Latest Arkansas Headlines
All the headlines from our Arkansas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Arkansas Treasurer Settles Civil Rights/Disability Lawsuit
May 26 2015 // Arkansas Treasurer Settles Ex-Employee’s Civil Rights/Disability Lawsuit Arkansas’ treasurer has settled a federal lawsuit filed against him by a former employee when he served as the Saline County clerk. An...
Johnson & Johnson Will Pay $7.8M to Settle Arkansas Lawsuit
May 20 2015 // Court filings show pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $7.8 million to settle a lawsuit over how the company marketed an antipsychotic drug to Arkansas doctors. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette...
Whirlpool to Pay Arkansas Property Owners for Lost Value
May 18 2015 // Whirlpool has agreed to pay the owners of 49 properties in Arkansas that lost value after it was discovered that a former plant of the appliance-maker had leaked a hazardous chemical into the groundwater for decades. Fort...
Citizens of Eureka Springs, Arkansas, OK Anti-Discrimination Law
May 14 2015 // Voters in a northwest Arkansas town have upheld an expanded anti-discrimination ordinance passed by the City Council in February. Preliminary results show the Eureka Springs ordinance was ratified by a 579-231 vote in a...
Disasters Declared in Arkansas, Texas Following Severe Weather
May 13 2015 // Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has declared a state of disaster in counties hit in recent days by severe weather that’s included tornadoes, thunderstorms and heavy rains that brought flooding. Likewise, Arkansas Gov. Asa...
5 Dead After Twisters Hit Texas, Arkansas
May 12 2015 // Emergency responders on May 11 searched through wreckage in parts of the states of Texas and Arkansas after a line of tornadoes battered several small communities, killing at least five people, including a young couple...
Maumelle, Arkansas Settles Employee Sexual Harassment Case
May 7 2015 // A $15,000 settlement has been reached in a case between a central Arkansas city and two of its employees over accusations that City Clerk and Treasurer Joshua Clausen sexually harassed them. The payment approved by the...
Constellation Acquiring Medical Professional Liability Insurer Arkansas Mutual
May 6 2015 // Constellation, a mutual holding company, announced that Little Rock-based medical professional liability insurance provider, Arkansas Mutual Insurance Co., is joining its family of companies. Arkansas Mutual will be the...
Arkansas Workers’ Comp Rates to Drop
May 4 2015 // The Arkansas Insurance Department in mid-April announced a decrease in workers’ compensation rates that will become effective July 1. The overall loss cost decrease in the voluntary market is 2.1 percent, while the...
Insurer Files Suit against Follower of Imprisoned Arkansas Evangelist
Apr 27 2015 // An insurance company is asking a Pulaski County, Ark., judge to declare it has no responsibility to pay court judgments against the homeowners policy of a follower of imprisoned evangelist Tony Alamo. The judgments are...
Exxon Mobil Subsidiaries to Pay Nearly $5M for Arkansas Pipeline Spill
Apr 24 2015 // Two subsidiaries of Exxon Mobil must pay almost $5 million in penalties for state and federal violations involving the 2013 Mayflower oil spill in central Arkansas, according to a consent decree filed in federal court on...
CNA Appoints Cox as Arkansas, Oklahoma Branch VP
Apr 22 2015 // Chicago-based CNA announced it has appointed John Cox as vice president of the Arkansas and Oklahoma branches. Cox will be responsible for leading both branch teams to serve the diverse needs of CNA’s customers. He...
Arkansas Plaintiffs Want Order Dismissing Exxon Oil-Spill Lawsuit Vacated
Apr 17 2015 // Plaintiffs are urging a federal judge in Little Rock, Ark., to vacate his order dismissing a class-action lawsuit against Exxon Mobil, claiming the oil giant suppressed evidence in the case. The lawsuit, filed over a 2013...
Arkansas Workers’ Comp Rates to Drop
Apr 15 2015 // The Arkansas Insurance Department announced a decrease in workers’ compensation rates effective July 1, 2015. The overall loss cost decrease in the voluntary market is 2.1 percent, while the overall decrease in rates...
Crop Insurance Uncertainty Hindering Arkansas Farmers
Apr 14 2015 // Lower commodity prices and uncertainties about new federal crop insurance programs are making it tougher for Arkansas row crop farmers to secure operating loans. Tight cash flow has already struck some growers as the...
‘Religious Freedom’ / Discrimination Battleground Shifts to Arkansas
Apr 1 2015 // Arkansas is the latest battleground over “religious freedom” laws that are coming under criticism from businesses and advocates who call them a license to discriminate against gays and lesbians. The southern...
Ex-AG Says Arkansas Religious Protection Bill Would Allow Discrimination
Mar 31 2015 // Several dozens of people, including former Attorney General Dustin McDaniel, gathered in Little Rock to show their distaste for a proposed law that critics say would sanction discrimination against gays and lesbians. They...
Arkansas, Oklahoma, Warned of Hail, High Wind-Packing Storms
Mar 25 2015 // While there has been a curious lack of tornadoes throughout the country’s midsection, that may soon change, according to federal weather forecasters. A cold front approaching Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri is...
Arkansas Bill Would Prevent Claim Denial for Damage by Stolen Vehicle
Mar 25 2015 // A bill to be considered by the Arkansas Senate today would prevent auto insurers from denying a claim for damage caused by a stolen vehicle even if “a valid police report of the theft of vehicle has not been...
People – South Central
Mar 23 2015 // Waco, Texas-based Insurors Indemnity Cos. named Dave Talbert as president and chief executive officer. Talbert joined Insurors Indemnity in February 2014 with more than 25 years of industry experience, having previously...
