by - September 23, 2014 7:44 pm
State, Next Governor Need Workforce Plan, Say Speakers
A daylong workforce summit sponsored by the Arkansas Chamber of Commerce put a spotlight on problems and solutions facing industry, education and government.
Author: Steve Brawner
by - September 22, 2014 12:29 pm
UALR Gets Free Radio Frequency Software
UALR’s Department of Systems Engineering will receive license-free radio frequency (RF) planning and optimization software and training from CelPlan Technologies under an academic agreement currently offered to no other university…
by - September 19, 2014 9:27 pm
Hutchinson, Ross Square Off In First TV Debate
Friday night, Democrat Mike Ross and Republican Asa Hutchinson – the two major party candidates for Arkansas Governor – battled for an hour on statewide television.
by - September 17, 2014 7:57 pm
Catholic Health Promotes Banko, Will Stay At St. Vincent
Peter Banko, president and CEO of CHI St. Vincent in Little Rock, has been named Catholic Heath Initiatives’ senior vice president and group executive officer of the east/southeast division and…
by - September 16, 2014 10:08 pm
Jacksonville Votes 95% To Form Own School District
After decades of reducing its number of school districts, Arkansas gained one on Tuesday as 95% of voters in Jacksonville and north Pulaski County voted to split from the Pulaski…
by - September 16, 2014 9:49 am
No Push For School Election Turnout, Walton-funded Group Says
The education reform group Arkansas Learns spent $100,000 on radio and newspaper ads, online messaging, and automated telephone calls in 2013 to try to increase voter turnout in school elections….
by - September 10, 2014 8:20 pm
Campaigns See More Tug-Of-War Than Knockout Punches
Presidential campaigns are more like a tug-of-war than a boxing match. Instead of a knockout blow, the two parties come to a relative stalemate trying to move a stable electorate….
by - September 9, 2014 7:09 pm
Private Coalition Helping Publicize Private Option
Arkansans for Coverage, a new coalition of health and human services organizations, announced Tuesday that it will help Arkansans learn about their health care options and enroll in coverage using…
by - September 4, 2014 6:48 pm
UALR Gets Grant For Supercomputer
UALR will purchase supercomputing data storage technology 10 times larger than its current latest system using a $291,908 grant from the National Science Foundation, the university reported today in a…
by - September 4, 2014 4:55 pm
Independent Still Trying To Get On Ballot In LG Race
Two months before the election, independent Mark Moore is suing to get on the ballot in the lieutenant governor’s race. Moore filed a lawsuit earlier this year in U.S. District…
by - August 26, 2014 11:04 pm
Costs, Benefits Of Merging State And School Health Plans Considered
There are no legal issues standing in the way of combining the public school employee and state employee health programs, but there would be financial issues to work out. That…
by - August 26, 2014 7:12 pm
State Insurance Premiums To Drop By Two Percent
Insurance premiums sold through the Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace, the state exchange created as a result of the Affordable Care Act, are projected to decrease by a net of 2%…
by - August 25, 2014 9:20 pm
Sen. Sanders: Lower Rate Filings Evidence Of Private Option’s Worth
The lower than expected 2015 insurance rate filings inadvertently published on the Arkansas Insurance Department’s Rate Review Division website provide evidence that the private option is working, one of the…
by - August 21, 2014 11:19 am
Beebe: No Concern Veto Could Land Him In Trouble Like Perry
Gov. Mike Beebe said Wednesday that the indictment of Texas Gov. Rick Perry stemming from his veto of funding for a public corruption unit does not make him worry that…
by - August 19, 2014 3:25 pm
UALR Professor Licenses Water Purifying Technology
A technology invented by a UALR professor has been licensed by a worldwide leader in water purification with the help of the university’s TechLaunch technology transfer office. Dr. Tito Viswanathan,…
by - August 18, 2014 2:45 pm
Teacher Of The Year: Make Teachers Leaders
The formula for keeping and attracting good teachers is simple: Let them be leaders. That’s the message of Jonathan Crossley, Arkansas’ Teacher of the Year. Crossley, 26, teaches 11th and…
by - August 16, 2014 3:30 pm
Sen. Dismang: Private Option May Have Cut Disability Applications
Adult applications in Arkansas for a type of Social Security Supplemental Security Income disability program have fallen 13% in the past year, according to Sen. Jonathan Dismang, R-Searcy, the incoming…
by - August 15, 2014 5:03 pm
Bill Clinton: Networks Will Dominate This Century
The concept of networking “is going to dominate the 21st century,” former President Bill Clinton told attendees at the opening of the Southern Governors’ Association’s annual meeting, which is being held in Little Rock this weekend.
by - August 12, 2014 7:11 pm
Legislators Told Details Of School Broadband Fix
Arkansas should be able to expand broadband access to all public schools without extra state funding because it’s currently wasting too much money on outdated technology and is not effectively…
by - August 11, 2014 4:59 pm
Experts: Broadband Can Reach Schools With Existing Funds
Arkansas should be able to connect all of its schools to high-speed fiber optics broadband networks within a few years using $15 million it already spends.