The FBI is taking over the investigation into a prank call that caused $50,000 in damage to a Conway hotel and is believed to be part of a national scheme
Upset over guards’ lapses that allowed two convicted murderers to escape and caused an inmate’s near death, Arkansas lawmakers are calling for a subpoena-powered inquiry in the state prison system. Director Larry Norris says the incidents are not part of any larger pattern.
The head of the state lottery and Gov. Mike Beebe met for the first time Monday, but didn’t talk much about their differences on keno.
Arkansas’ Martin Luther King Commission is about to undergo an overhaul. A new law that takes effect today cuts the size of the commission in half, from 26 members to 13, and gives the governor the authority to hire and fire the executive director.
An Army Reserve brigade headquartered in North Little Rock has received notice it is being activated to Afghanistan. The 90th Sustainment Brigade is scheduled to hold a deployment ceremony next week.
Lu Hardin, who resigned under mounting pressure as president from the University of Central Arkansas almost one year ago, was named today as the next president of a private college in West Palm Beach, Fla.
Act 308 of 2009, which changes the state’s seat belt law from a secondary to a primary offense, goes into effect today. The change means that law enforcement officers can stop and ticket you specifically for not wearing a belt.
Ken James, who is resigning effective today as Arkansas’ education commissioner, will become executive vice president and chief operating officer for America’s Choice, a national school improvement company based in Washington, D.C.
The first medical students are to start next week at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences campus in northwest Arkansas.
Wal-Mart has staked out a partial position in the looming debate on federal health care reform – a position that includes an employer mandate for coverage.
A Little Rock physician, Dr. Jay Holland, and two former employees of St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center are charged in federal court with illegally accessing the records of Anne Pressly, a morning news anchor for KATVTV, Channel 7, who died Oct. 25 from injuries stemming from an attack at her home.
Two people were hospitalized and a third person was treated after chlorine leaked from a tanker truck on U.S. 82 near El Dorado.
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It is surprising to hear the Wal-Mart story. It makes you wonder weather they really want good health reform. What Arkansas really needs is for DEMOCRATIC SENATOR BLANCHE LINCOLN to start voicing her support for the public option in health care reform. It is obvious America needs to control the greed of health insurance companies. She received over $1 million in campaign contributions from health insurance companies and private hospitals. Let her know she NEEDS to support REAL HEALTH REFORM if she wants your vote in 2010. Without a strong public option it is pointless.
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