by - May 24, 2017 10:36 am
Arkansas’ Medicaid program saved more than $34 million in 2015 because of a program meant to reduce costs and incentivize care quality, a new report says. The 3rd Annual Statewide…
by - May 21, 2017 9:59 am
The federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) says small businesses participating in the Small Business Health Options Program, or SHOP, will enroll directly with health insurers rather than…
by - May 19, 2017 5:45 pm
Arkansas is leading the nation in job growth through foreign investment, Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Arkansas Economic Development Commission Director Mike Preston said Friday. The two spoke in separate appearances…
by - May 18, 2017 9:43 am
Arkansas’ individual Marketplace health insurers are filing rate requests amidst uncertainty over the future of cost sharing reduction payments, though one analysis said the change could reduce the number of…
by - May 6, 2017 5:00 pm
Six years ago, Hannah Cranford was a foster kid whose mother’s parental rights had been terminated and who was being adopted by a loving family. This year, she raised more…
by - May 2, 2017 5:37 pm
Congressional leaders hope to schedule a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on the latest version of the American Health Care Act Wednesday or Thursday, and U.S> Rep. Bruce…
by - April 27, 2017 7:29 am
Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson will decide in a couple of weeks if he will run for re-election in what would be a contested race with Rep. Kim Hammer, R-Benton, and said…
by - April 26, 2017 8:48 pm
Changes sought by the state of Arkansas to the Arkansas Works program would reduce enrollment by more than 60,000 individuals and reduce the state’s costs by between $67 million and…
by - April 26, 2017 11:33 am
On April 21, Ledell Lee’s execution began at 11:44 p.m. when the first drops of the sedative medazolam entered his veins. It ended 12 minutes later, four minutes before midnight….
by - April 25, 2017 7:12 pm
The state Legislature will meet May 1 to adjourn its regular biennial session and then enter into a three-day special session to pass health care legislation and make technical corrections…
by - April 24, 2017 7:43 am
After 53% of Arkansas voters approved the state’s Medical Marijuana Amendment in November, legislators passed 24 laws that changed it. But none severely restricted the availability of the drug, said…
by - April 21, 2017 12:53 pm
The United States can only become a healthy nation if it first becomes an equitable one regarding opportunities for healthy living, a former surgeon general under Presidents Bill Clinton and…
by - April 17, 2017 8:02 pm
At a town hall attended by at least 700 individuals Monday, U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said he told Gov. Asa Hutchinson earlier in the day that he supports the…
by - April 12, 2017 2:54 pm
Medical marijuana will be available to Arkansas patients around January 2018, predicts the Department of Finance and Administration. The timeline is based in part on the process spelled out by…
by - April 11, 2017 5:55 pm
Since 1973, 157 individuals occupying death rows across the country have been exonerated and set free, and that doesn’t include Arkansas’ most famous former Death Row inmate, Damien Echols. The…
by - April 7, 2017 4:17 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson issued his third and fourth vetoes of this year’s legislative session Thursday, including one regarding “unlawful mass picketing” in public places. Hutchinson vetoed Senate Bill 550 by…
by - April 7, 2017 4:03 pm
The U.S. Senate on Friday (April 7) confirmed Federal Judge Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump’s nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, 54-45, after Republicans voted to end the 60-vote filibuster….
by - April 6, 2017 12:02 pm
Editor’s note: Story updated with several changes and additions. ––––––––––––––––– U.S. District Judge D. Price Marshall on Thursday (April 6) granted an execution injunction request for Arkansas death row inmate…
by - April 5, 2017 3:37 pm
The Arkansas State Parole Board recommended Gov. Asa Hutchinson grant clemency Wednesday for one of the eight men sentenced to be executed later this month. KATV reported that board members…
by - April 3, 2017 6:45 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said he is reviewing the cases of each of the eight men the state plans to execute over 11 days from April 17-27 and said he doesn’t…
