Latest Arkansas Headlines
All the headlines from our Arkansas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Georgia-Pacific to Pay $600K Fine, Spend $4.7M on Upgrades in Arkansas Settlement
Dec 17 2018 // An Arkansas paper mill would pay a $600,000 fine and spend about $4.7 million on environmental projects and plant upgrades to reduce air pollution under terms of a proposed settlement. The proposal with Georgia-Pacific in...
Declarations
Dec 17 2018 // PG&E Safety “To operate the grid in a safe manner, PG&E must be able to sign contracts and raise capital.” — Michael Picker, president of the California Public Utilities Commission, said utilities...
Wet Harvest Leads to $77M Loss for Arkansas Soybean Farmers
Dec 12 2018 // Arkansas soybean farmers have lost at least $77 million this year after heavy rainfall interrupted harvest season and damaged the quality of the crop, according to a recent report by agriculture experts. Wet conditions...
Arkansas Panel OKs Restrictions on Dicamba Herbicide Use
Dec 11 2018 // An Arkansas panel has given initial approval to allowing restricted use of an herbicide that was banned following complaints that it drifted onto crops and caused damage. The Arkansas Plant Board last week approved new...
Arkansas Jury Awards Woman $3M in Suit over Escalator-Mangled Toe
Dec 10 2018 // Jurors have awarded a New York medical student $3 million after she suffered a gruesome toe injury while riding an escalator at an Arkansas mall. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that a Pulaski County jury has ruled...
Arkansas, Oklahoma Still Recovering From Last Week’s Tornadoes
Dec 7 2018 // Oklahoma and Arkansas continue recovery efforts following a series of tornadoes that ripped through the region last week. An EF2 tornado in Oklahoma’s Lake Tenkiller area destroyed homes, boat docks and buildings....
Charter Bus Crashes in Arkansas; 1 Child Dead, 45 Hurt
Dec 4 2018 // One child was killed and at least 45 other people were injured when a charter bus carrying a youth football team from Tennessee rolled off an interstate off-ramp and overturned before sunrise Monday in central Arkansas,...
Survivors of Arkansas Nightclub Shooting Sue Owners
Nov 30 2018 // Nineteen people who survived a shooting last year at a Little Rock, Arkansas, nightclub filed a lawsuit against the club’s owners, alleging negligence in security and in staff training. At a press conference, two...
Arkansas Plant Board Committee: Regulate Dicamba Use in 2019
Nov 29 2018 // An Arkansas Plant Board committee recommended that the state allow farmers to use the herbicide dicamba next year but extend protections to prevent the weed killer from drifting and damaging crops. The board’s...
Worker in Arkansas Electrocuted at Pine Bluff Plant
Nov 26 2018 // Authorities say a worker in Pine Bluff, Ark. has died after he was electrocuted at a cottonseed oil plant. Pine Bluff police say the employee was changing switches in an electrical cage at Planters Cotton Oil Mill on...
Arkansas Deputy Insurance Commissioner Anderson Receives NAIC Award
Nov 16 2018 // Mel Anderson, deputy commissioner at the Arkansas Insurance Department (AID), has received the Robert Dineen Award for Outstanding Service and Contribution to the State Regulation of Insurance from the National Association...
Arkansas Plant Board Reviewing EPA Decision on Dicamba Herbicide
Nov 8 2018 // The Arkansas State Plant Board (ASPB), a division of the Arkansas Agriculture Department (AAD), announced it has begun the process of reviewing the announced EPA label changes for the herbicide dicamba and will be...
Arkansas Releases Warning on Short-Term Health Plans
Nov 8 2018 // The Arkansas Insurance Department has issued a warning regarding short-term health plans and reminded producers selling such plans they are required to warn consumers that these plans do not meet the minimum essential...
Real-Time Mapping System to Help Arkansas Firefighters Stay on Track
Nov 7 2018 // The days of Mountain Home, Arkansas, firefighters potentially getting lost when responding to an emergency are now numbered. Thanks to a new system being put into place, the firefighters will be given directions and a host...
Officials: Dam in Arkansas’ Saline County on Verge of Collapse
Nov 6 2018 // A dam at a central Arkansas lake has many safety issues that indicate a lack of maintenance and could cause the structure to collapse, according to state officials. Arkansas Natural Resources Commission engineer Stephen...
After State Ban Expires, EPA Approves Dicamba Use in Arkansas
Nov 5 2018 // A recent Environmental Protection Agency ruling clears the path for Arkansas farmers to use the herbicide dicamba on soybeans and cotton, ending a state-wide ban on the weed killer’s use. The federal agency on Oct....
Nearly $2M Spent on Arkansas ‘Tort Reform’ Measure, But Court Blocks It
Oct 19 2018 // Arkansas’ high court has ordered election officials to not count votes for a proposal to limit damages awarded in civil lawsuits that, together, proponents and opponents have spent nearly $2 million on campaigns for...
4 New Insurers OK’d to Do Business in Arkansas
Oct 12 2018 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr has approved four new out-of-state companies to sell insurance products in Arkansas. The Arkansas Insurance Department (AID) has granted Certificates of Authority to...
2 Insurer Tax Credits Under Scrutiny by Arkansas Task Force
Sep 30 2018 // A tax overhaul task force is looking into whether Arkansas should change two tax credits authorized for insurance companies that cost the state about $77 million a year. Members of the Tax Reform and Relief Legislative...
1 Dead as Record Rain Swamps Texas and Oklahoma
Sep 24 2018 // A storm system dumped record amounts of rain in parts of Oklahoma and caused flooding in Texas, including in the Dallas area, where floodwaters swept a man from a bridge to his death near the University of Texas’...
