Two personal bankruptcies and multiple fines over the years for violating finance disclosure requirements in nearly every election he's ever run make Maumelle Republican Mark Lowery a unique candidate for the state's top financial office.
Bloomberg, among others, is reporting that Windstream, the Little Rock-based communications company, is preparing to file for bankruptcy. UPDATE: They have indeed made a voluntary bankruptcy filing.
The number of plaintiffs involved in a lawsuit over the alleged failure of Crittenden Regional Hospital to pay for employees’ health insurance claims is growing. Attorney Denny Sumpter asked the Circuit Court of Crittenden County on Friday to certify the lawsuit as a class action. The filing on Friday listed 96 plaintiffs; Sumpter said today they’re at around 125 (“and counting,” he said).
Bruce Burrow, the Jonesboro developer and political player, has filed for reorganization under bankruptcy laws, Mark Friedman of Arkansas Business reports.
The Associated Press' Kurt Voight reports today on a catastrophic real estate investment portfolio that Razorback football coach John L. Smith brought with him to Arkansas from previous coaching stops.