by - August 23, 2016 10:20 am
Gov. Asa Hutchinson is touting his computer coding initiative among his target audience: students. He began his “Governor’s Coding Tour” Monday with visits to Benton and Bryant and will visit…
by - August 22, 2016 11:36 am
Forests should be utilized to manage their growth and build the economy, said Congress’ only forester, U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Hot Springs. Speaking to the Innovate Arkansas Timber and Wood…
by - August 19, 2016 6:30 pm
The Democratic Party of Arkansas on Friday (Aug. 19) delivered a letter from its Rose Law Firm attorney demanding Secretary of State Mark Martin, R-Ark., provide more records in response…
by - August 19, 2016 5:14 pm
The Arkansas Insurance Department has required insurers to lower their original rate requests for individual plans, affecting individual buyers and those benefitting from the state’s private option. Eight days after…
by - August 16, 2016 12:41 pm
A rule allowing doctors and patients to establish a relationship using audiovisual technology was approved by a legislative subcommittee Tuesday (Aug. 16). But the rule still would not let some…
by - August 15, 2016 5:52 pm
The association representing nursing homes in July donated $250,000 to support a ballot initiative that would reduce medical verdicts and lawyers’ fees, bringing its total over three months to $580,000….
by - August 15, 2016 5:28 pm
The Secretary of State’s office has validated two additional candidates to run for president in Arkansas, while a political group has enough signatures but must find a candidate. The verified…
by - August 15, 2016 4:36 pm
The state had 4,791 children in foster care at the end of March, an increase from 4,592 at the end of the previous quarter. There were more foster care children…
by - August 14, 2016 12:07 pm
The Democratic Party of Arkansas (DPA) has retained the Rose Law Firm for a potential Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against Secretary of State Mark Martin’s office. Party officials also…
by - August 13, 2016 3:50 pm
More than 400 Democrats braved rainy weather Saturday morning to attend the opening of Hillary Clinton’s state headquarters. The headquarters will be staffed by three people and led by state…
by - August 13, 2016 3:42 pm
The group opposing a ballot initiative to limit attorneys’ fees and to allow the Legislature to cap noneconomic damages reported raising $420,430 in July from 18 lawyers and law firms….
by - August 11, 2016 10:51 am
Fifty-three leaders from eight states, including nine from Arkansas, graduated from the Delta Leadership Institute Executive Academy, a year-long leadership program that prepares them to address issues in the Mississippi…
by - August 9, 2016 8:00 pm
The number of individuals who qualify for the state’s Arkansas Works program cannot be capped under federal law, Attorney General Leslie Rutledge wrote in an opinion released Monday. Rutledge was…
by - August 9, 2016 7:02 pm
A software engineering company with an office in North Little Rock is expanding from four to 45 employees over the next five years, its leadership and Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced…
by - August 9, 2016 7:36 am
U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Hot Springs, said Donald Trump would appoint conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices and support House Republicans’ “A Better Way” program, which is why he’s supporting him….
by - August 8, 2016 4:36 pm
The Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation is joining with the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce in opposing two medical marijuana initiatives that are likely to be on the ballot this November….
by - August 5, 2016 4:51 pm
A proposed constitutional amendment that would allow the Legislature to set limits on non-economic damages and would limit attorneys’ fees has collected enough signatures to qualify for the ballot. In…
by - August 5, 2016 11:07 am
Legal immigrants make up 4.8% of Arkansas’ population but compose 6.6% of its entrepreneurs and earned $3.2 billion in income in 2014, according to a newly released study by the…
by - August 4, 2016 8:44 am
Arkansas is one of 16 states where physician practices will participate in a Medicare payment model reimbursing physicians for providing comprehensive, coordinated patient care. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid…
by - August 2, 2016 2:42 pm
U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton said Tuesday that Donald Trump should apologize to the family of a slain Muslim American Army captain along with other families who have lost loved ones…
