by - July 16, 2015 7:52 pm
The Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub will help KATV’s Daybreak with Science Week next week. According to Errin Dean, the Hub’s Director of Programs & Membership, Joel Gordon, the Launch Pad…
by - July 16, 2015 7:29 pm
Enrollees in the state’s private option visit the emergency room at five times the rate of the rest of the Blue Cross population and are less likely to use their…
by - July 16, 2015 7:24 pm
Arkansas Medicaid officials have sent notices of termination to 25,000 Medicaid beneficiaries, almost all of them recipients of the state’s private option, informing them that they are losing their eligibility because they did not respond to a request for income verification.
by - July 16, 2015 7:07 pm
The Arkansas Public Service Commission (PSC) has granted special status for Scenic Hill Solar LLC to intervene in Entergy Arkansas Inc.’s $167 million rate case “on the condition that it…
by - July 16, 2015 7:03 pm
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge said Thursday that her office has submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Arkansas’ proposed Regional Haze plan following rejection of the state’s…
by - July 16, 2015 7:00 pm
The attempt to bring major industry to a state can often start with a phone call or a knock on a door to show that a state is interested, Gov. Asa Hutchinson told a group of Craighead County attorneys Thursday. And, he had much more to say.
by - July 16, 2015 6:51 pm
The state’s two U.S. senators voted in the affirmative Thursday as lawmakers approved an education reauthorization bill. The bill, called the Every Child Achieves Act, was approved by an 81-17…
by - July 16, 2015 6:42 pm
A new scholarship program will help young women wishing to study science, technology and engineering and mathematics at Arkansas State University, officials said Thursday. The George and Helen Pratte Memorial…
by - July 16, 2015 6:34 pm
The $1.2 million Mercy Sleep Center in Fort Smith will open Monday (July 20) with six beds and a backlog of patients already around 400, said Chellie Smith, sleep services…
by - July 16, 2015 5:17 pm
Springdale-based Core Brewing and Distilling Co. plans to open on Friday (July 17) its first pub in Fort Smith. The location is 701 Rogers Ave. in downtown Fort Smith, just…
by - July 16, 2015 4:57 pm
Acquisition-hungry Home Bancshares Inc. kept its lucrative winning streak going during the second quarter as the Conway-based banking group reported its most profitable quarter in history on the bank’s strong…
by - July 16, 2015 1:15 pm
Acquisition-hungry Home Bancshares Inc. kept its lucrative winning streak going during the second quarter as the Conway-based banking group reported its most profitable quarter in history on the bank’s strong…
by - July 16, 2015 12:30 pm
Meat industry lobbyists succeeded in getting the county-of-origin labels for beef, pork and poultry repealed by the U.S. Congress, but it seems that consumers preferred them. A study by the…
by - July 16, 2015 11:14 am
Running an effective e-commerce operation like Amazon at a time when consumers expect more for less is a daunting task. Just ask e-commerce behemoth Alibaba who came into the U.S….
by - July 16, 2015 10:56 am
Foreclosures across the region, state and much of the nation are returning to their pre-crisis levels according to Irvine, Calif.-based RealtyTrac. The data marketing firm reports local foreclosures are down…
by - July 16, 2015 7:31 am
Arkansas should expand intensive home and community-based health services and develop a plan to reduce caseloads to address a rising foster care population and a high rate of child maltreatments….
by - July 16, 2015 6:11 am
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by - July 15, 2015 10:10 pm
Recapitalizing the Governor’s Quick Action Closing Fund, moving money into a rainy day fund and creating a state “jobs” program by directing money to short-term highway projects are just a few of the ideas for spending the state surplus.
by - July 15, 2015 10:02 pm
The Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub will host another MAKE event this month, Friday night, July 24 from 7-9 pm. This month’s MAKE event will show participants how to have fun…
by - July 15, 2015 8:22 pm
Arkansas pharmacists are reimbursed $3 less for dispensing generics than they are for brand-name drugs, creating a disincentive to sell them, Mark Riley, executive vice president of the Arkansas Pharmacists…
