All the headlines from our Arkansas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 4 2010 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) has recognized Rep. Mike Ross (D-Ark.), a former independent insurance agent, as its Legislator of the Year for 2009.The award was...
Feb 24 2010 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford has suspended the non-resident business entity producer’s license of Cinergy Health Inc. pending the outcome of an administrative hearing scheduled for March 11, 2010, at...
Feb 22 2010 // Most experts believe it’s just a matter of time before another big earthquake strikes along the New Madrid fault line, and Gov. Jay Nixon says Missouri and neighboring states need to be ready.Nixon on Feb. 19...
Feb 16 2010 // The Iroquois Group, an insurance agency network organization, announced it is expanding into Arkansas. Iroquois said with the addition of Arkansas it is now doing business in 37 states and representing more than 1,800...
Jan 22 2010 // A federal lawsuit filed in the Texarkana Division of the Western District of Arkansas claims the Arkansas Department of Motor Vehicle database has been illegally used for marketing and it could affect anyone who has had an...
Jan 21 2010 // A lawmaker said he may propose increasing taxes on businesses to help Arkansas pay off about $220 million it owes the federal government for unemployment insurance benefits.Sen. Larry Teague of Nashville said he’s...
Jan 14 2010 // A government witness said Jan. 13 that the five young woman who testified last year that evangelist Tony Alamo took them as a “wife” and sexually abused them as minors should receive $2.7 million each for...
Jan 5 2010 // First there was the ice that blanketed the northern third of Arkansas. Then the tornado that ripped through Mena.Next came rain – record-breaking amounts of it in 15 Arkansas cities and areas. Long, soaking rains and...
Dec 17 2009 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford has cautioned that a scam operation that has sold fraudulent health insurance in Oklahoma and Connecticut is now targeting Arkansans.A company called American Trade Association...
Dec 15 2009 // Rains late in the growing season that inundated some cropland and pummeled rice and cotton plants caused an estimated $309 million in losses, according to economists at the University of Arkansas Division of...
Dec 14 2009 // At least four new surety bonds have hit the market in Texas and Arkansas in the last six months, part of a wave of new bonding requirements nationwide.Brokers in both states are working to stay on top of the new mandates....
Dec 6 2009 // At least four new surety bonds have hit the market in Texas and Arkansas in the last six months, part of a wave of new bonding requirements nationwide.“This past year has seemed to be especially active statutorily...
Dec 6 2009 // At least four new surety bonds have hit the market in Texas and Arkansas in the last six months, part of a wave of new bonding requirements nationwide.“This past year has seemed to be especially active statutorily...
Nov 15 2009 // $1 BillionThe Army Corps of Engineers is launching a $1 billion project to protect the suburban West Bank of New Orleans from devastating floods. Some critics say the project may have the potential dangerous consequence of...
Nov 15 2009 // The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit has upheld Arkansas district court decisions in a products liability case against pharmaceutical companies that are the makers of hormone therapy drugs that, combined, have...
Nov 9 2009 // Gov. Mike Beebe has named 46 more Arkansas counties as disaster areas following severe storms caused tornadoes and flooding last month. Beebe took the action Saturday. It is separate from previous declarations for earlier...
Nov 5 2009 // The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit has upheld Arkansas district court decisions in a products liability case against pharmaceutical companies that are the makers of hormone therapy drugs that, combined, have...
Sep 29 2009 // A law that goes into effect Oct. 1 will prohibit Arkansas drivers from texting or sending e-mail from their handheld devices while driving.The Legislature passed the ban during the last session, calling it...
Sep 23 2009 // David Overbey is no scientist, but he says a person doesn’t have to be to see how much the Illinois River has improved in recent years.Overbey, a 67-year-old retired laborer who spends his days fishing the river in...
Sep 21 2009 // 1 MillionFrom 1996 to 2008, Oklahoma averaged about 1 million cloud-to-ground lightning strikes each year, and according to the National Weather Service the lightning strike total in the state is on the increase for 2009....