Latest Arkansas Headlines
All the headlines from our Arkansas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Pipe Company Suing Liberty Mutual Insurance over 2012 Arkansas Fire
Jul 30 2013 // A fire that broke out at Welspun Pipes Inc.’s Little Rock, Ark., facility last year could cost the plant $14.5 million. That’s according to a lawsuit filed by Welspun and Welspun Tubular LLC against its...
Arkansas Works to Reduce Prescription Drug Abuse
Jul 23 2013 // Prescription drug overdoses account for about one death per day in Arkansas and state officials are working with educators, health providers and law enforcement to bring down abuse rates. Alcohol remains the most commonly...
Commission Dismisses $1M Claim Against Arkansas State
Jul 15 2013 // The Arkansas State Claims Commission has voted to dismiss a $1 million wrongful death claim against Arkansas State University by the parents of a student who died after being shot at his campus apartment. The Arkansas...
Regulators Fine Fayetteville, Arkansas Builder Over Worker’s Death
Jul 11 2013 // Federal safety regulators have fined a construction company for the death of a worker at a Fayetteville, Ark., apartment complex. The Occupational Safety and Hazard Administration fined Business Construction Services LLC...
Reports: ExxonMobile Arkansas Pipeline Had Past Minor Leaks
Jul 1 2013 // Federal agency accident records show that the ExxonMobil pipeline that spilled thousands of gallons of oil near Little Rock, Ark.., in March has had at least 13 minor leaks since 2002. The federal Pipeline and Hazardous...
Some Arkansas Cities Mapping Storm Shelters
Jun 25 2013 // Officials in at least two Arkansas cities are asking their residents to let them know if they have storm shelters, while a third says he wants to update his city’s maps of the shelters. City officials in Searcy have...
Arkansas Drops Request for Extra Insurance Exchange Workers
Jun 24 2013 // The Arkansas Department of Human Services is dropping a request for 100 employees to help people enroll in the state’s health insurance exchange. DHS Division of County Operations director Joni Jones told the...
4 Insurance Companies Interested in Arkansas Exchange
Jun 5 2013 // Four insurance companies plan to sell their policies to more than 500,000 Arkansas residents through an online marketplace created under the federal health care law, the state Insurance Department announced. The department...
Tornadoes Rip Through Oklahoma, Arkansas
May 30 2013 // Severe storms spawned a dozen reported tornadoes in Oklahoma and Arkansas on Thursday, injuring at least five people and sending residents scrambling for cover 10 days after a powerful twister killed 24 people in...
Arkansas Doctor Convicted in Bombing Resentenced to Life
May 3 2013 // A resentencing proceeding for a former doctor convicted in the bombing of the leader of the Arkansas Medical Board left him with his original life sentence but afforded his lawyer a chance to again claim his client is...
Arkansas, Oklahoma: No Plans to Move State Workers to Health Exchanges
Apr 29 2013 // As lawmakers in the state of Washington consider moving some part-time government workers out of a state-sponsored health plan and into an insurance exchange developed under the nation’s new health care overhaul law,...
Arkansas Joining Interstate Insurance Regulation Compact
Apr 29 2013 // Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe has signed SB1170, enacting the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact (Compact). The bill was introduced by Sen. Jason Rapert, chair of the Arkansas Senate Insurance and Commerce...
Arkansas House Passes ‘Private-Option’ Medicaid Funds
Apr 17 2013 // The Arkansas House on Tuesday approved a plan to use federal Medicaid funds to buy private insurance for low-income residents, with many Republicans saying the approach is the best way to maintain some control over...
Analysis: Private Health Plan Option Tough Sell for Arkansas GOP Voters
Apr 15 2013 // For Arkansas Republicans elected on a vow to defeat the federal health care overhaul, a proposal to expand subsidized insurance relying on a key part of that law has been far from an easy pitch. Here comes the toughest...
Arkansas Senate Backs Penalties for Fatigued Drivers
Apr 10 2013 // The Arkansas Senate has approved legislation that would allow prosecutors to charge drowsy drivers with negligent homicide when they cause fatal crashes. By a 23-2 vote, the Senate approved a bill that would allow...
Federal Lawsuit Filed Over Arkansas Oil Spill
Apr 9 2013 // Two women who live near an ExxonMobil pipeline that ruptured and spilled thousands of barrels of oil in central Arkansas filed a federal lawsuit against the company on April 5. The class-action complaint from Kimla Greene...
Arkansas Governor: U.S. Government Will Help With Private Insurance
Apr 5 2013 // Federal officials have offered “conceptual support” for Arkansas’ plan to use Medicaid dollars to buy private health insurance for low-income residents, Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe announced as he urged...
Feds Send Corrective Order to Exxon After Arkansas Oil Leak
Apr 4 2013 // Federal pipeline safety officials have issued a corrective action order to ExxonMobil Pipeline Co. after one of its pipelines ruptured last week in central Arkansas. The order from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials...
Arkansas Legislative Leaders Back Insurance Expansion
Apr 3 2013 // The Republican leaders of the Arkansas House and Senate have endorsed a proposal to purchase private insurance for thousands of low-income workers using federal funds, an idea lawmakers are considering as an alternative to...
Arkansas Opens Probe into Exxon Oil Spill
Apr 2 2013 // Arkansas on Tuesday launched an investigation into an Exxon Mobil pipeline rupture that spilled thousands of barrels of crude oil into a housing development last week, just as forecast rain was expected to complicate the...
