by - April 21, 2016 7:09 am
The Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine now under construction at Chaffee Crossing has been approved by a national accrediting body to be able to recruit students for its first class…
by - April 20, 2016 3:59 pm
Editor’s note: Story updated with changes and additions throughout. –––––––––––––– One week after convening the fiscal session of the 90th General Assembly, the Arkansas Senate on Wednesday (April 20) approved…
by - April 20, 2016 8:09 am
Editor’s note: Each Wednesday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Health Beat,” a round-up of health-related topics. ––––––––––––––– UNITED HEALTHCARE TO QUIT OBAMACARE BY 2017, WILL LEAVE ARKANSAS IN 2016 The…
by - April 19, 2016 4:26 pm
An amendment that would change the law creating Arkansas Works so that it would end at the end of this year, rather than the end of 2021, passed the Joint…
by - April 19, 2016 11:12 am
Sen. Alan Clark, R-Lonsdale, an opponent of Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s Arkansas Works program, proposed what he is calling a compromise Tuesday where beneficiaries would go on traditional Medicaid rather than…
by - April 19, 2016 11:04 am
A supporter of Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s Arkansas Works program offered a new amendment that he said would better survive legal scrutiny and make it easier for Democrats to come on…
by - April 17, 2016 8:43 am
The circuitous route to fund Arkansas Works being pushed by Gov. Asa Hutchinson and allies is taking the legislature into unchartered territory, many of those lawmakers agree. The governor is…
by - April 15, 2016 4:14 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson is confident he will gain enough support to use a line-item veto strategy to fund his Arkansas Works program. Hutchinson spoke to reporters in his office on…
by - April 14, 2016 1:56 pm
Editor’s note: Each Wednesday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Health Beat,” a round-up of health-related topics. ––––––––––––––– U.S. HEALTHCARE SPENDING UP 4.8% OVER A YEAR AGO National health spending in…
by - April 14, 2016 1:53 pm
The federally-funded Arkansas PROMISE project has enrolled 2,000 teens with disabilities, more than two weeks ahead of the deadline and less than eight months after enrollment began in September 2014….
by - April 14, 2016 12:52 pm
After a day of legal and constitutional maneuvering, funding for Arkansas Works and the Department of Human Services’ Medical Services Division remained as uncertain in the end as it was…
by - April 13, 2016 5:50 pm
The appropriations bill for funding Arkansas Works and other Medicaid programs passed the Legislature’s Joint Budget Committee Wednesday (April 13) and now moves into consideration by the full Senate Thursday….
by - April 12, 2016 9:04 pm
The Springdale Facilities Board is going to bat for Arkansas Children’s Hospital to help finance up to $85 million of the $165 million expected construction costs for the large project….
by - April 12, 2016 3:29 pm
Failure to pass his Arkansas Works program could lead to the cancellation of a planned special session for highways, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said in a press conference Tuesday (April 12)….
by - April 11, 2016 4:21 pm
The state would increase spending in the foster care system less than anticipated, spend $54.2 million more for the Department of Human Services, and spend $7.3 million less than last…
by - April 10, 2016 8:58 am
The Arkansas State Senate Majority Leader said he expects to reach the 75% threshold for funding the governor’s Arkansas Works plan passed last week in a special session, and he…
by - April 8, 2016 10:30 am
Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed his Arkansas Works bill into law Friday. Now he just has to find five votes in the House and two votes in the Senate to fund…
by - April 7, 2016 10:41 am
Legislators in both the House and the Senate voted to advance Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s Arkansas Works legislation Thursday, though the margins were not big enough to guarantee passage in a…
by - April 7, 2016 9:28 am
Scientists at the Arkansas Children’s Hospital Research Institute (ACHRI) and the Arkansas Children’s Nutrition Center (ACNC) will use a $1.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study…
by - April 6, 2016 7:43 pm
The House and Senate Insurance and Commerce Committees separately approved bills creating Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s Arkansas Works legislation Wednesday, giving the full chambers the chance to vote on the legislation…
