by - August 16, 2018 8:42 pm
Governor Asa Hutchinson said Thursday (Aug. 16) the state’s unemployment rate will be announced as 3.7% Friday and said he hopes disputes over trade policies end soon. The state’s previous…
by - August 16, 2018 4:43 pm
An effort to raise the minimum wage in Arkansas to $11 per hour has enough signatures to qualify for the ballot. Opponents are raising money for a legal challenge. Secretary…
by - August 14, 2018 9:27 pm
Three Arkansans have filed suit in U.S. District Court against the new work requirements associated with the Arkansas Works Medicaid expansion program. The suit says the federal executive branch bypassed…
by - August 9, 2018 5:30 pm
Democratic nominee for governor Jared Henderson Thursday (Aug. 9) proposed a one-year, 10% minimum teacher salary increase along with a 10-year goal of making Arkansas teachers the highest paid in…
by - August 3, 2018 2:18 pm
Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield has requested insurance rate increases of 4.4% for 2019 on its two plans covering individuals through the health insurance marketplace, while other state insurers…
by - July 30, 2018 11:37 am
If voters approve a proposed term limits amendment this November, up to 62 members of the Arkansas House of Representatives and 23 senators will be serving their last term after…
by - July 16, 2018 3:12 pm
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge is participating in a 20-state lawsuit seeking to end the Affordable Care Act. Filed in February, the suit says the law, otherwise known as Obamacare,…
by - July 14, 2018 7:00 am
More than 7,000 of the 279,602 Arkansans benefiting from the state’s Arkansas Works program did not satisfy its work requirement in June. They face losing coverage if they continue to…
by - July 3, 2018 5:23 pm
Arkansas public school campuses should always have an armed presence when staff and children are present, according to a preliminary report by the 18-member Arkansas School Safety Commission. Gov. Asa…
by - July 3, 2018 2:53 pm
Arkansas is continuing to implement work requirements for Arkansas Works beneficiaries while similar requirements were struck down by a federal judge in Kentucky. Gov. Asa Hutchinson said in an interview…
by - June 27, 2018 5:09 pm
Attorney General Leslie Rutledge is creating a Public Integrity Division composed of two staff members who will investigate corruption by elected officials, public employees and local officials, she announced Wednesday…
by - June 27, 2018 6:03 am
The number of Arkansas children living in poverty fell by 28,000 from 2010 to 2016, as the latest Annie E. Casey Foundation KIDS COUNT Data Book reports. Meanwhile, the state…
by - June 18, 2018 5:34 pm
State Drug Director Kirk Lane says the state and nation aren’t doing enough to combat the nation’s opioid epidemic, while the U.S. House of Representatives is passing a flurry of…
by - June 6, 2018 10:32 am
Arkansas House Speaker Jeremy Gillam, R-Judsonia, is resigning both the speakership and his House seat effective June 15 to become the University of Central Arkansas’ director of governmental affairs and…
by - June 5, 2018 9:27 am
Dr. Chris Taylor, a laparoscopic surgeon from Harrison, has performed more than 4,000 procedures, and he believes he has a tool, Ab Grab, to make future ones safer. To get that…
by - June 4, 2018 4:10 pm
The Arkansas Insurance Department released a proposed rule regulating pharmacy benefits managers Monday (June 4) and a public hearing is scheduled for July 11. The proposed rule would administer a…
by - May 22, 2018 11:35 pm
Justice Courtney Goodson and Department of Human Services Chief Counsel David Sterling are headed for a runoff in the Arkansas Supreme Court race, while Commissioner of State Lands John Thurston…
by - May 22, 2018 10:40 pm
State Rep. Clarke Tucker, D-Little Rock, won the Democratic Party’s nomination in the 2nd Congressional District race Tuesday, avoiding a runoff and moving on to challenge U.S. Rep. French Hill,…
by - May 22, 2018 9:03 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson easily won the Republican Party’s nomination for a second term Tuesday after the Associated Press called the race less than an hour after polls closed. Hutchinson led…
by - May 13, 2018 9:49 am
Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 election for a number of reasons – including the fact that she’s a woman, but also because her campaign staff didn’t let her act like…
