LITTLE ROCK — A legislative panel voted today to recommend restoring 20 positions to the state Forestry Commission but did not recommend a way to fund the positions.
LITTLE ROCK — An alliance of local business and municipal leaders from around the state voiced support today for an Arkansas congressman’s effort to level the playing field between local merchants and online-only retailers in tax collections.
LITTLE ROCK — More part-time students were enrolled in the state’s two-year colleges in Arkansas last fall than full-time students, according to a report released today by the state Department of Higher Education.
26 January 2012
LITTLE ROCK — Homes sales in Arkansas fell 6 percent in December while the average price of a home rose for the fourth straight month, The Arkansas Realtors Association reported today.
26 January 2012
LITTLE ROCK — A former Marvell police officer nabbed in a joint drug and public corruption sweep of eastern Arkansas pleaded guilty to federal extortion and money laundering charges today, officials said
26 January 2012
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., and John Boozman, R-Ark., voiced strong support today for Little Rock lawyer Kris Baker to serve as a federal judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
26 January 2012
LITTLE ROCK — A legislative panel today approved a lawmaker’s request to study what cities along the Arkansas River would need to build marinas for economic development and tourism.
26 January 2012
LITTLE ROCK — A divided state Supreme Court today declined to toss a Little Rock marketing firm’s lawsuit seeking exclusive rights to use certain lottery-related phrases that it copyrighted before Arkansas had a state lottery.
26 January 2012
LITTLE ROCK — The state Supreme Court today upheld a decision by the court’s Committee on Professional Conduct to reprimand, but not suspend, a Little Rock lawyer who was found guilty of possession of methamphetamine.
25 January 2012
LITTLE ROCK — Gov. Mike Beebe is reconsidering his support for a proposed increase in the severance tax on natural gas, his spokesman said today.
25 January 2012
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Tim Griffin, R-Little Rock, said today he plans to broaden legislation he introduced in November to end pensions not only for members of Congress but all newly hired federal workers.
25 January 2012
LITTLE ROCK — The percentage of children without health insurance in Arkansas has declined in recent years, though tens of thousands of children in the state remain uninsured, according to a report released today.
25 January 2012
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Interior announced today that it will provide more than $1 million towards construction of planned North Little Rock marina for recreational boaters.
January 25 2012
Arkansas’ rivers are the equivalent of blood vessels leading to the Atlantic Ocean. One of those blood vessels, the Arkansas River, is in danger of developing a clot that would stifle barge traffic at great cost to users.
January 24 2012
Sports columnist Harry King is on vacation through Sunday, Jan. 29. His column will resume for Tuesday, Jan. 31.
