by - January 24, 2017 6:07 pm
Arkansas lawmakers on Tuesday rejected legislation on the House floor to create a state-run Earned Income Tax Credit program, clearing the way for Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s larger $50.5 million tax…
by - January 24, 2017 5:31 pm
A bill allowing parents in a crisis to use a private placement agency to find caregivers for their children will be considered Wednesday by the House Aging, Children and Youth,…
by - January 24, 2017 4:40 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors took issue with two proposals from city officials at the Tuesday (Jan. 24) study session. The first was a recommendation the Board transfer 30…
by - January 24, 2017 3:31 pm
A new “productivity-based” funding formula for the state’s higher education institutions, a priority of Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s, passed the House Education Committee Tuesday (Jan. 24). Under House Bill 1209 by…
by - January 24, 2017 11:57 am
Overpayments recorded in Arkansas totaled $14.21 per Medicare participant in 2015, one of the highest levels in the United States, according to a report from the Council for Medicare Integrity….
by - January 23, 2017 9:14 pm
Sebastian County Circuit Court Judge Steve Tabor ruled on Monday (Jan. 23) against the Fort Smith School Board’s motion to dismiss pending litigation charging it violated Freedom of Information (FOI)…
by - January 23, 2017 8:56 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed the first two medical marijuana bills into law Monday. House Bill 1026 by Rep. Doug House, R-North Little Rock, extends the deadline for rule making from…
by - January 23, 2017 6:33 pm
Rep. Jimmy Gazaway, R-Paragould, has introduced a bill that would limit the public’s access to audio, photographs, and video recordings of any police officer killed in the line of duty….
by - January 23, 2017 5:19 pm
Two hotly-debated measures that have the governor’s stamp of approval were overwhelmingly approved Monday by the Arkansas House of Representatives during an abbreviated day of legislative meetings at the State…
by - January 23, 2017 4:37 pm
Fort Smith Development Services Director Wally Bailey has concerns over how zoning will be handled for the state’s in-development medical marijuana industry, he said during Monday’s (Jan. 23) meeting of…
by - January 23, 2017 4:17 pm
Fort Smith Mayor Sandy Sanders believes the Amazon-inspired “eFairness” bill (SB 140), filed on Jan. 18 by Sen. Jake Files, R-Fort Smith, could help the city meet police and fire…
by - January 22, 2017 7:21 pm
Forty-four years to the day after the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion, Gov. Asa Hutchinson told a couple of thousand marchers at the annual March for Life…
by - January 22, 2017 9:49 am
The chairman of the Senate Revenue and Tax Committee says he will file a bill to push for a sunset on all tax exemptions for the state of Arkansas. Appearing…
by - January 21, 2017 6:57 pm
Thousands marched in Little Rock Saturday (Jan. 21) to show solidarity with a simultaneous Women’s March on Washington along with marches across the globe. Galvanized by the election of President…
by - January 19, 2017 8:00 pm
The Arkansas House of Representatives on Thursday (Jan. 19) passed a bill that would redirect unused tobacco settlement funds to provide services to waiting individuals with developmental disabilities. House Bill…
by - January 19, 2017 7:40 pm
Officials with the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) have said their review of a drilling study of the C&H Hog Farms in the Buffalo River Watershed shows no sign…
by - January 19, 2017 5:28 pm
Two proposals that would offer up to $90 million in tax breaks to the state’s working poor were approved Thursday by a legislative panel, setting up a possible showdown on…
by - January 19, 2017 2:32 pm
A bill outlawing the most common second trimester abortion procedure passed the Arkansas House Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee Thursday (Jan. 19). A representative of the state chapter of…
by - January 19, 2017 1:33 pm
Supporters of legislation to use state tax incentives to lure military veterans to Arkansas plan to hold off introducing their proposals to House and Senate committees until next week to…
by - January 18, 2017 9:45 pm
Officials with the Fort Smith School District are watching the 2017 legislative session with uncertainty as rumblings from Little Rock have left some in fear of a minimum fund balance…
