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Centene Corp., the parent company of multiple Arkansas health insurance plans, will stop participating in the state's Medicaid expansion program next year, the Department of Human Services confirmed Monday.

Arkansas ended the 2026 fiscal year June 30 with a $655 million budget surplus, nearly $300 million more than the previous year, the state Department of Finance and Administration announced Thursday.

Centene Corp., the parent company of multiple Arkansas health insurance plans, will stop participating in the state’s Medicaid expansion program next year, the Department of Human Services confirmed Monday, July 6, 2026.

Arkansas Education Secretary Jacob Oliva said fewer federal requirements will create more accountability, not less, for Arkansas schools.

Centene Corp., the parent company of multiple Arkansas health insurance plans, will stop participating in the state’s Medicaid expansion program next year, the Department of Human Services confirmed Monday.

Arkansas Education Secretary Jacob Oliva, U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon tout the reduction of red tape for Arkansas schools via federal waivers at the Hot Springs Junior Academy charter school on July 7, 2026.

The U.S. Department of Education on Tuesday approved Arkansas' requests to consolidate federal funding and reduce the amount of paperwork and red tape required of school administrators.

A man with a “large hunting knife” approached the Little Rock home of Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Hallie Shoffner on July 3, according to a police report filed Monday

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