by - October 7, 2014 9:21 pm
Ross, Hutchinson Share Day One Plans At Debate
Republican Asa Hutchinson and Democrat Mike Ross squared off for nearly an hour in a statewide televised debate.
Author: Steve Brawner
by - October 3, 2014 2:40 pm
Ross Introduces Fair Pay For Women Plan
Mike Ross unveiled a “Fair Pay & Equal Opportunity Plan” Friday that he said was meant to correct disparities in pay between men and women. The plan would protect employees…
by - October 3, 2014 12:37 pm
State’s Insurance Marketplace Projected To Drop Two Percent
Rates for consumers on the Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace should be two percent lower in 2015 than they were in 2014, the Arkansas Insurance Department officially announced Friday. Last month,…
by - October 2, 2014 4:17 pm
Hot Springs Baseball Trail Gets Award
Hot Springs’ Historic Baseball Trail, a series of 28 historical markers throughout the city commemorating it as the Birthplace of Major League Baseball Spring Training, is being awarded the 2014…
by - October 1, 2014 9:29 pm
Legislators Talk Constitutional Convention Of States
Members of the state House and Senate State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committees heard testimony Wednesday regarding a movement to amend the U.S. Constitution through a method never before used…
by - September 25, 2014 3:52 pm
Group Pushing For Constitutional Convention To Testify In Arkansas
The national director of the Convention of States Project is scheduled to testify before the Arkansas Senate and House Committees on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Oct. 1 about a national effort to amend the Constitution to limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government.
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.
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…