by Mark Carter 4/19/2013 12:00 am
The 89th General Assembly isn't sneaking quietly out the back door as it winds down the 2013 regular session.
by Associated Press 4/18/2013 02:40 pm
An Arkansas legislative panel has advanced an effort to outlaw most lobbyist gifts to elected officials, ban corporate campaign contributions and loosen term limits for state lawmakers.
by Associated Press 4/18/2013 02:32 pm
Gov. Mike Beebe will sign legislation next week that authorizes Arkansas to accept federal Medicaid funds and use them to buy private insurance for low-income residents.
by Associated Press 4/18/2013 07:37 am
Arkansas lawmakers have recommended increasing judges' and prosecutors' salaries by 2 percent, and a legislative leader says he's confident state employees will get the same raise in the budget for the coming year.
by Michael Stratford, The Associated Press 4/18/2013 07:29 am
Arkansas' plan to use federal money to buy private insurance for low-income residents won final approval from state lawmakers Wednesday.
by Michael Stratford, The Associated Press 4/16/2013 10:38 am
A plan for Arkansas to use federal Medicaid funds to buy private insurance for low-income residents has cleared its final hurdle in the state House. House members voted 77-23 Tuesday morning after a half-hour debate. Includes roll call.
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press 4/15/2013 08:35 am
For Arkansas Republicans elected on a vow to defeat the federal health care overhaul, a proposal to expand subsidized insurance relying on a key part of that law has been far from an easy pitch.
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press 4/15/2013 07:48 am
Arkansas lawmakers face a daunting to-do list as they try to wrap up this year's session by a self-imposed Friday deadline. Here's what's at the top.
by Arkansas Business Editors 4/15/2013 12:00 am
The lack of human capital is as detrimental to a business that wants to grow as the lack of financial capital. Employees sometimes think it's just cheerleader talk, but business executives know that people — the right people — really are the key to business success.
by Michael Stratford, The Associated Press 4/11/2013 03:38 pm
A plan to use federal Medicaid money to buy health insurance for low-income Arkansans faced an uncertain future Thursday - winning support from most House members but reaching the 75 votes that will be needed to approve its budget bill.
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press 4/10/2013 11:15 am
A proposal aimed at allowing Arkansas colleges and universities to extend in-state tuition rates to some immigrants who came to the country illegally has failed before a state Senate committee.
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press 4/10/2013 07:35 am
Abortion providers and entities that perform abortion referrals would be unable to receive most government grants in Arkansas under a bill approved by the state Senate on Tuesday, a move aimed at cutting off money Planned Parenthood receives for sex education.
by Michael Stratford, The Associated Press 4/9/2013 03:14 pm
A proposal to have Arkansas use federal Medicaid funds to subsidize private health insurance for low-income residents won approval from a state House committee on Tuesday, but the plan faced opposition from Republicans as it moved toward a vote in the full chamber.
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press 4/9/2013 07:15 am
The 85,000 Arkansas residents receiving unemployment benefits could see their payments drop and would have to submit to random drug testing under a pair of bills the Republican-controlled state Senate approved Monday, which Democrats criticized as unfair to those seeking work.
by Gwen Moritz 4/8/2013 12:00 am
My “recent unpleasantness” — that's my euphemism for the fallout from my boneheaded stunt of releasing publicly the last legally acquired list of the state's concealed-carry licensees — has reinforced my disdain for people who operate in the shadow of anonymity.
by Mark Friedman 4/8/2013 12:00 am
Senate Bill 694 would allow judges who have been appointed and who have served at least a year to use the title of “judge” before their names on the ballot in an election for a judicial office. Now only incumbent elected judges are allowed to use the title when seeking re-election or election to another position.
by Arkansas Business Editors 4/8/2013 12:00 am
Here's a date-by-date look at how Medicaid expansion perhaps came to Arkansas.
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press 4/5/2013 10:53 am
A proposal to use federal money to purchase private insurance for 250,000 low-income Arkansas residents passed Friday in the state Senate, advancing an idea that Republican legislative leaders and Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe are promoting as an alternative to expanding Medicaid enrollment.
by Mark Carter 4/5/2013 09:05 am
The Arkansas Senate last week gave its official blessing to the proposed $1.1 billion steel mill that Gov. Mike Beebe and state economic development officials want to see on the banks of the Mississippi River just outside Osceola.
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press 4/4/2013 07:51 am
A proposal aimed at eliminating public funding for Planned Parenthood won the support of an Arkansas Senate committee Wednesday, a move that the group warned could cut off money to doctors, domestic violence shelters and rape crisis centers.
State Treasurer Martha Shoffner Arrested for Extortion by FBI 
