Latest Arkansas Headlines
All the headlines from our Arkansas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
2 New Insurers Approved to Operate in Arkansas
Sep 27 2016 // The Arkansas Insurance Department announced that two companies have been approved to begin offering insurance products in the state. Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr has granted authority to Motorists Life...
US Agency: Exxon Trying to Dodge Blame for Arkansas Leak
Sep 26 2016 // Exxon Mobil Pipeline Co. is trying to “escape responsibility” for not considering that a pipeline that ruptured in Arkansas was susceptible to seam failure despite a history of such problems, according to a...
Arkansas Judge: Investors Can Sue Wal-Mart as Group Over Mexico Bribe Claim
Sep 22 2016 // An Arkansas judge has ruled Wal-Mart Stores Inc. investors may bring fraud claims against the retailer as a group, clearing a hurdle in a lawsuit over bribes it allegedly paid to help open new stores in Mexico. The ruling...
Senate Candidate Eldridge, Arkansas Democrats Back Medical Marijuana
Sep 1 2016 // Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Conner Eldridge has endorsed legalizing medical marijuana, a move that comes days after Arkansas Democrats voted to support making the drug available to some patients. But both Eldridge and...
Group Asks Arkansas Court Asked to Block Measure on Medical Lawsuit Caps
Aug 30 2016 // A group opposed to a ballot proposal that would place limits on damages in medical lawsuits asked Arkansas’ highest court to block voting on the proposed constitutional amendment in November. Fairness for Arkansans,...
Arkansas Judge: Hospital Can’t Be Blamed in Suit Over Woman’s Medical Records
Aug 29 2016 // An Arkansas judge has ruled the hospital where a TV anchor died can’t be blamed for the wrongdoing of two former hospital workers who illegally looked at her medical records after she was hospitalized. The Arkansas...
Protecting Vehicles from Cyberattacks Focus of U. of Arkansas Project
Aug 22 2016 // In 2015, two researchers remotely hacked a Jeep Cherokee being driven by a reporter who documented how the researchers controlled everything from the car’s radio and media console to its brakes and steering. For Dr....
Limits on Non-Economic Medical Damages to Be on Arkansas Ballot
Aug 8 2016 // Arkansas voters this fall will be allowed to consider a constitutional amendment that would limit non-economic damages in lawsuits against healthcare providers and set a limit on contingency fees lawyers could receive in...
$45M Settlement Proposed in Arkansas Tobacco Lawsuit
Aug 8 2016 // Attorneys for cigarette smokers and for tobacco manufacturer Philip Morris USA have agreed to a $45 million settlement of a lawsuit over the marketing of Marlboro Lights in Arkansas. The settlement was submitted to Pulaski...
$45M Settlement Proposed in Arkansas Tobacco Lawsuit
Aug 1 2016 // Attorneys for cigarette smokers and for tobacco manufacturer Philip Morris USA have agreed to a $45 million settlement of a lawsuit over the marketing of Marlboro Lights in Arkansas. The settlement was submitted to Pulaski...
Arkansas Doctor Gets 2-Year Sentence in Insurance Fraud Case
Jul 27 2016 // A Little Rock, Ark., doctor whose clinic improperly billed massage therapy services as physical therapy has received two years in prison and has been ordered to pay insurers and patients more than $700,000 in...
$1.5M Recovered for Arkansas Insurance Consumers in First Half of 2016
Jul 25 2016 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr says the Consumer Services Division (CSD) of the Arkansas Insurance Department recovered $1,580,421 for Arkansas insurance customers in the first six months of 2016. By...
2 New Insurers Approved for Doing Business in Arkansas
Jul 20 2016 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr has approved two new out-of-state insurers to do business in the state. Medical Liability Alliance (MLA) of Jefferson City, Mo., has been granted authority to offer casualty...
Arkansas Recovers More than $1.5M for Insurance Consumers in First Half of 2016
Jul 18 2016 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr says the Consumer Services Division (CSD) of the Arkansas Insurance Department recovered $1,580,421 for Arkansas insurance customers in the first six months of 2016. The amounts...
Arkansas Company Recalls 5,850 Pounds of Chicken Products
Jul 14 2016 // Arkansas-based Simmons Prepared Foods says it’s recalling 5,850 pounds of frozen chicken products that may have been breaded with flour contaminated with E. coli bacteria. Simmons says the frozen, uncooked chicken...
Owners of Arkansas McDonald’s Franchise Sued for Disability Discrimination
Jul 6 2016 // A McDonald’s restaurant owned and operated by Mathews Management Company and Peach Orchard Inc. in Bentonville, Ark., violated federal law when it fired an employee because of his HIV-positive status, the U.S. Equal...
Arkansas Woman Charged with Filing Nearly $250K in False Insurance Claims
Jun 23 2016 // A Pulaski County, Ark., employee who processed insurance claims has been fired after being arrested and charged with filing false insurance claims for nearly $250,000. Authorities say 60-year-old Wanda Wyatt was a fleet...
McGhee Elected President of Arkansas Independent Agents Insurance Group
Jun 22 2016 // Bill McGhee, of McGhee Insurance Inc., in Little Rock, Ark., has been elected president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Arkansas. McGhee previously served on the IIAA executive committee and board of...
Arkansas Emergency Official Likes FEMA’s Disaster Deductible Proposal
Jun 8 2016 // Arkansas’ emergency management director said he favors a proposal from the Federal Emergency Management Agency that gives states disaster “deductibles” as an incentive for the state to be better prepared...
Governor Wants State to Run Arkansas Health Insurance Exchange
Jun 6 2016 // Arkansas officials say they want the state to take responsibility for its health insurance exchange for individuals but continue enrolling them in coverage through the federal system’s mechanisms. Gov. Asa...
