by - April 14, 2013 8:58 am
House Speaker Davy Carter said he’s confident that the supermajority of 75 votes will be achieved in order to pass funding for the “private option” health insurance program.
by - April 12, 2013 12:02 pm
House Speaker Davy Carter (R-Cabot) issued the following statement around noon on Friday: “After numerous conversations with members and careful consideration, House leadership has decided it is in the best…
by - April 11, 2013 5:16 pm
Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. announced that net income for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 was $20.0 million, an 11.1% increase from $18 million for the first quarter of…
by - April 11, 2013 9:01 am
The famed Blue Hog Report blog appears poised for resurrection. The blog, once guided by liberal blogger Matt Campbell, is promoting the date “5.1.13” on its home page. Campbell tells…
by - April 10, 2013 6:18 pm
State Sen. Jake Files (R-Fort Smith) says that the “private option” debate in the House will dictate which road a tax cut package may move. Files, who appeared on Talk…
by - April 9, 2013 3:53 pm
It’s been one of the worst kept secrets in Arkansas politics. Former Arkansas Congressman Mike Ross (D) plans to announce he’ll seek the Democratic nomination for Governor in 2014 on…
by - April 9, 2013 7:00 am
The number of employed Arkansans has fallen by an estimated 25,000 workers during the past year, part of a 13-month decline in the state’s workforce. Why?
by - April 8, 2013 1:25 pm
A major question mark for funding the “private option” health insurance expansion through federal Medicaid funds was answered on Monday (April 8). On Monday morning, the Special Language committee amended…
by - April 7, 2013 11:02 pm
Arkansas Film Commissioner Christopher Crane says that new incentives approved by the state legislature are already paying dividends.
by - April 3, 2013 11:41 am
A day after the State Senate approved the $1.1 billion Big River Steel Mill superproject, a House panel also approved a measure to push the deal forward. SB 820, the…
by - April 2, 2013 8:47 pm
The only thing that could hold up the $1.1 billion steel mill superproject is a tricky vote in the Arkansas House of Representatives.
by - April 2, 2013 4:56 pm
Two bills that outline the framework for the Arkansas “private option” health insurance expansion plan have been amended. SB 1020 and HB 1143 have been renamed The Health Care Independence…
by - April 2, 2013 11:48 am
Former Congressman Mike Ross (D) dropped another huge clue that he plans to run for Arkansas Governor in 2014. In an email sent Tuesday (April 2) to employees at Southwest…
by - April 2, 2013 11:32 am
A day after House Speaker Davy Carter (R-Cabot) and Senate President Michael Lamoureux (R-Russellville) announced their endorsement of Arkansas’ “private option” approach to expanding Medicaid through health insurance exchanges, the federal…
by - March 27, 2013 11:19 pm
New numbers released from the Department of Human Services indicate the private insurance option being considered by lawmakers could save the state $670 million over the next decade. Here’s the math.
by - March 27, 2013 11:57 am
If your mind has not been numbed enough by details of the Big River Steel discussion this week, then the amendment added to shell bill SB 820 will be more…
by - March 26, 2013 11:29 am
An Arkansas House panel approved a change to the state’s income tax brackets, a move that could deplete state revenues by $57 million a year. HB 1585 by Rep. Charlie…
by - March 26, 2013 11:27 am
A bill to root out Medicaid fraud has been flushed out with more details that includes establishing an office of Medicaid Inspector General and providing a testing of Medicaid claims….
by - March 25, 2013 5:30 pm
President Harry Truman once said he wanted a one-handed economist because all his economists would say, “On the one hand, on the other.” A full committee room of legislators heard…
by - March 25, 2013 2:59 pm
Gov. Mike Beebe (D) issued his third veto of the 89th General Assembly rejecting a divisive voter ID bill that would require photo proof at the polls to cast a…
