LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Leaders of the Arkansas House and Senate say questions about the financial health and future of the state's Medicaid program will ultimately drive the agenda during this year's legislative session.

The Medicaid debate looms as the biggest issue facing lawmakers as they

JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) - Police in Jonesboro say $4 stores have been robbed at gunpoint since early December.

The latest robbery was Saturday night at a Dollar General store in downtown Jonesboro that was also robbed New Year's Eve. The robber on Saturday also fired twice into the air as he left the store - but no one was injured.

Police say another

VAN BUREN, Ark. (AP) - A Crawford County judge has rejected motions to suppress evidence and a statement given by a man charged with capital murder

Attorneys for 44-year-old Ronald Anthony Cash sought to suppress a gun taken from the home of Cash's father when Cash was arrested and statements he made to police. Cash is charged with in the February

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A proposal to allow in-state tuition rates for children of illegal immigrants in Arkansas is likely to resurface in the upcoming legislative session.

Democratic state Sen. Joyce Elliott of Little Rock says she plans to introduce a bill that would grant in-state rates to