Arkansas

The drilling byproduct could power future electric vehicles and expand the U.S. role in clean energy. Extraction methods are in development.

"I don’t believe it’s the role of government to punish private businesses because we don’t like what they say or do," Hutchinson told Marketplace.

The Republican governors of Arkansas, Montana and South Carolina say the benefits keep people out of the workforce.

Arkansas is at the forefront of a national experiment to see whether requiring work for health care coverage helps lift people out of poverty. So far, the state’s plan has seen low compliance among beneficiaries who may soon see themselves fall off the Medicaid rolls. Out of the around 10,000 people who were supposed to […]

With the future of the Affordable Care Act uncertain, some states anticipate greater reductions by Congress.