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May 23, 2013 6:27pm
LITTLE ROCK — The state Department of Human Services expects to submit a request in August for a federal waiver allowing Arkansas to use federal money to buy private insurance for thousands of the state’s working poor, DHS Director John Selig said...
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Updated: May 23, 2013 5:33pm
WASHINGTON — The campaign arm of the Senate Democratic Caucus on Thursday criticized U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton, R-Dardanelle, as “an extreme ideologue” over an amendment he offered to the Nuclear Iran Prevention Act of 2013.
At a House Foreign...
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Updated: May 23, 2013 11:42am
LITTLE ROCK — The Searcy County sheriff is not eligible to hold office because of a 1979 misdemeanor theft conviction, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
The state’s highest court overturned a Searcy County circuit judge’s ruling that...
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Updated: May 23, 2013 6:46pm
LITTLE ROCK — Trustees of Arkansas’ two largest university systems voted unanimously Thursday to opt out of a new law that allows college faculty and staff with permits to carry a concealed handgun on campus.
The governing boards of both...
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Updated: May 23, 2013 5:16pm
LITTLE ROCK — A man was taken into custody early Thursday after he climbed over a fence and broke into a vehicle on the grounds of the Governor’s Mansion, state police said.
Ramon Taylor, 32, of Little Rock, was charged with criminal...
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Updated: May 22, 2013 6:12pm
LITTLE ROCK — Lower than anticipated tuition-hike recommendations will force some budget reductions and, in some cases, possibly layoffs, University of Arkansas System chancellors said Wednesday.
The UA Board of Trustees on Thursday will...
