Stories by Sean Beherec

  • Court says lack of signature scraps deal

    The family of a former nursing-home resident suing the facility is not bound by an arbitration agreement because only one party signed the document, the Arkans…

    by Sean Beherec March 14, 2014

  • Judges overturn sex-case decision

    A split Arkansas Court of Appeals panel Wednesday threw out a sexual-assault conviction against a Benton County man who prosecutors said attacked a 4-year-old …

    by Sean Beherec March 13, 2014

  • Award upheld in surgery suit

    The Arkansas Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld a lower court’s ruling awarding $350,000 to the family of a man who died after a surgery in Hot Springs.

    by Sean Beherec March 13, 2014

  • Burkhalter loses bid to stop apartments’ sale

    Pulaski County Circuit Judge Collins Kilgore on Tuesday ordered a Little Rock brokerage firm to move forward with the sale of an apartment complex coowned by J…

    by Sean Beherec March 12, 2014

  • Wrap-up of session expected this week

    The House and Senate will meet briefly this week as both chambers vote to approve the state’s spending plan and wrap up the fiscal session.

    by Sean Beherec March 10, 2014

  • Family’s suit tossed, panel clears UAMS

    The state Claims Commission on Thursday threw out a $3.5 million claim against the UAMS Medical Center that was filed by the family of a patient who died on th…

    by Sean Beherec March 8, 2014

  • Hopson’s estate to get $25,000

    The attorney general’s office Thursday told the Arkansas Claims Commission that it has reached a settlement in a breach-of-contract claim filed by the family o…

    by Sean Beherec March 7, 2014

  • ’15 private option goes to Beebe

    The House of Representatives approved funding Tuesday for the state’s private-option program after rejecting the measure in four consecutive votes last month.

    by Michael R. Wickline , Claudia Lauer , Sean Beherec March 5, 2014

  • 5th private option vote brews for House today

    The House of Representatives is expected to vote for the fifth time today on a funding bill for the state’s private-option program, House Speaker Davy Carter s…

    by Sean Beherec March 4, 2014

  • Adoption posts imputed to judge; panel inquires

    CONWAY — Allegations involving an Academy Award-winning actress’ adoption and Circuit Judge Michael Maggio of Conway are under investigation by the Arkansas co…

    by Debra Hale-Shelton , Sean Beherec March 4, 2014

  • House gridlock stalls session

    House members will try again today to reach a deal on a private-option appropriation that can attract at least 75 votes in the 100-member chamber, state legisl…

    by Sean Beherec March 3, 2014

  • County urged to ignore new election rules

    Pulaski County Attorney Karla Burnett told a state board Friday that she would advise the county’s Election Commission to not follow the board’s new rules on c…

    by Sean Beherec March 1, 2014

  • Longer Darr vacancy passes

    The Arkansas House convened for about 15 minutes Thursday, passing just one bill, which would allow the governor to forgo a special election for the vacant lie…

    by Claudia Lauer , Sean Beherec February 28, 2014

  • Corporate fine appeal hits court

    The $1. 2 billion fine against Johnson & Johnson and a subsidiary for Medicaid fraud was not excessive, because the company continuously put patients in da…

    by Sean Beherec February 28, 2014

  • Cash OK for 2 hurt at job site

    The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday reversed two Workers’ Compensation Commission decisions that denied benefits to two workers because they tested positive…

    by Sean Beherec February 28, 2014

  • Speaker, private option’s foes meet

    House Speaker Davy Carter met with a group of Republican members opposed to the private option on Wednesday as the House failed to take up an appropriation bil…

    by Claudia Lauer , Sean Beherec February 27, 2014

  • $400,000 due beaten pupil, judges agree

    The Arkansas Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld a $400,000 award to a former Hermitage High School student who was assaulted by a group of students.

