07/11/11 As the NFL players and owners continue to battle over billions of dollars in profits, all eyes are on the upcoming college football season. Hot from the desks at Prepstar Magazine and Prepstar.com, please enjoy our Top 20 College Football Recruiting Classes for 2011. The 2011 recruiting class, highlighted by Jadeveon Clowney, will be sure to give football fans another year of being "wowed" by a ...
06/14/11 Bentonville, Ark. - As the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art opens later this year it will bring world class artwork to our area. But it will also bring more than 100 jobs. The museum, bankrolled by Walmart heiress Alice Walton, is set to open on November 11th of this year.
06/14/11 Public meetings on the possible closing of post offices in Scott County will be held today.
06/09/11 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A Republican state senator says he didn't give permission to have his name included as a co-host of the incoming Democratic Senate President's re-election fundraiser next week.
06/08/11 Under a proposal on high school conference realignment by the board of directors of the Arkansas Activities Association, Conway High would remain in the Central Conference but would be joined by Greenwood, Fort Smith Northside and Southside in the newly aligned league. read more
05/27/11 Hailey Dawn Adams, Cody Dalton Steward Adkins, Kyle Wesley Adkins, Zachary Paul Alfrey, Alex Emerson Alt, Dylan Tyler Argo, Joshua Todd Armstrong; Amber Rebecca Bailey, Jacob Ryan Bammerlin, Bryan Daniel Bandagski, Courtney Leigh Batdorf, Licia Becchetti, Gary Eugene Belsterli, Devin Chabane Palmer Berkani, Jordan Richard Bigelow, Brandi Jeannette Bland, Dylan Joseph Blevins, Megan Rachelle ...
05/11/11 EVANSTON, Illinois, May 11. THE College Swimming Coaches Association of America is pleased to announce the 2011 recipients of its most prestigious awards.
05/10/11 The mood of the Conway City Council was gloomy Tuesday night as the council members learned the news that the special election had failed. Earlier in the evening, the council split 4-4 on a resolution that outlined how the rededicated funds would be spent had voters approved the extension of a bond. read more
03/31/11 The bill by Republican Sen. Jason Rapert of Bigelow failed on a 10-9 vote Thursday with 11 votes needed in the 20-member House Public Health Committee. Legislators said during debate on the proposal that the changes could be made by the Department of Human Services rather through legislation.
03/31/11 The Associated Press The Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. A state House committee has voted down a bill that would force Arkansas' only surgical abortion clinic to meet more strict regulatory standards The bill by Republican Sen. Jason Rapert of Bigelow failed on a 10-9 vote Thursday with 11 votes needed in the 20-member House Public Health Committee. Legislators said during debate on the ...
03/30/11 LITTLE ROCK - Over Beebe administration objections, a Senate panel Tuesday endorsed a bill that would create a legislative oversight committee to review any proposed changes to Arkansas' Medicaid program.
03/27/11 ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. A thousand miles away from Washington, they were elected on a promise to fight the federal health care overhaul. But the wave of Republicans who came to Arkansas' Capitol fueled by a dislike of the federal law has found that task is easier said than done. A second attempt this week to advance legislation allowing the state to prepare for setting ...
03/25/11 LITTLE ROCK - The Joint Budget Committee endorsed a plan Thursday to use $1.3 million in state surplus funds to pay state prison guards for overtime they are owed.
03/25/11 The late Sen. Jerry Bookout, a longtime Arkansas legislator and health care proponent, was honored today at a ceremony at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in Little Rock.
03/24/11 The Joint Budget Committee on Thursday voted down a proposal to deposit any federal money for the overhaul into a separate state account.
03/24/11 Death Star Jason Rapert , the insurance salesman/revivalist who is living up to the standard set by the previous Bigelow senator Bob Johnson, failed in Joint Budget today to block implementation of health care reform legislation. Roby Brock's report suggests Rapert, noisy though he is, is marginal even among his own. Federal supremacy continues to be honored in Arkansas for at least one more day ...
03/22/11 (Little Rock, AR) -- Weeks after a Little Rock post office was shutdown by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), more Arkansas post offices are facing the same fate.
03/04/11 Sen. Jason Rapert, the puffed-up peacock of a freshman senator from Bigelow who's angling to inherit predecessor Bob Johnson's Death Star crown, is back at it. He's crowing on his Facebook page that he's put a "hold" on the state Insurance Department budget to prevent it from implementing federal health care law. The Arkansas Insurance Department has submitted a budget that includes spending $1 ...
03/03/11 LITTLE ROCK, AR - A bill to allow guns on college campuses fails in a House committee but the bill sponsor says there is still a chance for him to bring the bill back. It would allow guns on public universities like UALR in Little Rock.
03/01/11 Wills and the industry paint legislation to remove the interest cap on loans of less than $5,000 as almost a public service for needy people. by Max Brantley Last November, Arkansas voters approved a constitutional change that raised the interest limit on consumer loans to 17 percent. Barely 100 days later, the so-called "installment loan industry" has lobbyists at work on legislation to remove ... | 
