Arkansas Lawmakers Split on Reforms After Court Races
Arkansas lawmakers appeared split Wednesday on what changes, if any, are needed to how justices are chosen after conservative groups overwhelmed the state with TV ads and mailers in two state Supreme Court races this year. read more >
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Kaki Hockersmith To Put Designs on 1836 Club
State Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson and his partners, Mark Camp and Rod Damon, have hired Little Rock interior designer Kaki Hockersmith to design the interior of their new project, the 1836 Club. read more >
John Goodson Helped Law Firms Get State Auditor Contract Potentially Worth Millions
State Auditor Andrea Lea agreed to pay inexperienced out-of-state attorneys a fee nearly twice as high as other states have committed to pay in a pursuit of unredeemed U.S. Treasury bonds. read more >
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Amy Markham Made Partner at Spicer Rudstrom (Movers & Shakers)
Amy Markham has been promoted to partner at Spicer Rudstrom PLLC in Little Rock, a law firm with offices across Arkansas and Tennessee that focuses on companies seeking business, legal and litigation services. read more >
Good Food by Ferneau to Close, Executive Chef Joins The 1836 Club
Good Food by Ferneau will close on Jan. 30 and Donnie Ferneau, its executive chef, will join The 1836 Club as its executive chef. read more >
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Jeremy Hutchinson, Alex Gray Join SWC Law Firm
State Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson and Alex Gray have joined the Little Rock law firm of Steel, Wright & Collier PLLC, as partners, the firm announced Tuesday. read more >
State Legislature Helps Dave & Buster’s Return to Little Rock
Dave & Buster’s wouldn’t have made it to Little Rock without the help of state Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson of Little Rock, who sponsored a bill to attract the Dallas-based chain to Arkansas. read more >
Dave & Buster’s Grows Closer To Little Rock Landing
Little Rock appears to be growing closer to getting a Dave & Buster’s, the restaurant-arcade chain that originated in the city. read more >
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Private Option Enrollment High Among Arkansas Parolees
About 70 percent of the state's more than 52,000 parolees and probationers have signed up for Arkansas' compromise Medicaid expansion, prison and parole officials told a legislative task force Thursday. read more >
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Religion Bill Previews Rifts Governor Faces (Andrew DeMillo Analysis)
The drama surrounding HB1228 offers a preview of possible rifts to come with Democrats and even fellow Republicans in future years. read more >
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#HB1228 Tests LGBT Economic Argument (Andrew DeMillo Analysis)
How the "Religious Freedom Restoration Act" is testing an effort by gay rights supporters to turn the fight over anti-discrimination laws and same-sex marriage into a financial debate, not a social one. read more >
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Arkansas Senate OKs Bill Targeting Dave & Buster’s
The Arkansas Senate has approved a bill that could help lure a restaurant chain to the state. read more >
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Arkansas Senate OKs Setting Up Commission for Title Insurers
The Arkansas Senate is backing a proposal to set up a new commission that would supervise the title insurance business. read more >
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Arkansas Senate Committee Backs Prison Overhaul Bill
A key component of Gov. Asa Hutchinson's plan to overhaul the state prison system and reduce an inmate backlog received bipartisan support from a Senate committee Wednesday. read more >
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Jeremy Hutchinson Amends Alcohol Application Bill
State Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson, R-Benton, told Arkansas Business early last week that he planned to amend his bill increasing the fee to apply to sell wine, spirits and malt liquor, and, indeed, he has. read more >
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Grant Merrill Faces Lawsuit Over Alleged Mismanagement of KEWI
The bad blood between the former partners of KEWI-AM, 690, has arrived at the Saline County Courthouse. read more >
Video: Jeremy Hutchinson Talks About the Future of KEWI-AM
Jeremy Hutchinson, part of the ownership team that's retooling KEWI-AM, 690, in Benton and buying out former co-owner Grant Merrill, sits down with Shelli Russell of MySaline.com to talk about the station's future. read more >
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What Happened to Saline County’s Only Radio Station KEWI-AM?
In 2011, Grant Merrill bought KEWI-AM, 690, in Benton: Saline County’s only functioning radio station. Before he owned it, the station had run stably for years, but three years after his purchase, it’s closed and silent. read more >
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State Senator Jeremy Hutchinson Challenges Dental Law
Arkansas State Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson, R-Benton, said he will begin a push to change state law so that orthodontists can provide basic teeth cleanings to the general public. read more >
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State Lawmakers Want to Hear From Security Board Head
Lawmakers want to hear from the head of a state board that voted this year to allow more than a dozen Arkansas school districts to continue using teachers, administrators and other staff as armed guards. read more >
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