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Senate to begin farm bill debate next week

Updated: May 18, 2013 10:03pm

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate will begin debate Monday on a five-year farm bill that provides additional support to Arkansas rice growers than was considered a year ago.

The legislation,...

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Latest ethics proposal rejected by AG

Updated: Apr 29, 2013 9:12pm

LITTLE ROCK — Attorney General Dustin McDaniel on Monday rejected the name and ballot title of a proposed constitutional amendment to impose new ethics reforms on state legislators.

The...

Plan calls for phased return home for Mayflower oil spill evacuees

Updated: Apr 29, 2013 9:11pm

LITTLE ROCK — On the one-month anniversary of the ExxonMobile pipeline rupture forced residents from a Mayflower subdivision, the company said Monday it would brief residents this week on a plan...

Court affirms white supremacist’s death sentence in Arkansas slayings

Updated: Apr 29, 2013 6:50pm

LITTLE ROCK — A federal appeals panel Monday upheld the death sentence imposed on a white supremacist convicted in 1999 of slaying an Arkansas family as part of a plot to establish a whites-only...

First lottery scholarships awarded for 2013-14

Updated: Apr 29, 2013 6:47pm

LITTLE ROCK — State higher education officials announced Monday that more than 10,000 high school seniors will receive lottery-funded college scholarships for the fall semester under the program’s...

State unemployment steady at 7.2 percent, but labor force shrinks again

Updated: Apr 26, 2013 7:38pm

Arkansas’ jobless rate was 7.2 percent in March, unchanged from February and just slightly below the 7.3 percent in March 2012. March marks 50 consecutive months that Arkansas’ jobless rate has...

Former Bentonville residents accused of securities fraud

Updated: Apr 26, 2013 7:34pm

LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Securities Department said Friday it has filed a complaint accusing two former Bentonville residents of securities fraud.

The complaint, filed in Pulaski County...

Legislature’s political shift evident, advocates say

Updated: Apr 26, 2013 7:33pm

LITTLE ROCK — Even though Arkansas’ first General Assembly under Republican control since Reconstruction produced the broadest expansion of government-funded health care in generations, GOP...

Death-row inmates sue to void new lethal-injection law

Updated: Apr 26, 2013 7:29pm

LITTLE ROCK — A lawsuit filed Friday on behalf of six condemned killers contends that Arkansas’ new lethal injection law is unconstitutional and seeks to block executions.

The lawsuit filed...

Hundreds to be hired to help Arkansans enroll in insurance exchange

Updated: Apr 26, 2013 7:22pm

LITTLE ROCK — Expanding health care coverage in the state under the federal Affordable Care Act will be a massive undertaking that will require hiring hundreds of people to help guide thousands of...

Washington Digest — Congress passes furlough fix

Updated: Apr 26, 2013 2:28pm

WASHINGTON — Congress passed legislation last week to fix Federal Aviation Administration furloughs that were disrupting air travelers and fueling growing public anger.

The House voted 361-...

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