by - June 11, 2015 4:09 pm
Sarah Whites-Koditschek with our content partner, KUAR FM 89.1 News, reports: The Arkansas State Board of Education voted 7-1 Thursday against allowing a state contract with the ACT and in…
by - June 11, 2015 4:01 pm
Arkansas Term Limits is submitting a ballot measure to the attorney general’s office that will restore the previous restrictions, plus add an overall limit of 10 years of service. Co-Chairs…
by - June 11, 2015 2:57 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Thursday he has spent considerable time studying concerns expressed by lawmakers on ways to improve and review a growing list of “high-risk” state contracts within the…
by - June 11, 2015 2:49 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Thursday named two members of his staff to new posts in his administration. Elizabeth Smith, who worked as the chief legal counsel to Hutchinson, was named…
by - June 11, 2015 2:47 pm
The Working Group on Highway Funding will have its first meeting June 24, and Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s former budget director, Duncan Baird, will serve as chairman. Hutchinson made both of…
by - June 11, 2015 12:18 pm
Gov. Hutchinson and a large delegation of state economic development and business officials will be leaving next week for the Paris Air Show, hoping to make new aerospace industry contacts and bring back new jobs prospects from the world’s oldest and largest air show.
by - June 11, 2015 10:35 am
Members of a legislative task force looking at health reforms in Arkansas took a detour down a philosophical road regarding contract management at the Department of Human Services in a…
by - June 11, 2015 10:09 am
The Batesville Area Chamber of Commerce (BACC), Lyon College, and the University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville (UACCB) announced Wednesday the launch of IMPACT Independence County. The program is…
by - June 11, 2015 7:38 am
There are 264 days until the March 1 presidential and party primaries in Arkansas and 519 days until the Nov. 8, 2016 general election, but political activity is already well underway.
by - June 11, 2015 7:37 am
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by - June 11, 2015 5:16 am
On Oct. 1, the coding system used by Arkansas medical providers for billing insurance companies and the government will change. Many providers probably won’t be ready, and if they aren’t, they will have trouble getting paid.
by - June 10, 2015 7:21 pm
Arkansas’ real gross domestic product (GDP) output lost momentum in 2014 as the Natural State’s economic growth fell well below the rest of the nation and surrounding states, according to…
by - June 10, 2015 5:02 pm
Surrounded by family, supporters, and elected officials from around the state, State Senator John Cooper, R-Jonesboro, announced his re-election campaign Wednesday night at an event headlined by Gov. Asa Hutchinson….
by - June 10, 2015 2:44 pm
U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, said Wednesday (June 10) that he does not think President Obama is willing to commit the resources necessary to defeat ISIS, the militant terrorist group…
by - June 10, 2015 2:42 pm
Jacob Kauffman with our content partner, KUAR FM 89.1 News, reports: A trio of Arkansas legislators officially requested an advisory opinion from Attorney General Leslie Rutledge on Wednesday as to…
by - June 10, 2015 2:17 pm
Wal-Mart says it remains focused on helping return manufacturing jobs to the U.S., with the number of success stories growing and the 2015 manufacturing summit being moved to Bentonville to better connect buyers with products “that are ready to go.”
by - June 10, 2015 2:16 pm
Members of Big River Steel had the opportunity to tour SMS group’s manufacturing plant in Hilchenbach, Germany during a visit in late May, company officials said Wednesday. SMS group, headquartered…
by - June 10, 2015 12:26 pm
Jacob Kauffman with our content partner, KUAR FM 89.1 News reports: The newly constituted Arkansas Workforce Development Board held its first meeting Tuesday to begin building a long-term plan to…
by - June 10, 2015 12:20 pm
Each month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announces our nation’s unemployment rate, and with the announcement comes plenty of predictable partisan banter. When rates are low, the party that is…
by - June 10, 2015 10:08 am
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), administrator of the Arkansas INBRE program promoting biomedical research across the state, has been awarded $3.9 million by the National Institutes of…
