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State employment drops to 7.1 percent in April
State Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 3:23pmLITTLE ROCK — Arkansas’ unemployment was 7.1 percent in April, down slightly from 7.2 percent in March, according to labor statistics released Friday.
The state jobless rate was 0.4...
Washington Digest — GOP takes another whack at health law
State Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 3:18pmWASHINGTON — House Republicans took another whack last week at the 2010 health care overhaul, voting to repeal the law that is transforming the landscape for health insurance.
Lawmakers...
Judge allows suit against abortion law to move forward
State Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 3:15pmLITTLE ROCK —A federal judge has blocked implementation of a law to eliminate abortions after 12 weeks in Arkansas.
U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright issued a preliminary injunction,...
Legislative session formally ends
State Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 3:06pmLITTLE ROCK — The 2013 regular legislative session formally ended Friday without an attempt to override Gov. Mike Beebe’s veto of a package of bills meant to restructure the state board that...
Colleges, universities opting out of faculty gun carry law, so far
State Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 3:03pmLITTLE ROCK — So far, colleges and universities are opting out of a law that would allow faculty and staff with concealed carry permits to bring weapons on campus.
The sponsor, Rep. Charlie...
Carter opts out of 2014 governor’s race
State Comments Updated: May 17, 2013 2:44pmLITTLE ROCK — The Republican House speaker who considered using his leadership in Arkansas’ first GOP-led General Assembly since Reconstruction as a stepping stone to the state’s highest office...
New study finds no pollution of Arkansas water from fracking
State Comments Updated: May 16, 2013 8:22pmLITTLE ROCK — A new study by scientists at Duke University and the U.S. Geological Survey has found no evidence of groundwater contamination from shale gas production in Arkansas.
“Our...
New trial ordered for North Little Rock man in grandfather’s death
State Comments Updated: May 16, 2013 1:08pmLITTLE ROCK — A North Little Rock man convicted of killing his grandfather and mutilating the corpse is entitled to a new trial because of contradictory instructions given to the jurors who found...
State takes over financially troubled Mineral Springs School District
State Comments Updated: May 16, 2013 12:43pmLITTLE ROCK —The state on Thursday took over the financially troubled Mineral Springs School District in Howard County.
In a state Department of Education news release, state Education...
Carter: GOP must move beyond social issues
State Comments Updated: May 15, 2013 8:36pmHOT SPRINGS — Two days before the formal end of a Republican-controlled legislative session that focused heavily on gun rights and abortion restrictions, the GOP House speaker said Wednesday that...