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Latest ethics proposal rejected by AG
State Comments Updated: Apr 29, 2013 9:12pmLITTLE 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
State Comments Updated: Apr 29, 2013 9:11pmLITTLE 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
State Comments Updated: Apr 29, 2013 6:50pmLITTLE 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
State Comments Updated: Apr 29, 2013 6:47pmLITTLE 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
State Comments Updated: Apr 26, 2013 7:38pmArkansas’ 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
State Comments Updated: Apr 26, 2013 7:34pmLITTLE 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
State Comments Updated: Apr 26, 2013 7:33pmLITTLE 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
State Comments Updated: Apr 26, 2013 7:29pmLITTLE 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
State Comments Updated: Apr 26, 2013 7:22pmLITTLE 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
State Comments Updated: Apr 26, 2013 2:28pmWASHINGTON — 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-...