All the headlines from our Arkansas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 27 2011 // A legislative committee in Arkansas has blocked an attempt to reject a key portion of the federal health care overhaul, while another group of lawmakers passed the first appropriation bill in the third week of the...
Jan 10 2011 // Todd Teitell, executive vice president and branch leader of AmWINS Brokerage of Texas in Dallas, has been elected president of the Texas Surplus Lines Association Inc.Other elected TSLA officers for the coming year...
Jan 4 2011 // Gov. Mike Beebe has declared two Arkansas counties affected by a tornado and severe storms as state disaster areas. Severe weather on Dec. 31 caused three deaths and eight injuries, along with damage to more than 30 homes...
Dec 28 2010 // An Arkansas medical malpractice lawsuit ended in mistrial in federal court in Jonesboro when the doctor being sued treated an ill juror in the courtroom in front of other jurors.The Jonesboro Sun reported that the juror...
Dec 20 2010 // Federal safety regulators had not conducted an inspection in nearly 20 years at a southwest Arkansas grain silo that collapsed and killed a Tyson Foods Inc. worker last week, according to documents from the Occupational...
Dec 17 2010 // A northwest Arkansas doctor and a women’s clinic have been cleared in a medical malpractice lawsuit.A Washington County District Court Jury found Dr. Robert Hix and Parkhill Clinic for Women were cleared in the 2005...
Dec 14 2010 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford announced that Cynthia Crone of Little Rock has been hired to assist the Arkansas Insurance Department in planning for the development of its Health Insurance Exchange. Crone,...
Dec 13 2010 // The Arkansas Department of Insurance is reminding insurance agents and insurers to take care when providing Certificates of Insurance to policyholders. The department said there have been recent instances in which...
Dec 13 2010 // The Arkansas Supreme Court has ruled that an employee who was injured when she fell down and broke her arm during a cigarette break is entitled to workers’ compensation.The Court sided with Ronna Woods, who sought...
Dec 10 2010 // Legislation filed by a pair of Republican lawmakers in Arkansas proposes blocking a portion of the health care overhaul that requires people to buy health insurance. Rep.-elect David Meeks and Sen. Denny Altes propose...
Dec 8 2010 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford has selected Dr. Lowell Nicholas as Insurance Deputy Commissioner at the Arkansas Insurance Department. Dr. Nicholas will oversee the department’s Health Insurance Rate...
Dec 1 2010 // A national study indicates Arkansas ranks second nationally in advancing its road safety laws during the past two years.The national scorecard produced by the Emergency Nurses Association noted Arkansas has passed laws...
Nov 22 2010 // A series of earthquakes, including one with a magnitude of 3.9, has rattled parts of Central Arkansas. The U.S. Geological Survey reported a number of temblors near Guy on Saturday, with magnitudes ranging from 1.7 to...
Nov 15 2010 // If Oklahoma’s new attorney general or governor decide to drop a lawsuit accusing poultry companies of pollution, the outgoing attorney general predicts the case will be picked up by other interested parties.Outgoing...
Nov 14 2010 // With the first of 77 million baby boomers nearing retirement age in 2011, assisted living facilities and nursing home facilities will play a more important role than ever before. About three million Americans will require...
Nov 14 2010 // Republican Mark Darr, an insurance agent, will be Arkansas’ next lieutenant governor, having beaten Democrat Shane Broadway on Nov. 2. Darr, from Rogers, clinched the victory in a close race in his first attempt at...
Nov 12 2010 // America First Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Agency Corporation regional company, announced it was recently recognized by the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission (AWCC) for its superior claims handling and injury...
Nov 5 2010 // Effective March 1, 2011, the Arkansas Insurance Department (AID) will no longer accept paper filings. All filings submitted on or after March 1, 2011, must be filed via the System for Electronic Rate and Form Filing...
Nov 4 2010 // Democrats still hold the majority in the Arkansas General Assembly, but Republicans made historic gains in the House and picked up at least seven seats in the Senate.Republicans entered Tuesday’s election with 28...
Nov 1 2010 // Arkansas has one of the lowest workers’ compensation premium rates in the nation, at $1.18 per $100 of payroll, according to a new study conducted by the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services. Oklahoma...