LITTLE ROCK Arkansas lawmakers sent legislation to the governor Friday that puts in place the framework for a new statewide trauma network, while a bill that calls for regulation of Toughman competitions and similar amateur fighting events was advanced by a committee.

... restrictions on companies that give cash advances against a consumer's anticipated tax return. The House Insurance and Commerce Committee approved a bill that says companies that issue "refund anticipation loans" must disclose interest rates ...

LITTLE ROCK Arkansas lawmakers finished their regular session Thursday with a new lottery and funding for a statewide trauma system, but not everything got done in the 88 days senators and representatives spent in Little Rock.

LITTLE ROCK (AP) -- Legislation being considered by the House would make commercial diamond mining illegal at the world's only public diamond mine.

... association is sometimes left with some wishes unfulfilled, he said. Last week, Balhorn testified at a House Insurance and Commerce Committee meeting against a bill to enable Arkansans to ban telemarketing calls to their homes. The Realtor association ...

... consider them at a less-turbulent time than the session," Sheppard, D-El Dorado, told members of the House Insurance and Commerce Committee. The panel took no action on the bill. The chairman of the state Public Service Commission, which regulates ...

... initiated the House letter. The bill by Sheppard, D-El Dorado, is set for a hearing today before the House Insurance and Commerce Committee. His bill would set a Jan. 1, 2002 starting date for electricity competition, but leave the details ...

LITTLE ROCK -- What do realtors, car dealers and newspaper salesmen have in common?

It's 8:10 on a Tuesday night; dinner (or supper as many of us in the South call it) is recent history and the only relaxing time of the day has finally arrived.

... extend the session, due to expire Wednesday, until April 9. The electricity legislation now goes to the House Insurance and Commerce Committee, where Chairman Terry Smith said the bill would be closely scrutinized. "I've been looking at this ...