More than 6,000 properties are sitting vacant in Arkansas because the owners are delinquent in paying their taxes. Little Rock television station KTHV reports that state Land Commissioner John Thurston says he wants to get those properties back on the …
Two senators are pressing to remove a federal requirement that homeowners and businesses near levees and dams purchase flood insurance. Senators Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) have launched an effort to convince their colleagues to overturn a provision …
In a year when severe drought scorched the Southwest, a hurricane drowned crops in the East, and river flooding swamped farms in the Midwest, one of the worst places to be a farmer may be just west of the Mississippi …
Democrats in Arkansas next year can’t escape the debate over the health care overhaul. They can at least try to change the conversation in their favor. The dispute between Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe’s administration and legislative Republicans over whether to …
Arkansas’ top insurance official has asked lawmakers to support the state’s application for a nearly $3.8 million grant to plan for creating an insurance marketplace under the health care law, money that Gov. Mike Beebe says he won’t seek unless …
Arkansas has issued guidance for insurance companies and brokers on premium tax payments for nonadmitted, or excess and surplus, insurance. In Bulletin No. 5-2011, the Arkansas Insurance Department outlined the state’s policies with regard to the implementation of the Nonadmitted …
People in western Arkansas who were hit by tornadoes and storms might have been turned down for disaster aid on their first try. But officials said that isn’t always the final answer. “A letter that says you are ineligible for …
The Arkansas Forestry Commission said it suppressed at least 18 wildfires so far this weekend. A spokesman says crews are still trying to contain another 12 wildfires across the state. Extreme wildfire conditions have been declared for 25 counties in …
The Arkansas Supreme Court has denied an insurer’s appeal of a lower court finding that the language of its insurance policy at issue in a case involving an underinsured driver is ambiguous. Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company Inc. was the insurer …
A new ordinance bans pit bull terriers and other types of dogs inside the limits of an eastern Arkansas city. Members of the Trumann City Council have approved the ordinance barring American pit bull terriers, Staffordshire bull terriers, American Staffordshire …
