by - December 4, 2016 5:34 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson will meet with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Director Sylvia Burwell Monday in Washington in hopes of securing a waiver for his Arkansas Works Medicaid…
by - December 2, 2016 10:00 pm
A 15-year-old had a surprise birthday party. He received an iPod, a Razorbacks hat and some other gifts. What he really wants is a family. The young man, Anthony, is…
by - December 2, 2016 1:29 pm
Arkansas’ state-supported higher education institutions spent more than $166 million on athletics in fiscal year 2016, a 7.4% increase from the year before, while athletic revenues from a variety of…
by - November 30, 2016 7:04 pm
More than 10,000 children were found to have been maltreated at home in fiscal year 2016, while 24% of the 35,493 maltreatment reports to the Arkansas Child Abuse Hotline were…
by - November 29, 2016 8:15 pm
The recent spike of Arkansas children in foster care is caused by many factors, including understaffed caseworkers who err on the side of requesting removing a child from their home…
by - November 28, 2016 7:56 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s administration will begin implementing some of the strategies recommended by a report by the Arkansas Policy Foundation that found at least $50 million in potential efficiencies, Hutchinson…
by - November 28, 2016 5:07 pm
The death of Fidel Castro represents a “moment that I believe needs to be seized,” Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Monday. Speaking to reporters, Hutchinson said the death Friday of Cuba’s…
by - November 22, 2016 4:13 pm
A second Democratic lawmaker has switched to the Republican Party since the Nov. 8 election, giving the GOP a 75% supermajority in the House of Representatives. Rep. David Hillman, R-Almyra,…
by - November 22, 2016 4:09 pm
House Education Committee members voted Tuesday to approve an adequacy report, already approved by their Senate counterparts, more than three weeks after its deadline. The adequacy report, which is required…
by - November 21, 2016 5:58 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Monday that he has not spoken to President-elect Donald Trump and doesn’t know when Trump will decide if two Arkansas elected officials will be part of…
by - November 21, 2016 9:38 am
The Republican Party of Arkansas now controls almost 39% of the state’s partisan elected offices after gaining 101 seats at the state legislative and county levels since the 2014 elections….
by - November 20, 2016 8:07 am
Bills proposed during the first week of pre-filing for next year’s legislative session included a package of 11 ethics and accountability bills filed by Democrats in the House and Senate,…
by - November 18, 2016 10:52 am
Arkansas Libertarians knew they weren’t going to win any big races this election cycle. But with two experienced governors on their presidential ticket and the major parties nominating polarizing candidates,…
by - November 16, 2016 8:09 pm
A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences professor says Arkansas’ high incarceration rate has a negative outcome on public health. Instead, the state should focus on increasing treatment offerings for…
by - November 16, 2016 2:46 pm
Attorney General Leslie Rutledge is in talks with President Trump’s transition team and is open to listening to offers for a position in his administration, her spokesman said today. Rutledge…
by - November 15, 2016 7:15 pm
The Arkansas Bar Association’s House of Delegates will consider a proposed constitutional amendment where state Supreme Court justices would be appointed rather than elected. The draft amendment would establish a…
by - November 15, 2016 6:14 pm
U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, who is generating national buzz as a potential Secretary of Defense, said Tuesday that President-elect Donald Trump has the authority to simply dispose of the Iranian…
by - November 14, 2016 6:18 pm
The state’s foster care system “truly is in a crisis” as the number of placed children has grown nearly 30% the past year – partly because a lack of experienced…
by - November 10, 2016 7:07 pm
Democrats will control only 26 of the 100 seats in the House of Representatives in the next legislative session, but they will have an 11-9 majority on one of the…
by - November 10, 2016 3:38 pm
A $70.5 million remodel of the Robinson Center culminated Thursday (Nov. 10), on time and on budget, in a ribbon-cutting ceremony on a stage that is 31 feet lower than…
