Arkansas’ revenues in March were ahead of last year and beat official projections, as the state saw increases in nearly all major tax collections, the state’s finance office said on April 3. The Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration said …
Arkansas has clarified that it will retain the current statutory definition of a small employer as being one that retains 2 to 50 employees for purposes of small group health insurance issues. The Arkansas Insurance Department made the distinction, however, …
San Diego, Calif.-based managing general agent K2 Insurance Services LLC has acquired a majority stake in Midwestern Insurance Alliance Inc., an MGA based in Louisville, Ky. that underwrites workers’ compensation coverage with a focus on transportation. Terms of the deal …
Although none of the 50 U.S. state governments were found to be exemplary, three out of four of the South Central states received very lackluster rankings in a report evaluating state governments on integrity and the ability to prevent corruption …
Eighteen Arkansas residents died in floods last year, the most in any state in the nation but fewer than in the year before, the National Weather Service said. The deaths happened in March through May. Six were in Benton County, …
Attorneys for an Arkansas nursing home and the man who runs it say they deserve a new trial in a case in which a jury ordered the nursing home to pay more than $5 million following the death of a …
Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford has announced that planning efforts for an Arkansas-run health benefits exchange have ended. He stated that legislative opposition to developing an Arkansas exchange has quashed the state’s efforts to meet federal requirements for implementation of …
Labor officials have moved to cut off federal contracts held by one of the nation’s largest meatpackers, saying it discriminated against women and non-Asians at a plant in Arkansas. The U.S. Labor Department claims Cargill Meat Solutions discriminated against more …
Small earthquakes have shaken parts of northern Arkansas and central Oklahoma A 2.6 magnitude quake struck early morning in the morning on Nov. 29 near Hardy, Ark. The 911 call center in Sharp County didn’t have any reports of injuries …
“It’s about over, except for the shouting,” said Craighead County Extension Agent-Staff Chairman Branon Thiesse about the 2011 crops. “I don’t know how much shouting there will be, but there should be some because overall, based on the year, things …
