by - January 9, 2019 10:46 pm
The newly reconfigured state Medical Marijuana Board on Wednesday (Jan. 9) approved a recommendation to award licenses for 32 medical marijuana dispensary locations across Arkansas during an unruly meeting where…
by - January 9, 2019 5:56 pm
Board members of the Western Arkansas Intermodal Authority renewed the WAIA’s commitment to fighting for the transportation improvement needs of the Sebastian-Crawford counties area at its regular board meeting Wednesday…
by - January 9, 2019 1:17 am
A new report by Seattle-based Zillow says the effects of the federal government shutdown on the housing market are wide-ranging and personal – putting thousands of unpaid workers nearly $438…
by - January 8, 2019 8:55 pm
President Donald Trump used the powerful setting of the Oval Office to deliver his first primetime TV address calling on members of Congress – particularly Democrats – to fund a…
by - January 8, 2019 7:44 pm
Governor’s aide and former GOP lawmaker Duncan Baird has been selected to lead the Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System (APERS), according to the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration and…
by - January 8, 2019 6:10 pm
China customs has announced it will allow imports of U.S. rice and industry leaders are waiting for the first orders. The move is part of the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Protocol…
by - January 8, 2019 6:01 pm
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has extended the deadline for agricultural producers to apply for payments under the Market Facilitation Program as provided by the trade mitigation program administered…
by - January 8, 2019 5:55 pm
Arkansas’ hospitals had an annual economic impact of $11.54 billion in 2017 and employed 45,800 people, according to a report distributed by the Arkansas Hospital Association on Tuesday (Jan. 8)….
by - January 8, 2019 3:39 pm
The Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC) has named Mitch Chandler as Director of Executive Communications. Chandler previously worked at the agency, serving as communications director from November 2003 to February…
by - January 8, 2019 3:32 pm
Gulfside Casino Partnership announced Tuesday (Jan. 8) it will establish the Pope County Education Foundation if granted a license in the state. The Arkansas-based nonprofit would be funded by tax-deductible…
by - January 7, 2019 2:33 pm
The Arkansas Insurance Department (AID) approved two licenses for pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs), under the guise of a new law passed in a 2018 special session. AID Commissioner Allen Kerr…
by - January 4, 2019 5:34 pm
When I was administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, I never dreamed I would be governor with the responsibility of implementing the dispensing of medical marijuana. But the voters approved…
by - January 4, 2019 5:26 pm
Hundreds crowded into the Judge Isaac C. Parker Federal Building to witness former State Rep. George McGill, D-Fort Smith, be sworn in as the first African-American mayor in Fort Smith’s…
by - January 4, 2019 5:18 pm
Centene Corporation has agreed to buy QualChoice Health Insurance. Terri Parker West, QualChoice Health Insurance communications & design manager, confirmed Friday (Jan. 4) that QualChoice’s parent company, Catholic Health Initiatives,…
by - January 3, 2019 5:59 pm
Key Fort Smith area news in 2018 included a change in ownership of one of the oldest hospitals in Arkansas, the first Fort Smith Public School millage increase in 31…
by - January 3, 2019 3:36 pm
The Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education (DCCECE) has been awarded a $3.5 million grant from U.S. Department of Health and Human…
by - January 3, 2019 3:14 pm
Arkansas lawmakers will go into the upcoming legislative session with a $17 million surplus as Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s plan for a sizable tax cut to reduce the top personal income…
by - January 3, 2019 1:30 pm
Sometimes when I’m in Little Rock speaking with a legislator or stakeholder group about the need to upgrade Arkansas roads and bridges, I think about Rainbow Curve in Bentonville. More…
by - January 2, 2019 12:13 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday (Jan. 2) named businessman and political activist Keith Gibson to the Arkansas Highway Commission. He replaces Dick Trammel of Rogers whose 10-year term expires Jan….
by - January 1, 2019 1:18 pm
As the new year gets underway, many Arkansans will be among the millions of workers across the U.S. getting a wage hike as more than two dozen states implement changes…
