BLOCKS MEDICAID WORK
THE GOVERNOR SAID YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON WHEN THE RULING CAME
DOWN THAT HE IS DISAPPOINTED
IN THE DECISION. AND HE WILL
HAVE MORE TO COMMENT ON THIS
MORNING IN HIS PRESS
CONFERENCE.
ABOUT 18 THOUSAND LOWáINCOME
ARKANSANS LOST THEIR MEDICAID
BENEFITS LATE LAST YEAR FOR
NOT MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS.
A UáS DISTRICT COURT RULING
CONCLUDED THE REQUIREMENTS
PRESENTED NUMEROUS OBSTACLES.
FOR GETTING HEALTH CARE THAT
HAVEN'T BEEN ADEQUATELY
ADDRESSED BY FEDERAL AND STATE
OFFICIALS. THOSE REQUIREMENTS
INCLUDEáARE COMPLETING 80
HOURS OF MONTHLY "WORK
want to assist them with
health care but get the
training necessary to work"
CRITICS OF THAT STANCE SAY
AFTER LOSING THEIR COVERAGE.
((ISABELLA)) ACCORDING TO
ATTORNEY GENERAL LESLIE
RUTLEDGE áá THE JUDGE'S ORDER
MEANS ARKANSAS WOULD HAVE TO
PROVIDE THREE MONTHS OF BACK
COVERAGE áá INSTEAD OF ONE
MONTH UNDER THE ARKANSAS WORKS
APPROVAL... BUT DHS IS NOT
REQUIRED TO AUTOMATICALLY REá
ENROLL ANY OF THOSE ARKANSANS
WHO WERE DROPPED FROM THE
PROGRAM IN 2018. ((ASHLEI))
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS IS TRYING
TO FULFIL HER CAMPAIGN PROMISE
ON GUN CONTROL. REPRESENTATIVE
DENISE GARNER DEFEATED
REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT CHARLIE
COLLINS LAST NOVEMBER. COLLINS
AUTHORED THE 20á17 ENHANCED
CARRY LAW. ONE OF GARNER'S
RECENTLY FILED BILLS WOULD
REVERSE SOME PARTS OF THAT LAW
áá BY ALLOWING PUBLIC COLLEGES
TO OPT OUT OF THE LAW AND TO
Fayetteville)) "We've got lots
of guns in backpacks that are
being slung around. We've got
folks that are sticking guns
in cars, not even in the glove
box. They're sticking them
under the seats and having
them roll around in cars.
Those things need to be
fixed." ((ASHLEI)) GARNER
NOTES SHE'S A GUN OWNER
HERSELF áá AND ALTHOUGH HER
CONSTITUENTS IN FAYETTEVILLE
MAY BACK THE BILLS áá IT WILL
LIKELY BE DIFFICULT TO PASS
THEM THROUGH THE REPUBLICANá
CONTROLLED LEGISLATURE.
((PAT)) TODAY U OF A TRUSTEES
WILL VOTE ON WHETHER NOLAN
RICHARDSON'S NAME WILL BE
PERMANENTLY PLASTERED ACROSS
THE BASKETBALL COURT AT BUD
WALTON ARENA. BUT THE ELEPHANT
IN THE ROOM DURING YESTERDAY'S
MEETING... THE FIRING OF MEN'S
BASKETBALL COACH MIKE
ANDERSON. ARKANSAS DIRECTOR OF
ATHLETICS áá HUNTER YURACHEK
DECLINED TO SPEAK WITH US. BUT
WE DID TALK TO THE U OF A
CHANCELLOR áá ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENS NEXT IF COACH
RICHARDSON'S NAME IS VOTED TO
then have the revealing
ceremony and the things at
that game to honor coach
Richardson." ((PAT)) WE'VE
LEARNED THERE IS ALSO A VOTE
HAPPENING TODAY ON WHETHER TO
ALSO HONOR FORMER HOGS COACH
AND COLLEGE BASKETBALL HALL OF
FAMER EDDIE SUTTON.
((PAT)) A BILL THAT WOULD GIVE
SOME ARá KANSANS A BETTER DEAL
ON A USED CAR STALLS IN A
SENATE COMMITTEE. UNDER
CURRENT STATE LAW... CUSTOMERS
GREEN LIGHT... BUT IT COULDN'T
ADVANCE TO THE FULL SENATE.
HOWEVER... SOME LAWMAKERS ARE
WORKING TO BRING IT BACK FOR
ANOTHER VOTE.
((ASHLEI)) RIGHT NOW A
CONVENIENCE STORE CLERK IS NOT
BEING CHARGED WITH ANYTHING
AFTER POLICE SAY HE SHOT A
ROBBER. IT HAPPENED EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING OUTSIDE THIS
EXXON AT MARKHAM AND
SHACKLEFORD. POLICE SAY TRE
HARRIS ASKED A CLERK FOR
CHANGE... AND THEN TRIED TO
ROB HIM. THAT'S WHEN THE CLERK
SHOT HARRIS áá WHO THEN DROVE
AWAY, AND CRASHED OUTSIDE A
NEARBY BUSINESS.
MANAGER THEN PULLED OUT HIS
GUN áá AND THE ROBBERS PEPPER
SPRAYED HIM AND A CUSTOMER.
THOSE TWO MEN LOCKED
THEMSELVES IN A BATHROOM áá
AND POLICE SAY THE ROBBERS