by - May 14, 2016 9:41 am
The call for the May 19 special session is expected to come “some time after lunch on Monday” and will contain “anywhere between five and 15” items, Speaker of the…
by - May 13, 2016 1:48 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Friday that schools should disregard a “significant guidance” by the Obama administration warning schools that they must allow transgender students to use restrooms and locker rooms…
by - May 12, 2016 6:48 pm
A ruling Thursday by a federal district judge invalidating funding for part of the Affordable Care Act won’t affect Arkansas’ health insurance markets yet because the judge stayed her own…
by - May 12, 2016 12:38 pm
Unity Health, a Searcy-based health system, announced Thursday (May 12) that it is the first medical provider in Arkansas to join the Mayo Clinic Care Network. The arrangement means Unity…
by - May 11, 2016 8:43 am
In the last two election cycles, one political party in Arkansas has fielded a full slate of candidates to challenge the Republicans for state and federal offices, and it’s not…
by - May 10, 2016 4:11 pm
At least three legislative proposals are being floated for a highways-focused special session planned for May 19, but on Tuesday the speaker of the House and Senate President pro tempore…
by - May 10, 2016 1:03 pm
Members of the media will not be allowed to cover the speech by media personality Tucker Carlson at the GOP Reagan-Rockefeller Dinner at the Hot Springs Convention Center Friday, at…
by - May 9, 2016 5:58 pm
Cindy Gillespie heads the Arkansas Department of Human Services, a sprawling agency in charge of traditional Medicaid; Arkansas Works; and the state’s 4,900 foster children, among other areas. The Georgia…
by - May 9, 2016 2:56 pm
Arkansas House Speaker Jeremy Gillam, R-Judsonia, was re-elected by unanimous voice vote Monday as the Legislature adjourned sine die, meaning this year’s fiscal session is over. Gillam, 39, was re-elected…
by - May 5, 2016 8:13 pm
With the Revenue Stabilization Act that funds much of state government on his desk, Gov. Asa Hutchinson Thursday was looking ahead to a special session focused on highways that he…
by - May 4, 2016 4:12 pm
The fiscal session moved toward its conclusion Wednesday (May 4) with the passage in the House and Senate of the Revenue Stabilization Act, the funding mechanism that governs how all…
by - May 4, 2016 8:40 am
The governor’s chief of staff is one of the most important positions in state government, and Gov. Asa Hutchinson is looking for a new one. On Monday, Michael Lamoureux, announced…
by - May 3, 2016 4:11 pm
The chairman of the state Republican Party said Arkansas should “take advantage of” federal money for health care as long as it’s offered and predicted that Donald Trump would win…
by - May 2, 2016 11:55 am
Michael Lamoureux, Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s chief of staff, is leaving his post at the end of May, the governor’s office announced Monday (May 2). In a press release from Hutchinson’s…
by - April 27, 2016 12:57 pm
Education Commissioner Johnny Key made headlines last year when he hired Baker Kurrus as superintendent of the state-run Little Rock School District. Neither are educators by profession. Recently, he made…
by - April 27, 2016 12:47 pm
3-D visual simulations of the 30 Crossing project show the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department’s six-lane option creates much smoother traffic flow than an eight-lane alternative. The department displayed the…
by - April 26, 2016 7:50 pm
A bill to purchase a new online campaign filing system was filed Tuesday and is expected to run in the Legislature’s Joint Budget Committee Wednesday. HB 1138 by Rep. Jana…
by - April 26, 2016 3:02 pm
An attempt failed in the Senate Tuesday to override Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s line item veto of a section of a law that would have ended his Arkansas Works program this…
by - April 25, 2016 4:02 pm
Nine percent of Arkansas children have had a parent in jail or prison during their childhood, says a new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The newly released report,…
by - April 24, 2016 5:57 pm
America’s first whistleblower law was passed July 30, 1778. Michael McCray, a Pine Bluff native who worked in President Bill Clinton’s Department of Agriculture, said it didn’t protect him. McCray…
