by - February 26, 2013 8:51 pm
Sen. President Michael Lamoureux (R-Russellville) and House Speaker Davy Carter (R-Cabot) released a memo today disclosing that they have hired two economist groups to review the $1.1 billion steel mill…
by - February 26, 2013 8:38 pm
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius tells Arkansas lawmakers and Gov. Mike Beebe the word they want to hear: flexibility.
by - February 26, 2013 3:40 pm
Gov. Mike Beebe issued his first veto of the 89th General Assembly – a bill that would restrict abortions after 20 weeks. Beebe said HB 1037 by Rep. Andy Mayberry…
by - February 26, 2013 12:37 pm
Gov. Mike Beebe says he will be “much more careful” in leaving state government in the hands of Lt. Gov. Mark Darr. Beebe, a Democrat, expressed his dissatisfaction with Darr,…
by - February 26, 2013 11:43 am
House Speaker Davy Carter (R-Cabot) sprinted through three House committees this morning telling members that it was the “start of the third quarter.” He urged House members of the Judiciary,…
by - February 25, 2013 8:47 pm
An advocate for increased school choice and more charter schools ran into a skeptical audience today among members of the Arkansas Legislative Black Caucus. Luke Gordy, executive director of the…
by - February 25, 2013 6:35 pm
The Arkansas Senate on Monday passed identical bills creating a tiered award system for the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship, which is funded primarily through the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery. The proposal…
by - February 24, 2013 11:14 pm
In the 2014 Governor’s race, Republican Asa Hutchinson has an early lead over two potential Democratic rivals, Mike Ross and Bill Halter.
by - February 24, 2013 9:16 am
Gov. Mike Beebe (D) remains immensely popular with Arkansas voters who give his job performance a supermajority thumbs-up. The Arkansas legislature and U.S. Senator Mark Pryor (D) remain in positive territory, but with much closer job approval-disapproval margins.
by - February 23, 2013 7:36 pm
House Speaker Davy Carter (R-Cabot) seems ready to move beyond social issues and into budget matters in the current legislative session. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Carter appeared frustrated that…
by - February 23, 2013 12:16 pm
Attorney General Dustin McDaniel (D) announced that Arkansas, other states and the federal government have reached a settlement agreement with Healthpoint Ltd. to resolve allegations that the Texas-based pharmaceutical manufacturer…
by - February 22, 2013 12:27 pm
Lt. Gov. Mark Darr (R), who is acting Governor with Gov. Mike Beebe (D) out of state, signed SB 131 into law today. The bill becomes Act 145. The bill…
by - February 22, 2013 8:12 am
A new Talk Business-Hendrix College survey finds that support for a $125 million bond issue for the state’s first superproject is popular, and legislation to allow faculty members on college campuses to carry concealed handguns has a plurality of support.
by - February 21, 2013 5:59 pm
House Speaker Davy Carter (R-Cabot) says fellow legislators are seeking answers on federal Medicaid flexibility from Gov. Mike Beebe’s Friday afternoon meeting with U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen…
by - February 21, 2013 5:24 pm
The Arkansas legislature has received a letter of commitment from the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, which will trigger the next phase in the Amendment 82, the superproject law. AEDC officials…
by - February 21, 2013 2:41 pm
Arkansas has been awarded a $42 million State State Innovation Model grant by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to assist with its Payment Improvement Initiative efforts. The…
by - February 21, 2013 1:51 pm
Declaring it’s “time to prosper,” businessman and non-profit leader Curtis Coleman officially threw his hat in the ring for Arkansas Governor in 2014. Coleman, a Republican, addressed a crowded room…
by - February 21, 2013 9:57 am
Our latest Talk Business-Hendrix College survey shows popularity for a controversial abortion limitation measure and growing support for expanding the state’s Medicaid program.
by - February 20, 2013 9:09 pm
State Sen. Larry Teague (D-Nashville), co-chair of the Joint Budget Committee, says without Medicaid’s expansion he’s certain that rural Arkansas will lose jobs.
by - February 20, 2013 2:31 pm
Attorney General Dustin McDaniel said Wednesday (Feb. 20) that Arkansas and Oklahoma officials have agreed to conduct a comprehensive study of phosphorus concentrations in the Illinois River watershed as both…
