by Arkansas Business Staff 1/15/2013 08:41 am
Full video of House Speaker Davy Carter, who addressed 100 newly sworn-in House members on the first day of the state Legislature.
by Andrew DeMillo 1/14/2013 07:33 am
Leaders of the Arkansas House and Senate say most questions about the state budget, tax cut proposals or a possible special session depend on how legislators address a Medicaid program that already receives nearly one out of every five tax dollars the state receives in its general revenue budget.
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press 1/13/2013 02:11 pm
The Arkansas Legislature convenes Monday for its regular legislative session. Here's a rundown about the lawmakers, the issues they'll face and how to track developments.
by Lance Turner 1/12/2013 11:03 am
Here's our our Arkansas Business Week in Review, via our friends at THV 11 News.
by Lance Turner 1/10/2013 11:31 am
Davy Carter of Cabot, Speaker of the House of the state Legislature, says he's leaving his job at Centennial Bank, a subsidiary of Home BancShares Inc. of Conway.
by Lance Turner 1/7/2013 04:34 pm
Video of state Republican legislative leaders Rep. Davy Carter and Sen. Michael Lamoureux, who were part of today's legislative preview, organized by the Arkansas Associated Press Managing Editors Association.
by Andrew DeMillo 1/7/2013 01:32 pm
The incoming leaders of the Arkansas House and Senate say they don't see any rush to consider expanding Medicaid's eligibility under the federal health care law and say they'll do whatever it takes to avoid cuts to the program proposed to fill a shortfall in its budget.
by Arkansas Business Staff 1/7/2013 12:00 am
Davy Carter, who represents House District 43, including Cabot, will begin his third term when the 89th General Assembly convenes on Jan. 14.
by Jan Cottingham 1/7/2013 12:00 am
Gov. Mike Beebe said his technique for working with the new Republican majority in the Arkansas Legislature was “the same as it's always been: education, explanation, give and take, listen, persuade."
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press 12/27/2012 01:01 pm
In an interview with The Associated Press, Davy Carter, the incoming speaker of the Arkansas House, says he wants lawmakers to have a greater say in the state's budget between the end of the regular session and the start of the fiscal session.
by Arkansas Business Staff 12/17/2012 12:00 am
Gov. Mike Beebe says he wasn't involved in the politicking that elected Davy Carter Speaker of the Arkansas House.
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press 12/11/2012 02:26 pm
Gov. Mike Beebe and legislative leaders say they believe a compromise on expanding Medicaid in Arkansas is still possible despite the Obama administration telling states they can't do a partial expansion and receive full federal funding.
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press 11/26/2012 07:21 am
Abortion opponents in Arkansas see an opportunity to enact new restrictions, including a ban on the use of telemedicine to make the abortion pill available, with Republicans controlling both sides of the Legislature in next year's session.
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press 11/19/2012 10:14 am
Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe says he's relying on next year's legislative leaders to tell him whether there's support in the House and Senate for the state running its own insurance exchange under the federal health care law.
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press 11/18/2012 09:01 am
Taking over the state House for the first time in 138 years was the easy part for Arkansas Republicans. The bigger challenge may be healing the rifts within their ranks, some of which were revealed with the election of Davy Carter as incoming House speaker.
by Lance Turner 11/16/2012 08:05 am
Rep. Ed Garner, THV 11 News' Craig O'Neill and Arkansas Business' Lance Turner talks about Davy Carter, Mike Beebe's $4.9 billion budget proposal and the looming fight over the Medicaid expansion in Arkansas under the Affordable Care Act.
by Chuck Bartels 11/15/2012 05:22 pm
The Arkansas House of Representatives has elected Republican Rep. Davy Carter of Cabot as speaker-elect of the 89th General Assembly. Carter faced Rep. Terry Rice of Waldron in a vote after removing Democratic Rep. Darrin Williams of Little Rock as speaker-elect.
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