Latest Arkansas Headlines
All the headlines from our Arkansas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Arkansas Lawmakers Advance Guns in Church Bill Minus Insurance Provision
Jan 25 2013 // An Arkansas Senate panel advanced a proposal this week to allow concealed handguns in churches, but rejected an amendment to require places of worship to carry more insurance if firearms are permitted. A House committee...
Arkansas Governor Reappoints Hood to Workers’ Comp Commission
Jan 21 2013 // Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe has reappointed Philip Alan Hood to the state Workers’ Compensation Commission. Beebe returned Hood to the panel for a six-year term as the labor representative. The three-member commission...
Arkansas Lawmaker Files Tort Reform Ballot Measure
Jan 18 2013 // An Arkansas lawmaker is proposing a constitutional amendment to require those who file lawsuits found to be “frivolous” to pay court costs and to place restrictions on experts who can testify at medical...
Oklahoma State Senators Look to Arkansas for Workers’ Comp Answers
Jan 10 2013 // Oklahoma Senators Anthony Sykes and Josh Brecheen are looking to Arkansas for ideas for reforming their states’ workers’ compensation system. Workers’ compensation reform is among the top priorities in...
Storm Leaves 135K Still Without Power In Arkansas
Dec 28 2012 // A Christmas Day blizzard that dumped more than 15 inches of Arkansas on the state, causing massive damage to power lines have affected more than 200,000 customers, has left more than 135,000 residents still without...
Arkansas Governor Issues Disaster Declaration Following Snow Storm
Dec 27 2012 // Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe issued a disaster declaration after a Christmas Day storm dumped snow and ice throughout the state and caused power outages to over 200,000 residents. Beebe issued the declaration Wednesday...
Tornadoes Strike in Texas
Dec 26 2012 // Christmas Day along the Gulf Coast was filled with severe thunderstorms that brought drenching rains, high winds and damaging tornadoes while the nation’s midsection dealt with freezing rain, sleet and snow that made...
Judgment Upheld in Arkansas Brain Surgery Lawsuit
Dec 17 2012 // The Arkansas Supreme Court has upheld an $11 million judgment in a medical malpractice lawsuit against an insurer for Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH), in a suit brought by a Mabelvale couple after a doctor...
Beebe: Arkansas to Stick With Partnership Exchange
Dec 14 2012 // Gov. Mike Beebe said Arkansas will move forward on a partnership with the federal government for an online insurance marketplace required under President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, though he believes the...
Insurance to Pay for New $120M Acid Plant at LSB’s Arkansas Site
Dec 11 2012 // An Oklahoma City-based company says it will build a $120 million nitric acid plant at a chemical facility in El Dorado, Ark., that was the site of an explosion in May. LSB Industries Inc. announced that the company signed...
New Sentencing for Arkansas Doctor Convicted in Bombing Case
Dec 7 2012 // A federal appeals court has ordered a re-sentencing for an Arkansas doctor convicted in a bombing that nearly killed the head of the state medical board. A jury convicted Randeep Mann in February 2011 of conspiring to use...
Midwest Economic Index Rises Slightly
Dec 4 2012 // A monthly economic index report suggests an economic slump will continue over the next three to six months for nine Midwest and Plains states. The Mid-America Business Conditions index rose slightly in November to a weak...
Beebe, Arkansas Files Suit over Fire Insurance Tax Money
Nov 27 2012 // The city of Beebe, Ark., has filed suit against White County over how the county distributes some funding to area fire departments. The suit was filed by Beebe Mayor Mike Robertson and the Beebe City Council after the...
Arkansas Panel Awards $2.7M over Trooper Fatal Crash
Nov 19 2012 // A state panel recommended an award of $2.7 million to the estate of a woman who was killed in a crash with a speeding Arkansas State trooper. The state Claims Commission made the award on Nov. 15 and assigned 90 percent of...
Arkansas Town Considers Surveillance-System Ordinance
Nov 16 2012 // It’s been nearly two months since someone gunned down a convenience-store clerk during an attempted robbery, and Pine Bluff, Ark., police investigators are still searching for the shooter. A security-camera system...
State Elections Wrapup: Some Partisan Realignment; 5 Incumbent Insurance Chiefs Win
Nov 8 2012 // Neil Alldredge has been searching for the unifying “theme” in the results of Nov. 6 state elections around the country but he says it has not been easy to identify one. As senior vice president for state and...
Driver of Oil Pipe Truck Charged in Arkansas Death
Nov 5 2012 // The driver of an oil field truck has been charged with negligent homicide for the death of a 95-year-old woman who was killed when she drove into a length of pipe that protruded behind the rig. Authorities on Friday...
Drought Not Over, Arkansas Ranchers Cautioned
Oct 29 2012 // Arkansas agriculture officials say recent rains and the greening of pastures aren’t true indications that the drought is over. The drought was particularly hard on cattle producers, many of whom sold more head than...
A.M. Best Downgrades Texas-Based Columbia Lloyds, MDOW Insurance
Oct 24 2012 // A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating to B++ (Good) from A- (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings to “bbb” from “a-” of Columbia Lloyds Insurance Co. (Columbia Lloyds) and its...
Top US Ag Negotiator: Farm Exports Likely Down $1B
Oct 11 2012 // America’s top agricultural negotiator, speaking in Stuttgart, Akr., said that he expects farm exports to be down between $1 billion and $2 billion this year because of the drought. The tighter supply of grains, and...
