Latest Arkansas Headlines
All the headlines from our Arkansas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Monitor: Almost All of Arkansas in Some Form of Drought
Dec 5 2016 // More than 86 percent of Arkansas is in some form of drought ahead of a warm, dry winter forecast, meaning there’s little chance of immediate relief. Because of the drought, ranchers are turning to alternate sources...
Draft Rules for Medical Marijuana in the Works in Arkansas
Dec 2 2016 // Medical marijuana products sold in Arkansas would have to include detailed labels with information about their laboratory analysis, dosage, source and warnings under a draft of rules being prepared for the launch of the...
Arkansas Road Team Busy Promoting Big Rig Safety
Nov 18 2016 // Just over a year ago, the Arkansas Trucking Association named the first class of a brand new Arkansas Road Team: 12 drivers from six companies given the task of educating the public about safe driving around heavy-duty...
Arkansas McDonald’s to Pay $103K to Settle Disability Discrimination Suit
Nov 16 2016 // A McDonald’s restaurant owned and operated by Mathews Management Co. and Peach Orchard Inc. in Bentonville, Ark., will pay $103,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by...
2 New Insurers Approved to Operate in Arkansas
Nov 16 2016 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr has approved a New York-based property/casualty insurance company and an Arkansas-based captive insurer to begin doing business in the state. Kerr has granted authority to Sompo...
Some Form of Drought Now Covering More than 86% of Arkansas
Nov 14 2016 // More than 86 percent of Arkansas is in some form of drought ahead of a warm, dry winter forecast, meaning there’s little chance of immediate relief. Because of the drought, ranchers are turning to alternate sources...
Medical Marijuana OK’d in Conservative Arkansas, but Fights Remain
Nov 10 2016 // Arkansas voters handed marijuana advocates a significant victory by passing a measure that would legalize the drug for medical use, but groups on both sides of the issue are now gearing up for fights over how to set up the...
Arkansas Company Fined Nearly $125K for Repeat Workplace Hazards
Nov 9 2016 // Federal safety officials have cited Bekaert Corp. in Van Buren, Arkansas, after an employee suffered an amputation while trying to untangle moving wire at an Arkansas facility that manipulates and coats steel products. An...
Arkansas Man Gets 1-Year Sentence for Insurance Fraud
Oct 31 2016 // The Arkansas Insurance Department reported that a North Little Rock man has been sentenced to one year in prison after pleading guilty to insurance fraud. On Oct. 25, Antonio Fowler, 30, pleaded guilty to one count of...
Court Disqualifies 1 of 2 Medical Marijuana Proposals on Arkansas Ballot
Oct 28 2016 // Arkansas Supreme Court has disqualified a medical marijuana proposal from the November ballot less than two weeks before the election and with thousands of votes already cast, but voters will still be able to consider a...
Court in Arkansas Reverses Drunken Driving Conviction over Checkpoint
Oct 25 2016 // The Arkansas Supreme Court has overturned a man’s driving while intoxicated conviction, agreeing with the state Court of Appeals that it resulted from an unconstitutional sobriety checkpoint. Justices reversed Jeremy...
Court Nulls Medical Liability Cap Proposal on Arkansas Ballot
Oct 24 2016 // Arkansas’ Supreme Court said on Oct. 13 that voters won’t be able to consider a measure that would limit the amount of money awarded in medical liability cases because the language on the November ballot...
Arkansas Court: Voters to Decide Medical Marijuana Plan
Oct 17 2016 // Voters will have their say on at least one medical marijuana proposal this November, the Arkansas Supreme Court ruled on Oct. 13. Justices sided with supporters of a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow...
Arkansas Justices Toss Medical Liability Limit Proposal from November Ballot
Oct 14 2016 // Arkansas’ Supreme Court said that voters won’t be able to consider award limits in medical liability cases because the language outlining the plan on the November ballot doesn’t fully describe what the...
Arkansas Insurance Fraud Convictions Result in Fines, Restitution
Oct 12 2016 // The Arkansas Insurance Department has announced recent statewide insurance fraud convictions that stipulate fines and restitution. They are: Frederick Randle, 46 of England, pleaded guilty in Pulaski County Circuit Court...
LCTA Workers’ Comp Expands to Mississippi and Arkansas
Oct 11 2016 // LCTA Workers’ Comp announced that it will be expanding its geographic reach to include Mississippi and Arkansas. LCTA at the start of the month began writing lines of workers’ comp coverage to...
Arkansas-Based Tyson Foods to Pay $1.6M to Settle Hiring Charges
Oct 6 2016 // Tyson Foods Inc., will pay $1.6 million to settle federal allegations of hiring discrimination at six plants in Arkansas, New Mexico and Texas. Tyson and the U.S. Labor Department announced the deal on Oct. 4. The agency...
Study: Arkansas Roads, Bridges Need $750M in Repairs
Oct 4 2016 // The aging transportation infrastructure in Arkansas needs $750 million to make critical repairs, according to a recent study that identified bridges in danger of collapse and once-paved roads that have been reduced to...
Arkansas Woman Sentenced to 3 Years in Jail for Insurance Fraud
Sep 29 2016 // A Little Rock, Arkansas, woman has been sentenced to a three-year prison sentence after being convicted of felony insurance fraud in a case involving a reported car accident involving a U-Haul rental vehicle. The Arkansas...
Rash of Property, Auto Fires in Arkansas Town Thought to Be Arson
Sep 27 2016 // Police in Helena-West Helena, Ark., say six separate fires that caused about $120,000 in property damage are being investigated as arson. The first occurred on Friday close to a public housing development where...
