Cash relief foreseen to prop up Medicaid
A record fiscal year-end surplus of more than $145 million can help Arkansas soften an expected shortfall in Medicaid funds next year as well as deal with othe…
Stories by Alison Sider
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Lottery ticket sales up $10 million in ’12
Sales of Arkansas lottery tickets were up $10 million in fiscal 2012 from the previous year, officials announced Monday, but it’s not clear how much of that wi…
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Gas-tax campaign has sparks flying
If a proposal to raise the state’s severance tax on natural gas gets on the November ballot, it will be despite the best efforts of the natural-gas industry, w…
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Darr looks ahead to elections for fix
In his 2010 campaign, Lt. Gov. Mark Darr pledged to challenge the constitutionality of the federal health-care law, and he said Thursday that the U.S. Supreme …
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Nelson requests inquiry by SEC
Sheffield Nelson asked the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday to investigate an Exxon Mobil subsidiary and Southwestern Energy, alleging that they h…
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Incentives reel in businesses, but state gains hard to gauge
A company’s announcement that it plans to open a factory or office in the state is often met with great fanfare.
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State justices strike 2009 execution law
The state Supreme Court on Friday struck down as unconstitutional Arkansas’ lethal-injection law, saying it gave too much discretion to the Arkansas Department…
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Bid to get back law license fails
In a 5-2 decision, the state Supreme Court declined Thursday to reinstate the law license of a lawyer who pleaded guilty to a felony over a decade ago.
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Court: Breath test in other county legal
A law enforcement officer who arrested someone for driving under the influence and then transported him across a county line for a breath test acted reasonably…
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Tobacco panel chooses director
The Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Commission has selected Faye Shepherd as its new director, after months of searching.
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10 argue ’09 executions law gave official too much power
An attorney representing 10 death row inmates argued before the state Supreme Court on Thursday that Arkansas’ lethal injection law is unconstitutional because…
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Police faulted in records case
The state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Jacksonville Police Department violated the state Freedom of Information Act when it denied a woman’s request f…
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Economist: State natural-gas tax peanuts
Economist Charles Venus said Wednesday that increasing the state’s severance tax on natural gas will not drive the industry from the state.
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Consumer-oriented insurance exchange urged
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Family issued a report Tuesday that urges the state Insurance Department to keep consumer interests front and center as it …
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Martin urged to overhaul staff
A group that reviewed Secretary of State Mark Martin’s office’s policies recommended Tuesday that the office add to its election division staff, trim from othe…
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Plan set to referee judicial elections
A group of lawyers and judges that aims to keep Arkansas’ judicial elections honest has come up with a plan to keep false advertisements out of the mix.
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Votes, rulings debate fodder
The two remaining Democrats vying for nomination in 1st Congressional District traded barbs over past actions in a televised debate Wednesday.
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Four in runoffs report spending
The four Democratic candidates who are seeking their party’s nomination in the two congressional primary runoffs next week have spent less than a third of the …
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State has fox guarding henhouse, Nelson says of natural-gas tax
A former gas company executive who is trying to get Arkansans to raise the state’s severance tax rate on natural gas says the current system leaves the state o…
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Debt disclosed, Ellington says
The wife of congressional candidate Scott Ellington is being sued in Craighead County Circuit Court by creditors trying to collect over $26,000 in credit-card …
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Justices deny drug-court appeal
The state Supreme Court upheld a circuit court’s decision to deny post-conviction relief to Michael Tornavacca, who argued that his right to due process was vi…
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Conduct panel sanctions Hurst for a late filing
Q. Byrum Hurst, a lawyer and candidate for U.S. Congress, was sanctioned Thursday by the state Supreme Court’s Committee on Professional Conduct.
