By ANDREW DeMILLO
Associated Press

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas Medicaid officials say they're no longer proposing cuts to nursing home care and three other areas after lowering the program's expected shortfall to $61 million.

The state Department of Human Services last year had predicted a $138 million shortfall in the program.

DHS on Thursday

State business development officials say a custom machinery manufacturer is expanding its Tipton County facility and adding 25 jobs.

Tennessee's Department of Economic and Community Development said Wednesday that Rose Fabricating & Industrial

An Arkansas House panel has advanced a proposal that would ban abortions starting at the twentieth week of a woman's pregnancy based on the disputed notion that a fetus is capable of feeling pain at that point.

Lawmakers on the House public health committee voted by voice Thursday to approve the

The Arkansas Senate has voted to ban abortions if a fetal heartbeat is detected, a move that would prohibit the procedure as early as six weeks into a pregnancy.

By a 26-8 vote, the Senate approved legislation that would require a test to detect a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed.