by - November 19, 2020 7:41 pm
When traffic volumes plummeted early in the COVID-19 pandemic, Arkansas Department of Transportation Director Lorie Tudor thought ARDOT might take a $300 million hit to its highway revenues. But traffic…
by - November 14, 2020 5:07 pm
The federal government should invest in its people to “make Americans great again” during these polarized times, just as it did in the years after World War II, said history…
by - November 10, 2020 3:08 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson touted his proposal to cut the state’s top individual income tax rate for new residents, called for reducing the used car tax, and said his new budget…
by - November 6, 2020 5:16 pm
The Arkansas House of Representatives postponed assigning committee members and chairs Friday (Nov. 6) pending the outcomes of two close elections in central Arkansas, while the Senate did make assignments….
by - November 3, 2020 10:39 pm
U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Ark., won re-election in his closely watched race with State Sen. Joyce Elliott, D-Little Rock. The Associated Press called the race for Hill at about 10…
by - November 3, 2020 9:58 pm
Arkansas voters approved a permanent half-cent sales tax to fund highways and local roads and supported a change to state legislative term limits. But they rejected a proposed amendment that…
by - November 3, 2020 9:49 pm
U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., easily won re-election Tuesday, while U.S. Reps. Steve Womack and Bruce Westerman were well ahead in their re-election efforts. The Associated Press called the race…
by - November 1, 2020 8:08 am
An audit performed for the Arkansas Insurance Department of the state’s three dominant pharmacy benefit managers found different-sized pharmacies were paid different amounts for the same drugs last year, though…
by - October 28, 2020 1:33 pm
President Donald Trump leads former Vice President Joe Biden in Arkansas, 65%-32%, Sen. Tom Cotton appears headed to an easy re-election, and ballot measures to continue a sales tax for…
by - October 12, 2020 5:15 pm
U.S. Rep. Hill, R-Little Rock, and state Sen. Joyce Elliott, D-Little Rock, sparred over health care and tax cuts during their debate hosted by Arkansas PBS in Conway on Monday…
by - October 6, 2020 5:35 pm
A law regulating reimbursements by pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) should stand because it doesn’t regulate benefits or plan administration, Arkansas Solicitor General Nicholas Bronni argued before the U.S. Supreme Court…
by - October 1, 2020 4:57 pm
Arkansas Solicitor General Nicholas Bronni will defend before the U.S. Supreme Court the constitutionality of a state law regulating pharmacy benefit managers next Tuesday (Oct. 6). Passed in 2015, Act…
by - September 23, 2020 4:47 pm
Sixty-nine percent of likely Arkansas voters favor a half-cent sales tax for roads that will be on the November ballot, according to a poll released by Gov. Asa Hutchinson Sept….
by - September 23, 2020 10:56 am
The Walton Family Foundation is distributing $500,000 to Little Rock nonprofit organizations based on the results of a poll showing a need for helping students in specific areas, providing tutoring,…
by - September 19, 2020 10:20 am
The U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey portrays an Arkansas in 2019 where the poverty rate was declining but the uninsured rate was rising. Also, the number of foreign-born residents…
by - September 9, 2020 4:54 pm
U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., was among 20 additional individuals named by President Trump as potential Supreme Court nominees at the White House on Wednesday (Sept. 9). Afterwards, Cotton released…
by - September 2, 2020 4:18 pm
A group seeking to pass a state constitutional amendment creating a legislative redistricting commission filed suit in federal court Wednesday (Sept. 2) to gain a place on the ballot. The…
by - September 2, 2020 11:01 am
Two patient-centered medical home programs involving Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield beneficiaries generated savings of $80 per person per quarter by the end of the fourth year, a study…
by - August 29, 2020 6:44 pm
Libertarian presidential candidate Dr. Jo Jorgensen called for ending the drug war and curtailing American military interventionist policies, while Ricky Harrington, the party’s candidate for U.S. Senate, warned against government…
by - August 27, 2020 12:19 pm
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday (Aug. 27) tossed two ballot initiatives that would have enacted constitutional amendments creating a legislative redistricting commission and a system of open primaries and…
