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The sixth week of the legislative session is getting started with a big vote on a bill banning abortion after 20 weeks.

Joe Smith defeated Representative Tracy Steele in a runoff election for North Little Rock mayor Tuesday.

Tuesday marks the deadline for Arkansans to register to vote in this year's general election.

Arkansas voters can start casting their ballots for the Nov. 6 election.

Run-off elections for Pulaski, Faulkner, Saline and Jefferson Counties will take place November 27. Here are a list of the candidates that will be on the ballot.

Dianne Curry retained her position on the Little Rock School Board after she won the runoff election Tuesday.

Secretary of State Mark Martin today reminded the public that the deadline to register to vote in the November General Election is one week away.

The Lonoke County Election Commission says between 200 and 300 votes from one of their precincts were never counted Tuesday night and as a result, they're conducting a full recount of every race in the county.

Secretary of State Mark Martin says a measure for Arkansas' first ever casino has improper wording and therefore can not appear on the November ballot. But it's not the last word. Casino supporters plan to file a suit with the Supreme Court tomorrow.

Tuesday, Little Rock city leaders informally agreed to move forward with asking taxpayers to approve a property tax millage to raise $105-million to pay for street and drainage projects. Voters have approved the tax millage for capital improvement projects since 1958, but this year, the city wants to drop the rate to 3 mills from 3.3.

Voters in Bentonville have rejected a millage increase that would have paid for a new high school in Centerton.

A budget resolution was held up in the House on Wednesday as Republicans proposed a budget alternative with $21 million in additional cuts.

Early voting is set to begin for the May 22 primary and non-partisan judicial election.

The Central Arkansas Library System could soon turn a new page on capital improvements if voters say yes during a bond refinancing election Tuesday.

The Stuttgart City Council is referring a 1-cent sales tax proposal to voters.

The mayor of North Little Rock warns the city will become outdated if voters don't approve the one cent sales tax up for vote on Tuesday.

The Little Rock Board of Directors postponed a vote to change the city’s juvenile curfew ordinance.

Arkansas voters Tuesday renewed a $575 million bond program to repair more than 400 miles of interstate highways, apparently satisfied with results from a 1999 funding package that rebuilt an interstate highway system that had earned a reputation as one of the nation's worst.

North Little Rock Mayor Pat Hays said Tuesday night that the penny sales tax increase failed.

About 125 North Little Rock voters listened to Mayor Patrick Hays discuss his plans for a proposed tax increase Thursday. Most in the audience are still unclear about how the money will be spent and that's why they came to get answers.

Early voting is slated to start on a proposal to renew a $575 million bond issue to pay for interstate improvements in Arkansas.