The Arkansas House voted against a bill to lower the cost of conceal carry gun licenses. House Bill 1329 would have cut the fee in half, from 100 dollars to 50. The cost for veterans or anyone over 60 would have been lowered to $25. The fee would have dropped to zero for those with…

Voting opened today for the U of A’s Associated Student Government senators and Executive Officers. This election will choose the 2013 and 2014 Associated Student Government President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer as well as academic enrollment- based Senators. To learn about the candidates and vote, visit asg.uark.edu/elections . You can log in with your…

Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe vetoed Senate Bill 134 this afternoon which would have banned abortions at 12 weeks into a pregnancy. Last week, Governor Beebe vetoed a measure banning abortions 20 weeks into a pregnancy, but the Legislature overrode it. Beebe says the law contradicts the U.S. Constitution because it imposes a ban on a…

After months of planning, Wedington drive may be getting a new a look. Known as the Wedington Corridor Master Plan, one of the bigger changes it proposes is the addition of a new roundabout in place of the series of traffic lights at the I-540 intersection. Along with the roundabout the plan would also add…

A $3 million donation from the Walmart Foundation is aimed at providing fresher strawberries for customers and an economic boost for local farmers. The donation was made to the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture. U of A horticulture professor Curt Rom says strawberries travel an average distance up to or exceeding 3,000 miles…

A new plan has been unveiled which would send humans to Mars. The Inspiration Mars Foundation announced their plans to send 2 humans on a nearly year and a half journey to fly by the planet. The mission would begin in 2018. The foundation plans to send a married couple that are out of child…

The State House of Representatives has overridden a veto by Governor Mike Beebe that would ban most abortions after 20 weeks. Beebe vetoed the bill Tuesday, but the House voted 53-to-28 to override his veto. The bill would ban abortions at 20 weeks which is the point at which the bill claims a fetus can…