by - April 16, 2013 1:42 pm
Just an hour after approving the controversial funding bill for the “private option” health care reform measure, four tax cut bills and funding for the Big River Steel mill superproject…
by - April 16, 2013 11:17 am
Former Congressman Mike Ross will formally announce his campaign to seek the Democratic nomination for governor of Arkansas on Wednesday, as Talk Business has previously reported. On Tuesday, Ross released…
by - April 16, 2013 11:12 am
Congressman Tim Griffin sent a letter to Rex Tillerson, chairman and CEO of ExxonMobil Corp., urging Exxon to support the Central Arkansas Water (CAW) utility’s request to relocate a section…
by - April 16, 2013 9:59 am
A lot can happen overnight at the state legislature. After a Monday afternoon failure to approve the funding bill for the “private option” plan, House members cleared the measure with…
by - April 16, 2013 9:04 am
The Senate Education Committee, meeting for what it hoped was the final time this session Monday, gave what amounts to a go-ahead for a bill that would increase per pupil…
by - April 16, 2013 7:09 am
Gov. Mike Beebe on Tuesday will sign a comprehensive bill changing the way Arkansas allows public school students to transfer to other districts without changing their residency, according to his…
by - April 15, 2013 1:46 pm
HB 1219, the appropriation bill for the “private option” enabling legislation, failed its first test 69-28 with one abstention. The bill needed 75 votes for passage. House Speaker Davy Carter…
by - April 14, 2013 10:27 pm
Attorney General Dustin McDaniel (D) says he and his staff are still combing through the more than 12,000 pages of documents provided by ExxonMobil in the wake of the oil…
by - April 14, 2013 4:45 pm
This session, state lawmakers have been pushing for Medicaid reforms to the existing program while simultaneously pursuing the “private option” health insurance model, which could come to a vote on…
by - April 14, 2013 8:58 am
House Speaker Davy Carter said he’s confident that the supermajority of 75 votes will be achieved in order to pass funding for the “private option” health insurance program.
by - April 13, 2013 8:40 am
For our weekend business and political readers: POPULAR TV SHOW A MAGNET FOR BUSINESS The sixth season of AMC’s “Mad Men” premiered last Sunday, and along with it cash registers…
by - April 12, 2013 12:02 pm
House Speaker Davy Carter (R-Cabot) issued the following statement around noon on Friday: “After numerous conversations with members and careful consideration, House leadership has decided it is in the best…
by - April 12, 2013 10:09 am
GOP Congressmen Tim Griffin and Rick Crawford have both injected themselves in the Arkansas legislature’s debate on the “private option.”
by - April 11, 2013 3:15 pm
The Arkansas House of Representatives comfortably passed a bill that spells out the framework for a “private option” health insurance plan that would use Medicaid expansion funds to subsidize private…
by - April 11, 2013 9:01 am
The famed Blue Hog Report blog appears poised for resurrection. The blog, once guided by liberal blogger Matt Campbell, is promoting the date “5.1.13” on its home page. Campbell tells…
by - April 10, 2013 10:43 pm
Attorney General Dustin McDaniel (D) got what he asked for – and then some – from ExxonMobil in the wake of a major pipeline oil spill that occurred near Mayflower…
by - April 10, 2013 10:29 pm
A Joint committee of the legislature referred two more proposed constitutional amendments for potential voter consideration and failed a measure previously expected to easily garner committee support.
by - April 10, 2013 6:18 pm
State Sen. Jake Files (R-Fort Smith) says that the “private option” debate in the House will dictate which road a tax cut package may move. Files, who appeared on Talk…
by - April 10, 2013 6:13 pm
Electronic games of skill wagers at Oaklawn and Southland continued their hot streak in March as the two casino-style venues set record highs for the second consecutive month. The latest…
by - April 10, 2013 1:44 pm
Former Third District Congressman Asa Hutchinson, who has previously said he would seek the GOP nomination for Governor in 2014, made it official today via Twitter. He also reported raising…
