Best Read Arkansas Headlines
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#1 Walmart Sued by EEOC Over Test That Screened Out Disabled Workers
Sep 14 2023 // The U.S. agency that enforces workplace discrimination laws said on Wednesday that it had sued Walmart Inc over allegations it fired hourly workers with disabilities who could not pass a computer-based test. The Equal...
#2 Midwest States Consider Relaxing Child Labor Laws to Address Worker Shortages
May 26 2023 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Lawmakers in several states are embracing legislation to let children work in more hazardous occupations, longer hours on school nights and in expanded roles including serving alcohol in bars and...
#3 Lawsuit Claims Victims of Sexual Abuse and Rape at Shuttered Arkansas Facility
Nov 9 2023 // LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Eight former residents of a youth treatment center that was run by an Arkansas man whose bribery conviction was commuted by former President Donald Trump have filed a lawsuit claiming they were...
#4 Missouri’s Cameron Mutual Placed Into Rehabilitation
Aug 10 2023 // Cameron Mutual Insurance Company and its wholly owned subsidiary, Cameron National Insurance Company, were placed into rehabilitation this week by the Circuit Court of Cole County, Missouri. Missouri Department of Commerce...
#5 Tornado and Other Severe Weather Kill 3, Damage Homes, and Knock Out Power in Multiple States
Jun 27 2023 // SHOALS, Ind. (AP) – A tornado struck an Indiana home, killing a man and injuring his wife while two people died in Arkansas after a tree fell onto a house there as severe weather rumbled through several states. The...
#6 Arkansas Restaurant Chain Sued for Sexual Harassment
Aug 14 2023 // Simply Slims, L.L.C., and or Dixie Chicken, L.L.C. d/b/a Slim Chickens in Hot Springs, Arkansas, violated federal law when it subjected a class of teens and young adults to sexual harassment and a sexually hostile work...
#7 Arkansas Timberland and Sawmill Operator Faces $218K in Fines After Worker’s Fatal Injury
Aug 17 2023 // A federal workplace safety investigation determined that 39-year-old employee of a south Arkansas timberland and sawmill facility suffered fatal injuries from an automated lumber stacking machine at its Bearden...
#8 Founder of Morgan White Insurance Group in Mississippi Dies in Arkansas Plane Crash
May 22 2023 // FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) – The pilot killed after his small plane crashed May 17 in northwest Arkansas has been identified as former Mississippi state Sen. Johnny Morgan, authorities said. A family member confirmed...
#9 Plane Crash in Arkansas Lake Kills Pilot and Injures Passenger
Jun 29 2023 // HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) – A small airplane crashed and sank into Arkansas’ Lake Hamilton, not far from Hot Springs Memorial Field Airport, killing the pilot and injuring his daughter, authorities said. The...
#10 Arkansas Schools Face 130% Increase in Property Premiums, Seek Financial Assistance
Jul 24 2023 // An Arkansas subcommittee last week approved Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ request for close to $11 million from the state’s restricted reserve fund to offset costs for school districts facing soaring property...
#11 Top South Central Insurance Journal Stories of 2023
Dec 29 2023 // Efforts to curb Louisiana’s property insurance crisis made for some of the most-read Insurance Journal South Central stories of 2023. Readers also delved into Texas court rulings, a profile of Fort-Worth based...
#12 Plane had Mechanical Problems Before Crash That Killed Founder of Morgan White Insurance Group
Jun 7 2023 // WINSLOW, Ark. (AP) – A small plane had mechanical problems with its autopilot system before it crashed in Arkansas last month and killed a former Mississippi state senator who was flying it, according to a...
#13 2 Died in Pileup on Smoke-Filled Arkansas Highway
Oct 5 2023 // Smoke from a burning field apparently caused a crash involving over a dozen vehicles, killing at least two people and closing Highway 67 in both directions, Arkansas State Police said. Troopers at the site of the pileup...
#14 Arkansas Officials Mark Anniversary of Deadly Tornado
Apr 1 2024 // LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas and local officials hailed the response from emergency workers, community groups and individuals on Friday as they marked the one-year anniversary of tornadoes that tore through the...
#15 Acrisure Brand Roll out Reaches Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma
Jul 24 2023 // Acrisure said that local partners in its South Region will be rebranded as Acrisure in a continuation of the firm’s global brand roll out. As part of the roll out, Acrisure businesses in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas...
#16 Novatae Acquires Arkansas’ American Management Corporation
Sep 6 2023 // Novatae Risk Group announced that it acquired the assets of American Management Corporation, (“AMC”) of Conway, Arkansas on September 1, 2023. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. AMC was founded over...
#17 Family Dollar to Pay $41M Fine Over Rodent-Infested Distribution Center
Feb 27 2024 // Family Dollar agreed this week to pay $41.7 million for holding food, drugs, medical devices, and cosmetics under insanitary conditions at company’s West Memphis, Arkansas, distribution center. A criminal information...
#18 Arkansas’ United Home Placed In Receivership
Sep 12 2023 // Arkansas’ United Home Insurance was placed in receivership by the Pulaski County Circuit Court on September 6. Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Alan McClain was appointed receiver. United Home consented to the...
#19 Forecasters Warn of ‘Life Threatening` Flash Flooding in Parts of Arkansas and Louisiana
Jul 14 2023 // EMERSON, Ark. (AP) – Forecasters warned Wednesday of possible life threatening flash flooding in parts of southern Arkansas and northern Louisiana as heavy rain battered the region. The National Weather Service urged...
#20 2023 Arkansas Insurance Hall of Fame Class Announced
Jul 13 2023 // The Arkansas Insurance Hall of Fame has announced the 2023 class of inductees. Six new inductees will be honored at the 2023 Induction Banquet on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023 at the Health, Physical Education & Recreation...
