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…
by - May 10, 2018 6:36 am
A nonpartisan group that monitors Arkansas judicial campaigns says its initial review of ads targeting Supreme Court Justice Courtney Goodson indicate the ads contain false and misleading information. The complaint…
by - May 9, 2018 3:09 pm
The Arkansas Department of Human Services and Skyline Healthcare agreed Tuesday that a temporary receivership order issued Friday for two nursing homes will stay in place for 30 days. DHS…
by - April 30, 2018 2:02 pm
UAMS is creating a free weekly online education service for prescribers to learn about managing chronic pain and reducing opioid prescriptions. Arkansas Improving Multidisciplinary Pain Care Treatment (AR-IMPACT) this first…
by - April 27, 2018 5:10 pm
Mike Stock, the president and CEO of QualChoice, and two other executive leaders are retiring effective June 29, the company announced Friday (April 27). Chief Financial Officer Randall Crow will…
by - April 24, 2018 5:45 pm
The involvement of Amazon and other tech giants in the health care industry will accelerate the move to consumer-based care, while the omnibus spending package passed by Congress in March…
by - April 24, 2018 7:49 am
The Lake View school funding case probably is still “good law” despite a recent court ruling that the state can’t be sued under the Arkansas Constitution. But the ability of…
by - April 17, 2018 11:20 am
Former first lady Barbara Bush and former President George H.W. Bush are in good spirits, and, like the author Mark Twain, “the reports of Barbara Bush’s demise are highly exaggerated,”…
by - April 16, 2018 2:54 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson has asked the Arkansas Supreme Court to expedite an appeal of a judge’s order blocking the issuance of medical marijuana cultivation licenses. He also said Monday that…
by - March 29, 2018 7:42 pm
The state of Arkansas is suing three opioid manufacturers saying they deceived doctors and patients and caused the state to pay for unnecessary Medicaid claims, Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced…
