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Beebe to announce state treasurer appointment next week

Updated: May 24, 2013 9:54pm

LITTLE ROCK — Gov. Mike Beebe said Friday he has made his choice on a replacement for Martha Shoffner as state treasure and will announce his decision next week.

“We’ll announce it Wednesday...

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Carter opts out of 2014 governor’s race

Updated: May 17, 2013 2:44pm

LITTLE 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

Updated: May 16, 2013 8:22pm

LITTLE 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

Updated: May 16, 2013 1:08pm

LITTLE 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

Updated: May 16, 2013 12:43pm

LITTLE 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...

<p>House Speaker Davy Carter, R-Cabot, (left) makes a point during a panel discussion at the Arkansas Rural Development Conference in Hot Springs as Reps. Fred Love, D-Little Rock, and Ann Clemmer, R-Benton, look on. (Rob Moritz photo)</p>

Carter: GOP must move beyond social issues

Updated: May 15, 2013 8:36pm

HOT 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...

Beebe: Other states eyeing Arkansas’ private option to Medicaid expansion

Updated: May 15, 2013 6:22pm

HOT SPRINGS — Governors from across the political spectrum and across the nation have called wanting to know more about Arkansas’ private pay option for health care expansion approved by the...

House Agriculture Committee backs Hudson food stamp reform

Updated: May 15, 2013 6:19pm

WASHINGTON – The House Agriculture Committee on Wednesday agreed to a measure proposed by Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., to end bonus pay for those enrolling new food stamp recipients.

The...

Judge allows abortion lawsuit to proceed

Updated: May 15, 2013 6:11pm

LITTLE ROCK — A federal judge on Wednesday denied a motion by the state attorney general’s office to dismiss a lawsuit challenging a new state law banning most abortions at 12 weeks.

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Boozman, Pryor back water resources bill

Updated: May 15, 2013 5:29pm

WASHINGTON — Arkansas Sens. Mark Pryor and John Boozman on Wednesday supported reauthorization of the Water Resources Development Act that they say would strengthen America’s water infrastructure...

DF&A says email claiming tax return review bogus

Updated: May 15, 2013 5:23pm

LITTLE ROCK — A new email scam attempts to induce taxpayers into revealing private or financial information by fooling people into believing their tax return is under review by a state agency, the...

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