    by Sean Beherec February 27, 2014

  • Private-option vote is set aside

    For the first time in a week, the Arkansas House of Representatives met without voting on a funding bill for the state’s private-option Medicaid expansion — an…

    by Claudia Lauer , Sean Beherec February 26, 2014

  • House’s 71-18 vote stops private option on 4th try

    For the fourth day in a row, the House of Representatives rejected a funding bill for the state’s private-option Medicaid expansion, as another former supporte…

    by Claudia Lauer , Sean Beherec February 22, 2014

  • Private option fails, now by 3 votes

    The Arkansas House of Representatives failed Thursday for a third day in a row to approve funding for Arkansas’ private-option Medicaid expansion, just hours a…

    by Michael R. Wickline , Claudia Lauer , Sean Beherec February 21, 2014

  • Crawford gets a foe in run for Congress

    Heber Springs Mayor Jackie McPherson said Thursday that he will challenge two-term Republican Congressman Rick Crawford for the 1st Congressional District seat…

    by Sean Beherec February 21, 2014

  • Lawyer: Jurors erred, his client due resentence

    A man sentenced to death for the 1993 killing of a man in a Little Rock laundromat should have his case reopened and be resentenced because the jury incorrectl…

    by Sean Beherec February 21, 2014

  • State hopefuls report January fundraising

    Republican gubernatorial candidate Asa Hutchinson raised nearly twice as much in January as the sole Democrat running for the job but still has less money in t…

    by Sean Beherec February 20, 2014

  • Private option falls short

    House Democrats are promising retaliation after Tuesday’s failure to approve funding for Arkansas’ private option Medicaid expansion plan.

    by Michael R. Wickline , Claudia Lauer , Sean Beherec February 19, 2014

  • Closed legislative sessions not new

    Meetings of state legislatures are usually conducted in the open, sometimes even streamed live to constituents’ computers, but many states also allow for close…

    by Sean Beherec February 16, 2014

  • System trustees protected from suit, justices rule

    A police officer fired from his job at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith is not allowed to sue the system’s board because it is protected by sovereign i…

    by Sean Beherec February 14, 2014

  • Rejection of death benefits upheld

    The Arkansas Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld the denial of death benefits to a woman whose estranged husband was killed in a workplace accident.

    by Sean Beherec February 13, 2014

  • Panel OKs hospital settlement

    A Joint Budget Committee subcommittee Tuesday approved a $1.1 million settlement between UAMS Medical Center and the family of a patient who died at the hospit…

    by Sean Beherec February 12, 2014

  • Opinion: No leeway on ID for absentees

    Absentee voters who do not provide adequate identification under the new voter-identification law do not have the legal authority to bring in documents later t…

    by Sean Beherec February 11, 2014

  • Probing bald eagle death, agency says

    The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is offering a $5,000 reward for information on the killing of a juvenile bald eagle in Logan County.

    by Sean Beherec February 8, 2014

  • Ex-UAFS officer can’t sue state, court told

    A former police officer at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith should have taken his wrongful-dismissal case to the Arkansas Claims Commission in Little R…

    by Sean Beherec February 7, 2014

  • Justices: Fired worker wrongly denied benefit

    A health-care worker is entitled to unemployment benefits because her supervisor’s mistake helped lead to her firing, the Arkansas Supreme Court said Thursday.

    by Sean Beherec February 7, 2014

  • LR-based PAC files report on finances

    A political action committee formed by former Gov. Mike Huckabee to help conservative candidates get elected reported raising $155,000 during the last half of …

    by Sean Beherec February 5, 2014

  • Darr late in paying first $1,000 of fine

    One month after reaching a settlement with the Arkansas Ethics Commission, former Lt. Gov. Mark Darr missed the deadline for the first payment on his $11,000 f…

    by Sean Beherec February 4, 2014

  • For 3, trips, gifts top $10,000 each

    Arkansas officials accepted free trips across the country and around the world, trekking as far away as Taiwan and Turkey, according to documents filed this we…

    by Sean Beherec February 1, 2014

  • High court throws out conviction in sex case

    The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a new trial for a man convicted of 37 sex offenses, because his lawyer had an improper conflict of interest at t…

    by Sean Beherec January 31, 2014

  • Suit in bio case can go forward

    The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday said a lawsuit filed by the former chief executive officer of a Springdale manufacturing company against his former part…

    by Sean Beherec January 31, 2014

  • Workers’ comp denial disputed

    Two men injured in an explosion while on the job should not be prevented from receiving workers’ compensation benefits because they later tested positive for m…

    by Sean Beherec January 31, 2014

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