by - October 8, 2018 7:43 pm
The two major party candidates for the 4th Congressional District disagreed about health care policies and the minimum wage in a debate at the University of Central Arkansas Monday (Oct….
by - October 8, 2018 6:05 pm
In a debate among 1st Congressional District candidates, Democrat Chintan Desai Monday (Oct. 8) criticized Rep. Rick Crawford, a Republican, for being a “full-throated” supporter of President Trump’s tariffs he…
by - October 4, 2018 8:45 pm
Conference committee negotiations over this year’s farm bill have reached an impasse because the ranking Senate Democrat wants to wait until December to complete them, Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Hot Springs.,…
by - September 25, 2018 8:03 pm
The percentage of low-income Arkansas adults living in small towns and rural areas who lack health insurance decreased from 45% in 2008-09 to 22% in 2015-16, says a new report…
by - September 24, 2018 5:57 pm
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider numerous important cases in the fall term that begins Oct. 1, including one that could determine whether Arkansas Medicaid recipients can seek care in…
by - September 18, 2018 9:26 pm
Democratic candidate for governor Jared Henderson Tuesday released his plan for controlling health care costs that included setting a statewide cost growth goal and creating a health commission that would…
by - September 12, 2018 8:40 pm
The state is removing 4,353 individuals from the Arkansas Works health insurance program for failing to report they were complying with its work requirement, although Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Wednesday…
by - September 6, 2018 11:15 am
More than 4,500 beneficiaries of the state’s Arkansas Works program were in danger of losing their health insurance Saturday, although the state’s Department of Human Services said the final numbers…
by - September 5, 2018 6:06 pm
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jared Henderson said legislators convicted of crimes related to abuses of power should have their pensions revoked. Henderson detailed a seven-point plan to combat government corruption Wednesday,…
by - August 22, 2018 9:47 pm
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge’s office is investigating more than one legislator for fraud who has not yet been charged with a crime, her office said Wednesday (Aug. 22) during…
by - August 19, 2018 7:43 pm
Rep. John Lewis, D-Georgia, who spoke at the Lincoln Memorial in 1963 during the same March on Washington where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream”…
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…
