by March 30, 2011 7:00 pm
-Sparks Health Lays Off 50 In Fort Smith
Sparks Health System in Fort Smith announced Thursday (Mar. 30) a restructuring plan that will see the elimination of 50 non-medical jobs.
by March 30, 2011 7:00 pm
-Sparks Health System in Fort Smith announced Thursday (Mar. 30) a restructuring plan that will see the elimination of 50 non-medical jobs.
by March 30, 2011 7:00 pm
-The scuttlebutt this morning is that lawmakers have been negotiating all night on a resolution to their stalemate on the Insurance Department budget, which has been tripped up by a minority of House members opposed to $1 million in funding for federal health care reform.
by March 30, 2011 7:00 pm
-It feels like the movie Groundhog Day.
by March 29, 2011 7:00 pm
-Golden Living is adding 200 new jobs at its Fort Smith administrative center – the former headquarters – bringing total employment in the region to approximately 875 people.
by March 29, 2011 7:00 pm
-Acxiom Corp. CEO John Meyer has resigned effective March 28, 2011, the company said.
by March 29, 2011 7:00 pm
-After days of negotiations and partisan criticism, Rep. Clark Hall (D-Marvell) and Rep. Eddie Cheatham (D-Crossett) reworked a Congressional District map with an amendment to a new shell bill.
by March 29, 2011 7:00 pm
-State Senators took up a Congressional redistricting plan posed as an alternative to the House-led "Fayetteville to the Fourth" map.
by March 29, 2011 7:00 pm
-A funding bill for the Arkansas Insurance Department was debated for a second day in the House of Representatives, but it met the same fate as a day earlier.
by March 28, 2011 7:00 pm
-Political wrangling over health care reform could throw a monkey wrench in legislators’ plans to go home on Friday or it could shut down a state agency aimed at protecting insurance consumers.
by March 28, 2011 7:00 pm
-On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the much-anticipated potential class-action sexual discrimination lawsuit, Dukes v. Wal-Mart.
by March 28, 2011 7:00 pm
-Van Buren-based USA Truck, Inc. announced today Robert M. Powell will retire from his position as Chairman of the Board and as a member of the Board of Directors effective May 4, 2011, the day of the annual meeting of stockholders.
by March 28, 2011 7:00 pm
-Domtar Corp. announced that it will permanently shut down one of four paper machines at its Ashdown pulp and paper mill no later than July 1, 2011. The move will result in permanent layoffs of 110 workers.
by March 28, 2011 7:00 pm
-Six bills that were part of a tax cut-budget compromise between Gov. Mike Beebe and House and Senate leaders have all been signed into law.
by March 28, 2011 7:00 pm
-An opponent of the "Fayetteville to the Fourth" Congressional redistricting plan is promoting an alternative map that divides several counties, but keeps major cities in existing districts. Also, State Senators prepared to make a move to push their versions of Congressional redistricting through a Senate panel.
by March 27, 2011 7:00 pm
-The Tolbert Report confirms the obvious: Fayetteville residents are indeed unhappy with a potential move from the Third to the Fourth Congressional District.
by March 27, 2011 7:00 pm
-With the significant gains Republicans experienced in the 2010 elections, many expected pro-life bills would have a much easier time passing the Legislature this year. However, the opposite seems to have happened.With only a few days remaining in the regular session, pro-life groups have yet to pass a single bill.
by March 27, 2011 7:00 pm
-Sam Walls, President of Connect Arkansas, says "relevancy" is the key to getting more Arkansans interested in broadband Internet.
by March 27, 2011 7:00 pm
-U.S. Senator John Boozman (R) says Fayetteville should remain in the Third Congressional District, his former House seat.
by March 27, 2011 7:00 pm
-Arkansas’ $4.6 billion balanced budget has been agreed upon by legislative leaders and the Governor after a weekend of negotiations.
by March 27, 2011 7:00 pm
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