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Lance Hines wants to make Little Rock a better place for new business

Rebekah Hall 4/8/19 4:52pm

As City Director of Ward 5, Lance Hines wants to represent the business community’s interests on the city board. Now in his third term as a city director, Hines said he wants to make both residential and retail development easier in Little Rock and increase the city’s revenue by recruiting “one of a kind” retailers to make it a source for “destination shopping.”

House approves Medicaid budget on second try

Benjamin Hardy 4/3/19 2:54am

The Arkansas House of Representatives narrowly approved a bill to fund the state's Medicaid program on Tuesday, completing legislative action on the appropriation and handing a victory to Governor Hutchinson.

House rejects bills to limit minimum wage increase

David Ramsey 4/2/19 4:53pm

Two bills sponsored by Rep. Robin Lundstrum (R-Elm Springs) to undo substantial portions of the minimum wage hikes approved by voters in November were voted down easily Monday in the Arkansas House of Representatives.

House blocks Medicaid budget after judge strikes work requirement

Benjamin Hardy 3/30/19 12:55am

Two days after a federal judge halted Arkansas's first-in-the-nation work requirement for certain Medicaid beneficiaries, the state House of Representatives rejected the entire Medicaid budget by a large margin on Friday.

Governor pushes to keep Medicaid expansion despite halt to work requirement

Benjamin Hardy 3/29/19 5:09pm

Hutchinson asked Trump administration officials to appeal a federal judge's order blocking the work rule

Statewide voucher bill clears Senate

Benjamin Hardy 3/29/19 4:46pm

A similar plan targeted at Pulaski County stalled in committee.

Lewis-Burnett Employment Finders offers a “hand up, not a hand out” after year-long hiatus

Rebekah Hall 3/27/19 6:32pm

Darlene Lewis, 64, founded Lewis-Burnett Employment Finders out of her home in 1987, and in the years since, she’s placed thousands of people in jobs. But for the past year, the agency was closed while Lewis battled colon cancer. As of January 2019, the nonprofit has reopened, and Lewis said it’s in the process of rebuilding, because “when God puts something on your heart to do, then you’ve gotta fulfill that.”

Lundstrum pushes ahead on efforts to limit minimum wage hike

David Ramsey 3/18/19 7:12pm

Rep. Robin Lundstrum (R-Elm Springs), despite opposition from Governor Hutchinson and the state Republican Party, is proceeding with her bills to undo significant portions of the state minimum wage hike approved by voters just last November.

Doris Wright has a 'charge to keep' in Ward 6

Rebekah Hall 3/4/19 9:45pm

Doris Wright, in her 13 years on the city board of directors, has defined herself as a champion of life in West Central Little Rock. She has played a major role in bringing the Central Arkansas Library System’s Sidney S. McMath branch to Ward 6, and with her advocacy, the city built the $6.4 million West Central Community Center and the 25-acre West Central Sports Complex.

Young adults ‘aging out’ of Arkansas foster care system struggle to adapt

Sydne Tursky 2/23/19 10:06pm

Because it’s uncommon for older teenagers in foster care to be adopted, many are emancipated at age 18 or 21 without ever finding a permanent home. In the last state fiscal year, 235 young people “aged out” of the Arkansas system. Too old to be a ward of the state but unprepared to be cast out on their own, they entered adult life highly disadvantaged.

Gene Fortson opposes end to at-large city directors, won't run again in 2020

Rebekah Hall 2/7/19 12:46am

Also says infrastructure problems need to be addressed.

Lack of funds delays Washington County crisis stabilization unit

Benjamin Hardy 2/4/19 7:38am

County judge says the county will seek private funds.

What to expect from the 92nd Arkansas General Assembly

Benjamin Hardy 2/1/19 9:00am

Tax cuts for the richest Arkansans top the agenda for the ledge.

Capi Peck’s “eternal optimism” for the future of Little Rock

Rebekah Hall 1/30/19 9:26pm

City Director Capi Peck, who represents West Little Rock’s Ward 4, wants to consider a change in the way the board is elected, as does Mayor Frank Scott. But unlike Scott, who wants to eliminate the election of at-large directors to the board, Peck would like to seek a blended ward structure and term limits for directors.

Kathy Webb wants to talk about the ‘good things’ happening in Little Rock

Rebekah Hall 1/15/19 9:14pm

As Kathy Webb enters her fifth year as Ward 3 city director her priorities include improving public safety; working to reduce poverty, hunger and homelessness; and making Little Rock a more sustainable city. One of Webb’s greatest concerns is the way in which the public image of the Little Rock School District impacts its students and teachers.