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Private option debate could get a second life
Columns and Blogs Comments Updated: Jun 18, 2013 9:00pmThe debate over the “private option” health care expansion was by far the most hotly debated issue in the recent state legislative session. In the end, about 80 percent of lawmakers from both...
Anti-tax conservatives slam Womack’s Internet sales tax bill
State Comments Updated: Jun 18, 2013 7:37pmWASHINGTON — Anti-tax advocates stood outside the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday and slammed legislation sponsored by Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, to require out-of-state merchants to collect sales tax...
Report gives Arkansas C’s for manufacturing, logistics
State Comments Updated: Jun 18, 2013 7:32pmLITTLE ROCK — A new report that grades states on the economic environments they offer for manufacturing and logistics gives Arkansas a C in both categories.
The 2013 Manufacturing and...
Widow to serve for fallen Scott County sheriff
State Comments Updated: Jun 18, 2013 7:30pmWALDRON — The widow of the Scott County sheriff who was killed during flooding in western Arkansas last month was sworn in Tuesday to serve out the remainder of...
Suspect accused of break-in, threats
Police and Fire Comments Updated: Jun 18, 2013 7:28pmA $100,000 bond was set Tuesday for a man who allegedly broke into a house in central Pine Bluff Saturday afternoon and threatened to kill the occupants.
Jefferson County Judge Kim...
Walton Family Foundation awards $1.3 million in education grants
State Comments Updated: Jun 18, 2013 7:28pm
LITTLE ROCK — The Walton Family Foundation on Tuesday awarded $1.3 million in grants to two organizations seeking to improve the quality of public...
Alleged domestic dispute ends in arrest
Police and Fire Comments Updated: Jun 18, 2013 7:23pmA reported argument between a pregnant Pine Bluff woman and her boyfriend allegedly turned physical Saturday, and the man was arrested on a felony allegation.
Ray Johnson, 25, allegedly...
AGs, legislators join McDaniel in defending judgment against drug maker
State Comments Updated: Jun 18, 2013 7:20pmLITTLE ROCK — Attorneys general of 35 states and 65 members of the Arkansas General Assembly have joined Attorney General Dustin McDaniel in asking the Arkansas...
Suspect arrested on drug charges
Police and Fire Comments Updated: Jun 18, 2013 7:17pmPine Bluff police on routine patrol early Monday morning found an unoccupied vehicle in the middle of the street at 34th Avenue and Main Street with a man standing in front of the vehicle, then...
Funeral set for former Pine Bluff officer
Local Comments Updated: Jun 18, 2013 7:14pmFuneral services for former Pine Bluff Police Officer Willam Jason Sprague, who was killed in the line of duty last Friday while a member of the Texarkana, Texas, Police Department will be held at...
