by - July 3, 2018 2:45 pm
Arkansas ended fiscal year 2018 with a tidy surplus of nearly $42 million as moderate growth from sales tax collections and strong payroll additions to the state’s brimming labor force…
by - July 2, 2018 7:47 pm
The state Medical Marijuana Commission (AMMC) on Monday (July 2) approved a non-binding proposal to explore plans to hire an independent consultant to review and score over 200 dispensary applications…
by - July 2, 2018 12:53 pm
Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part series on Preferred Family Healthcare, the company at the center of Medicaid fraud and kickbacks to Arkansas legislators. Link here for…
by - July 1, 2018 7:09 pm
Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series on Preferred Family Healthcare, the company at the center of Medicaid fraud and kickbacks to Arkansas legislators. ––––––––––––––––– During the…
by - June 29, 2018 4:13 pm
Preferred Family Health, the Springfield, Mo.-based company at the center of recent fraud and bribery allegations and indictments among Arkansas legislators, has been temporarily suspended from the state’s Medicaid program…
by - June 28, 2018 5:35 pm
If Reverend Shaw Moore were a real person — and dead — he might soon be turning over in his grave at what one City Director has in mind for…
by - June 28, 2018 4:43 pm
Add Rep. Mickey Gates, R-Hot Springs, to the growing list of Arkansas legislators arrested, indicted or convicted of various crimes in recent months. Gates was arrested Thursday (June 28) for…
by - June 28, 2018 4:22 pm
While they may be more politically active and vocal on social media, Millennials and other generations below the age of 55 post low voter turnout numbers in Sebastian County. Of…
by - June 27, 2018 5:09 pm
Attorney General Leslie Rutledge is creating a Public Integrity Division composed of two staff members who will investigate corruption by elected officials, public employees and local officials, she announced Wednesday…
by - June 27, 2018 5:07 pm
Next Step Dayroom estimates it will need $400,000 to build or renovate a new location to relocate from its 6th Street facility in downtown Fort Smith. The 501(c)(3), which provides…
by - June 27, 2018 4:36 pm
The retirement of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy could open the door to revisiting the high court’s controversial Roe v. Wade abortion ruling, but President Donald Trump may have…
by - June 27, 2018 12:37 pm
In Arkansas, 5.9% of the state’s 12,864 bridges (765) are structurally deficient, according to a 2018 report by American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA). The ARTBA released the report…
by - June 27, 2018 6:03 am
The number of Arkansas children living in poverty fell by 28,000 from 2010 to 2016, as the latest Annie E. Casey Foundation KIDS COUNT Data Book reports. Meanwhile, the state…
by - June 26, 2018 10:23 pm
Despite opposition from most political and church leaders in the state, Oklahoma voters on Tuesday (June 26) approved the legalization of marijuana for medical use. If results are certified, Oklahoma…
by - June 26, 2018 9:30 pm
Fort Smith City Administrator Carl Geffken dismissed the existence of criminal activity in the city’s internal audit of the police department. The audit — still ongoing, which reportedly found procedural…
by - June 26, 2018 3:00 pm
Fort Smith city administration and officials participated in an “almost two-hour conference call” with state and federal officials on Monday (June 25) to discuss possible modifications to the estimated $480…
by - June 25, 2018 9:49 pm
Lisa Miller is the new principal of Southside High School, taking over for former principal and now Fort Smith mayoral candidate Wayne Haver. But unlike her predecessor, Miller doesn’t plan…
by - June 25, 2018 7:28 pm
Democratic Party of Arkansas chairman Rep. Michael John Gray, D-Augusta, believes state residents should know fully the impacts of President Donald Trump’s tariffs with China, the European Union and other…
by - June 24, 2018 3:56 pm
Federal, state and Fort Smith officials plan a conference call Monday (June 25) to discuss progress and possible modifications to the estimated $480 million federal consent decree. Fort Smith City…
by - June 24, 2018 9:59 am
Incoming Senate President Jim Hendren, R-Sulphur Springs, says he wants members to vote later this year to open up the Senate chamber and its committee meetings for live-streaming. “I’ve been…
