Attorney General Leslie Rutledge sues three drug distributors for their alleged role in the opioid crisis, claiming the companies failed to monitor and report suspicious shipments of opioids into the state. read more >
A federal lawsuit filed by death row inmates has renewed a court fight over whether the sedative Arkansas uses for lethal injections causes torturous executions, two years after the state raced to put eight convicted killers to death in 11 days before a previous batch of the drug expired. read more >
The state attorney general's office sues Bourbon & Boots Acquisition Co. LLC and its owner, Rod Ford, for violations of the Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Act. read more >
Arkansas lawmakers have given final approval to a bill overhauling how ballot measures are reviewed and certified. read more >
Attorney General Leslie Rutledge's office certifies the proposal from Protect AR Democracy, a ballot group formed earlier this month to support the measure. read more >
A new Congress and the now undeniable commencement of the 2020 presidential election campaign season mean that the most personal political topic is inching its way back into the news: health care. read more >
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge says Oklahoma Gas and Electric has agreed to reduce a rate increase request for its Arkansas customers from $6.4 million to $3.3 million. read more >
The Arkansas Times, which lost ad business with the University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College after rejecting pro-Israel language in an ad contract, is suing to neuter the state law requiring it. read more >
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge cast doubt Thursday on a pending legal settlement that would guarantee the shutdown of Entergy Arkansas' two coal-fired electricity generation plants over the next dozen years. read more >
Monte Johnston was a successful Springdale businessman with several lucrative companies, a wife and four daughters, a big house and write-ups in local publications. But in 2015, his life started falling apart, personally and professionally. read more >
A Democrat running for attorney general in Arkansas on Monday proposed increasing the fines for violating the state's ethics laws and expanding what lobbyists must report in response to corruption probes that have involved several former lawmakers. read more >
The Affordable Care Act has never gained the popular support that Democrats hoped. But neither has it been as deeply unpopular as Republicans believed it would be when they spent years promising to repeal “Obamacare” and possibly to replace it. read more >
Arkansas and 19 other Republican-led states are taking their shot at dismantling the Affordable Care Act, rekindling the anxieties of health care executives who fear thousands of Arkansans could lose insurance coverage. read more >
Arkansas' attorney general on Wednesday released the remaining personnel records from her work at a state agency, including a form that she said incorrectly states she was discharged from the job for gross misconduct. read more >
The former billing director for a nonprofit mental health provider has been arrested on felony charges of helping defraud Arkansas' Medicaid program of $2.2 million. read more >
Gov. Asa Hutchinson will be the keynote speaker for the agricultural law and technology conference Aug. 15-16. read more >
A top attorney for Arkansas who has represented the state in lawsuits over abortion restrictions, efforts to resume executions and other cases is leaving for a job with Walmart later this month. read more >
Arkansas' attorney general is hiring two investigators to handle public corruption cases following the conviction of several lawmakers and lobbyists in bribery schemes over the past year. read more >
The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that government workers can't be forced to contribute to labor unions that represent them in collective bargaining, dealing a serious financial blow to organized labor. read more >
A federal judge on Monday again blocked Arkansas from enforcing a law that critics say makes the state the first in the nation to effectively ban abortion pills. read more >
