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Beebe Says Votes Not There For Teacher Insurance Fix

From our content partner, KUAR FM-89 News: Gov. Mike Beebe (D) says he won’t call a special session of the legislature to address a 50 percent hike in public school…

Hearing To End Deseg Case Is Dec. 9, LRSD Offers To Settle

The state will begin a two-week trial Dec. 9 in U.S. District Judge Price Marshall’s court that Attorney General Dustin McDaniel hopes will “bring about a tangible end to the…

Lawmakers Anticipate Teacher Insurance Special Session

From David Goins with our content partner, KARK Ch. 4 News: Members of the Arkansas General Assembly say they believe enough support exists to allow Governor Mike Beebe to call…

ASU Gets $4 Million For Humanities & Social Sciences Building

Gov. Mike Beebe released an additional $4 million from the state General Improvement Fund toward construction of the Humanities and Social Sciences Building in the center of the Arkansas State…

Sen. Rapert: Consensus Brewing On Teacher Insurance Crisis

Senate Insurance committee chairman Jason Rapert (R-Conway) says he sees lawmakers coming to agreement on short-term and long-term solutions to solve the public school employee insurance crisis and he hopes…

St. Louis Fed Chair To Speak At Walton College Conference

The UA Walton College Center for Business and Economic Research announced that James Bullard, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, will speak at its Quarterly Business Analysis…

Four Named For State’s Business Hall Of Fame

The University of Arkansas Walton College of Business announced four inductees into the 2014 Arkansas Business Hall of Fame. James H. Faulkner of Little Rock, who established Faulkner and Associates…

Legislative Memo Outlines Public School Employee Insurance Changes

Last week, House Speaker Davy Carter (R-Cabot) and Senate President Michael Lamoureux (R-Russellville) charged the heads of the legislative education and insurance committees to come up with a framework for…

UA Receives $32 Million Grant To Study SSI Recipients

The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville will use a $32 million PROMISE grant from the U.S. Department of Education to research improving education and career outcomes for Arkansas teenagers with…

Education Commissioner: School Furloughs Not Expected In Arkansas

Unless the federal government shutdown lasts for months, the state Department of Education and Arkansas schools should be spared having to furlough any employees. “We will not have to furlough…

Education Chair, School Administrators Chief Discuss Insurance Crisis

The chairman of the House Education Committee and the head of the state’s school administrators say that ongoing discussions are winnowing choices for how to handle a crisis in the…

Broadband Conference Assessing State’s Internet Future

State business, education and policy leaders are meeting at the Marriott Hotel in Little Rock to discuss strategies for deploying more broadband throughout Arkansas. The Connecting Arkansas Internet Conference, spearheaded…

Teacher Insurance: A Consensus That There Is No Consensus

Lawmakers and public school stakeholders have been holding non-stop meetings all week in an effort to find a solution to a $58 million teacher health insurance deficit.

McLarty Becomes Harding University’s Fifth President

It was a big deal – and a rare event – when Dr. Bruce McLarty, 56, was inaugurated as Harding University’s president Friday. The Searcy-based school has had only four…

Blake Rutherford: The Collegiate Football Experience

Editor’s note: Blake Rutherford, the author of this guest commentary, is a vice-president with Little Rock-based The McLarty Companies. When I set foot on the Middlebury College campus in the…

Gov. Beebe, Teachers Meet In Closed-door Talks On Insurance Crisis

Gov. Mike Beebe (D) met with representatives of the state’s teaching ranks on Tuesday (Sept. 24) and from all indications, progress may have been made on how to resolve a…

UA Receives Money For Maritime Transportation Research

The University of Arkansas (UA) in Fayetteville will receive $1.4 million in Department of Transportation funding to create a Maritime Transportation Research and Education Center (MarTREC). The center will expand…

Teacher Insurance Sign-up Delayed One Month

Gov. Mike Beebe on Monday (Sept. 23) gave public school employees at least a one-month reprieve from insurance premiums that are set to rise at or above 50% for many…

Fewer Enrolled In Arkansas Colleges

Fewer students are enrolled in Arkansas colleges and universities this fall than last. Arkansas Tech University and John Brown University saw the biggest percentage gains, while Philander Smith College and…

Magazine: Talk Business Arkansas September/October

Meet the new CEOs of Murphy Oil and Murphy USA, learn where the business of big-time college sports is headed, and go behind-the-scenes in the U.S. Senate race.