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Non-profit to pay fines to state and feds

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri nonprofit that was at the center of a corruption probe that involved several legislators is paying more than $8 million to the federal government and the state of Arkansas under an agreement with prosecutors announced Thursday. Federal prosecutors announced... Read More.
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Medicaid overhaul approved by feds

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Tuesday that the federal government has approved the state’s proposal to overhaul its Medicaid expansion. “This will allow 300,000 low-income Arkansans to continue to receive health care under our qualified insurance plans that have been... Read More.
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Feds execute Pine Bluff man in 1994 killing

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- Orlando Hall got stiffed on a drug deal and went to a Texas apartment looking for the two brothers who took his money. They weren't home, but their 16-year-old sister was. Late Thursday, Hall was put to death for abducting and... Read More.

Property developer in Desha County charged by Feds

An investor in the former Delta Resort and Spa hotel in Desha County was one of three people charged in Federal Court in Louisiana with fraud allegations. Gary Gibbs and two officials of the now defunct First NBC Bank “unjustly enriched themselves by disguising the... Read More.
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Feds Cracking Down on Theft of Christmas Packages in Arkansas

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Federal authorities in Arkansas have launched a crackdown they're calling Operation Porch Pirate to target thieves taking Christmas packages after they've been delivered to homes. Federal prosecutors said Monday they'll seek to file felony mail theft charges rather than a state... Read More.