by - January 17, 2017 8:44 pm
Legislators filed four bills Tuesday that would give advanced practice registered nurses in Arkansas more authority to serve as primary care providers. The bills were discussed in a press conference…
by - January 17, 2017 5:52 pm
The Arkansas House of Representatives passed two bills changing the state’s medical marijuana amendment Tuesday, including narrowly passing one change the bills’ sponsor said was necessary to ensure physicians would…
by - January 17, 2017 2:30 pm
A bill requiring what formerly was the food stamp program to be used only for nutritious foods advanced through the House Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee Tuesday, as did…
by - January 16, 2017 4:56 pm
The state can’t use asset tests to determine if beneficiaries are eligible for Arkansas Works based on their assets, so instead the Department of Human Services will pilot a program…
by - January 16, 2017 10:58 am
Arkansas’ four members of the House of Representatives voted with their Republican majority Friday for a 2017 budget resolution that paves the way for the repeal of the Affordable Care…
by - January 12, 2017 8:29 pm
The number of Arkansans involved in the state’s private option medical insurance program – now known as Arkansas Works – fell in December for the first time in 2016. The…
by - January 12, 2017 2:49 pm
In a marathon session, the U.S. Senate rejected 19 health care-related pieces of legislation Wednesday and Thursday, culminating in a budget resolution that sets the stage for repealing Obamacare. Now…
by - January 11, 2017 7:48 pm
The Department of Human Services has virtually erased a backlog of Medicaid eligibility cases that had reached 140,000 people earlier this year, Director Cindy Gillespie said in a letter sent…
by - January 11, 2017 6:54 pm
The Arkansas House of Representatives voted Wednesday to change its rules and give future speakers of the House the power to appoint committees. The rules change also would allow House…
by - January 11, 2017 6:31 pm
The first two pieces of legislation related to the state’s newly passed Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment passed the House Rules Committee Wednesday (Jan. 11), including one extending the time for…
by - January 10, 2017 4:58 pm
The speaker of the House would appoint committee members under a resolution passed Tuesday (Jan. 10) by the House Rules Committee, while legislators for the first time would be able…
by - January 10, 2017 2:49 pm
Two legislators said they will not offer competing tax cut proposals after Gov. Asa Hutchinson called in his State of the State speech Tuesday for the creation of a Blue…
by - January 9, 2017 3:54 pm
The Arkansas House of Representatives formally re-elected Speaker Jeremy Gillam, R-Judsonia, 99-0, with him being the only one to abstain, to another term as House speaker Monday, and Gillam then…
by - January 8, 2017 1:29 pm
In 2015, legislators considered 2,063 bills and passed 1,289 of them into law. On January 9, they return to Little Rock. So far, more than 100 bills had been prefiled…
by - January 6, 2017 11:23 am
Stanley Russ, who served as an Arkansas state senator from Conway for a quarter century, died Thursday (Jan. 5) at the age of 86 after being diagnosed with acute myeloid…
by - January 5, 2017 5:45 pm
Arkansas high schools will be the first in the nation to receive 500 Oculus Rift virtual reality systems as part of an initiative by Facebook. Under the Arkansas & Facebook…
by - January 4, 2017 7:42 pm
A group that supports increased highway funding released survey findings Wednesday (Jan. 4) showing almost two-thirds of likely 2018 voters favor making permanent the current half-cent sales tax for highway…
by - January 3, 2017 2:43 pm
House Republicans reversed course Tuesday on a controversial rules change that would have replaced the independent Office of Congressional Ethics with a new office under the oversight of the House…
by - December 20, 2016 7:48 pm
The state initially will grant licenses to five marijuana cultivation facilities, one for each of its five public health regions, the newly formed Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission decided Tuesday. The…
by - December 20, 2016 3:11 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday (Dec. 20) outlined 18 priorities for the upcoming legislative session, 16 of them centered around economic development, education, and government efficiency, along with another separating…
