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…
by - March 25, 2013 9:01 am
A group originally founded by major investors in the Big River Steel mill project is voicing its opposition to the $1.1 billion deal. On March 21, Americans For Prosperity’s Arkansas…
by - March 24, 2013 10:23 pm
Republican candidate and frontrunner for Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson says Arkansas is much different since his last run for the state’s top elective post and that he has what it takes to win this time around.
by - March 24, 2013 10:01 pm
Grant Tennille, executive director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, says if Arkansas lawmakers are adverse to risk, then the Big River Steel superproject and future economic development projects could…
by - March 23, 2013 7:48 am
Medicaid expansion may be dead, but the framework for a phoenix plan is alive, under construction, and receiving a lot of attention. Written details are starting to emerge.
by - March 21, 2013 1:26 am
Nucor Steel is ratcheting up its objections to the Big River Steel superproject, including questions concerning steel capacity, its impact on Nucor’s state tax contributions, and the possibility of moving…
by - March 20, 2013 10:56 pm
In August 2012, Simmons First National Corp. made a major announcement that caught the financial world and Arkansas’ business leadership by surprise. The Pine Bluff-based banking group said its long-time…
by - March 20, 2013 8:52 pm
Curtis Coleman, who announced in February he’d seek the Republican nomination for Governor in 2014, says he wants to dramatically modify the state’s tax code, decentralize economic development, and provide…
by - March 19, 2013 10:47 pm
Lunch is winding down at downtown Little Rock’s Doe’s Eat Place. Plates and glasses rattle between the tables and the kitchen, while the cash register sings a sweet tune of…
by - March 19, 2013 9:53 pm
A day of controversy eventually led to a bill requiring a photo ID to vote being sent to Governor Mike Beebe (D) for consideration. SB2 by Sen. Bryan King (R-Green…
by - March 18, 2013 5:16 pm
Arkansas’ potential plan to move Medicaid participants into insurance exchanges could amount to small change, figuratively speaking.
by - March 16, 2013 12:18 am
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis’ fourth quarter Burgundy Book shows a large swath of Arkansas seeing marked economic improvement.