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Justices say transfer to adult court valid
A state law that leaves it up to prosecutors to decide whether to try some youths as adults withstood a constitutional challenge by a minor referred to as “C.B…
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New hearing for Ticketmaster denied
The state Supreme Court will not give Ticketmaster another chance to argue that it is not subject to the state’s ticket-scalping law, which will allow a lawsui…
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Runoff-ready, congressional hopefuls say
No Democratic candidate in the congressional primaries for the 1st and 4th districts got enough votes to secure the nomination, but the top four vote getters s…
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Court rejects challenge by NLR killer
A panel of three appeals judges ruled Wednesday that the state provided enough evidence of intent to justify a North Little Rock man’s 2011 conviction of first…
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Ellington, Hall face 1st District runoff
Prosecuting Attorney Scott Ellington and state Rep. Clark Hall of Marvell will compete in a June 12 runoff for the 1st Congressional District Democratic nomina…
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3 in District 37 tout experience
None of the three candidates seeking the Democratic nomination in House District 37 has held office before, but they all describe themselves as veterans of Ark…
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Ballot efforts to stake out polling sites
Canvassers around the state have spent months combing supermarket parking lots, parks, sporting events and shopping malls searching for registered voters willi…
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Congress race muted in Delta
In some parts of the Delta, signs bearing the names of candidates for state and county offices are more prominent and more common than those of the congression…
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State justices toss appeal over LR tax
The state Supreme Court dismissed an appeal Thursday challenging a circuit court’s ruling that anyone who paid a library tax a year before it went into effect …
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McDaniel, senator face off on district
In the federal lawsuit over whether Arkansas’ Senate districts were drawn to dilute black voter strength in the Delta, Attorney General Dustin McDaniel testifi…
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Drug defendant’s conviction reversed
When Dale Harvey Brown decided to represent himself in his trial on drug manufacturing and possession charges, he wasn’t fully advised of his right to have an …
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Redistricting challenge’s trial gets under way
At the start of a federal trial over Arkansas Senate district lines Monday, Secretary of State Mark Martin said District 24 was purposefully drawn to include t…
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Battling health law a dispute for GOP 2
Conway is choosing between two Republican candidates with two visions of the role of the state Legislature.
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Fuel resources touted at Delta caucus
Politicians addressing the Delta Grassroots Caucus on Friday focused on the Delta’s role in boosting the state’s economy and encouraging energy independence wi…
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Legislator settles suit over traffic incident
A lawsuit brought by state Sen. Stephanie Flowers likely will be dismissed after she and the other plaintiff reached an agreement with the University of Arkans…
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Medical-file release rejected
The state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that that Cleo McKenzie’s medical records do not have to be turned over for a custody case his wife is involved in.
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U.S. health rules trump state laws, McDaniel says
In a response to questions from state lawmakers, the state attorney general’s office wrote Wednesday that recently adopted federal regulations requiring certai…
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Judgment reversed by court
The Court of Appeals reversed and remanded a circuit court’s judgment in favor of a nonprofit corporation that operates five nursing homes in Arkansas, saying …
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Senator, foe from House see eye to eye on little
Rep. Efrem Elliott, D-Altheimer, said he decided to challenge Sen. Stephanie Flowers in the District 25 state Senate race because the district deserves a senat…
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2 judges handed official rebukes
The state Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission issued sanctions against two judges Friday.
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Board reinstates adult education funding formula
The state Board of Career Education voted Thursday not to change how adult education is funded after the attorney general’s office said a proposed change shoul…
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Medical-case records ruled private
Records requested by an attorney representing plaintiffs in a medical-malpractice case are not covered by the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act, the state Su…
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High court grants new hearing for death-row inmate
The state Supreme Court on Thursday granted an evidentiary hearing to a death-row inmate who argued that there were fundamental errors in the proceedings that …
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Decision to try teen as adult is upheld
A panel of three appeals court judges affirmed a circuit court’s decision to try Stephen Cole, who was charged with committing second-degree murder when he was…
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McDaniel OKs name, title on casino proposal
Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel certified the ballot title and popular name Wednesday of a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow four ca…
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McDaniel finalizes ballot names
Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel finalized popular names for the Legislature’s two proposed constitutional amendments Tuesday, which will allow them t…
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Crawford, rivals pitch platforms
Three Democrats seeking to be their party’s nominee in the 1st Congressional District said Saturday that Congressman Rick Crawford has put partisan priorities …
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Justices hear case on access to medical-malpractice files
The state Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday about whether an attorney should have been able to use the state’s Freedom of Information Act to obtain docume…
