Harris named to select program
Former Hope resident Jim Harris, of Bryant, has been selected as a panelist at the prestigious National Institute of Public Finance at Pepperdine University in California.
View ArticleIn Depth: Levees have become stepchildren
The spectacular failure of the New Orleans levee system during the height of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 made the nation aware of how a concept developed in the late 19th Century has turned into a...
View ArticleArk. cuts Planned Parenthood funding
Arkansas is ending its Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood, Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Friday, despite warnings federal officials have given other states that such a move could violate the...
View ArticleEx-treasurer gets prison time
Former Arkansas Treasurer Martha Shoffner was sentenced to 2 ½ years in prison on Friday following her conviction last year on federal bribery and extortion charges.
View ArticleArk. judge halts all executions
An Arkansas judge on Friday halted the upcoming executions of eight death row inmates, dealing a blow to the state's efforts to begin putting prisoners to death for the first time in a decade.
View ArticleHighway official rejects I-30 delay
The state's top highway official has rejected a request to delay planning for a project to rebuild the Interstate 30 corridor that runs though downtown Little Rock and North Little Rock.
View Article25-year goals sought for AHTD
The Arkanas Highway and Transportation Department has been asking Arkansans how they want a series of long-range goals developed as part of a 25-year Long Range Intermodal Transportation Plan, and...
View ArticlePark wins volunteer award
With a volunteer cadre of more than 1,200 people, Historic Washington State Park recorded the best total volunteer program in the Arkansas State Parks System for 2014-2015.
View ArticleArkansas Senate rejects proposal on constitutional amendments
LITTLE ROCK — A proposed constitutional amendment that would make it harder to amend the Arkansas Constitution was resoundingly defeated Friday in the Senate.House Joint Resolution 1003 by House...
View ArticleAmerican Bar Association: Arkansas' execution plan too hasty
LITTLE ROCK — The American Bar Association on Tuesday urged Gov. Asa Hutchinson to slow the state’s plan to execute seven inmates over an 11-day period starting Monday.Hutchinson responded that the...
View ArticleArkansas governor confident about executions
LITTLE ROCK — Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Thursday said he is confident the state Department of Correction can successfully carry out seven executions over an 11-day span starting Monday and defended his...
View ArticleCompanies object to Arkansas plan to use of their drugs in executions
LITTLE ROCK — Two pharmaceutical companies Thursday filed court papers asking a federal judge not to allow Arkansas to use their drugs to execute seven inmates this month.Also Thursday, the Arkansas...
View ArticleNow aiming to execute 5, Arkansas still faces court challenges
LITTLE ROCK — A day after court rulings halted the scheduled executions of Don William Davis and Bruce Earl Ward, Arkansas continued Tuesday to fight court challenges by attorneys for the five...
View ArticleArkansas carries out first execution in 12 years
GRADY — Arkansas had not carried out the death penalty since 2005, but that changed on Thursday when Ledell Lee was executed for the murder of Debra Reese of Jacksonville.Lee was convicted in 1995 of...
View ArticleFormer Arkansas Congressman Jay Dickey dies at 77
LITTLE ROCK — Jay Dickey, a Republican from Pine Bluff who served in Congress from 1993 to 2001, has died at the age of 77.Born in Pine Bluff in 1939, Dickey graduated from Pine Bluff High School in...
View ArticleExecution log: Placing IV lines in one Arkansas inmate took 40 minutes
LITTLE ROCK — The placement of intravenous lines in one of the two men Arkansas executed Monday night took 40 minutes, according to a log released Tuesday by the state Department of...
View ArticleArkansas health board OKs marijuana-user rules
LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Board of Health has unanimously approved rules that govern the issuance of marijuana-user registration cards and the labeling and testing of the drug.A final version of the...
View ArticleArkansas governor OKs Medicaid restrictions
LITTLE ROCK — Gov. Asa Hutchinson has signed legislation to add restrictions to the state’s Medicaid expansion program, if the federal government approves.A spokesman said Thursday the governor has...
View ArticleArkansas congressmen vote for Republican health care bill
Republican Reps. Rick Crawford, French Hill, Bruce Westerman and Steve Womack on Thursday voted for the legislation that addresses their longtime pledge to erase the 2010 Obama health care law. The...
View ArticleArkansas law officers begin 'Click It or Ticket' campaign next week
LITTLE ROCK — Law enforcement agencies across the state will increase patrols and step up enforcement of seat-belt laws during the Click It or Ticket campaign starting next Monday and continuing...
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