial Slurs, Says “It is what it is. Everybody Does”
Democratic Party of Arkansas Chair, Grant Tennille, today called for the immediate resignation of Prairie County Sheriff Rick Hickman after Hickman acknowledged in an interview that he regularly uses racial slurs, revealing that he is unfit to hold office. “For too long, too many have explained these episodes of clownish behavior on the part of certain Arkansas elected officials as … Read More
Promises Kept: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Confirmed To U.S. Supreme Court
LITTLE ROCK – A bipartisan Senate vote has confirmed Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to the nation’s highest court. She will be the first African-American woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court in our country’s history. “This historic accomplishment reminds us all that while we still have much work to do to make good on our nation’s founding ideals, we … Read More