by - November 9, 2015 9:28 am
A Little Rock Republican announced Monday (Nov. 9) he will take on U.S. Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., in next year’s Republican primary. Democrat Conner Eldridge and Libertarian Frank Gilbert filed…
by - November 6, 2015 4:47 pm
Their success in life will define his success as governor and Arkansas’ success as a state, Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) told 13 graduates of The Exodus Project, a program that…
by - November 6, 2015 1:42 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Arkansas Economic Development Commission Director Mike Preston will travel to Japan and China on a business recruitment trip Nov. 15-24, Hutchinson announced Friday (Nov. 6) in…
by - November 5, 2015 8:15 pm
An automated telephone survey conducted Thursday (Nov. 5) asked if respondents would support former Lt. Gov. Bill Halter over incumbent U.S. Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., in the 2016 U.S. Senate…
by - November 4, 2015 8:30 pm
A form of telemedicine available in 49 other states is a good benefit for employees, said representatives of Walmart, J.B. Hunt, and America’s Car Mart. The Arkansas Medical Society and…
by - November 4, 2015 2:07 pm
U.S. Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., has a job approval-disapproval rating of 38-18%, while 44% didn’t know or refused to answer the question. Those numbers come from the latest Arkansas Poll…
by - November 4, 2015 1:52 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Wednesday (Nov. 4) that any state highway funding solution should be revenue neutral and that the formulas that pay for highways should be changed. He told…
by - November 3, 2015 9:13 am
Safety colors the impression members of Congress have of the trucking industry, which is one reason the industry is supportive of safety-related efforts, the American Trucking Associations president and CEO,…
by - November 2, 2015 5:48 pm
Arkansas should move to more need-based state scholarships instead of relying mostly on scholarships based on merit, a report by the Arkansas Department of Higher Education says. Speaking to the…
by - October 30, 2015 2:59 pm
A joint effort by Baptist Health and the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub has been formed to accelerate the development of up to 10 health care-related startup companies. The two entities…
by - October 29, 2015 1:45 pm
Four hospital providers, including Baptist Health and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield are creating a shared services organization to reduce duplication,…
by - October 29, 2015 12:18 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) has rethought two of his seven proposed changes to the Medicaid private option, proposed renaming it “Arkansas Works,” and supports a managed care system for high-cost…
by - October 27, 2015 5:06 am
Donald Trump will lose his zest for campaigning as it gets harder and drop out before Iowa, and Republicans eventually will nominate a presidential candidate who has previously held elective…
by - October 25, 2015 11:03 am
The Libertarian Party of Arkansas selected 23 candidates to run for office this weekend in a special nominating convention.
by - October 22, 2015 5:12 pm
A 3% charge on premiums would be enough to sustain a state-based health insurance exchange, which would be cheaper than one run by the federal government, legislators were told Thursday…
by - October 22, 2015 4:17 pm
The Governor’s Working Group on Highway Funding will offer five separate short-term highway funding proposals to Gov. Asa Hutchinson.
by - October 21, 2015 5:13 pm
Higher education should ditch credit hours in favor of measuring learning, and the federal government should combine three agencies into a Department of Talent, an author said at the Clinton…
by - October 20, 2015 6:52 pm
Many of the 42,891 Arkansas Medicaid and private option recipients whom a consultant says may live out of state have already been terminated from those programs, legislators were told Tuesday…
by - October 20, 2015 1:23 pm
Arkansas does not have a comprehensive plan for the state’s human development centers, but it needs one, a consultant told the Health Reform Legislative Task Force Tuesday. The task force…
by - October 19, 2015 7:29 pm
College students are paying more and going into more debt for a worse education, legislators were told Monday, while the president of the ASU System defended a college education as…
