Talk Politics Roundtable: Hannah, Eldridge & Political Predictions

This week’s political roundtable on Talk Business & Politics featured KATV’s Janelle Lilley, Michael Tilley with The City Wire, and author/politico Bill “Scoop” Lancaster.

Lilley is KATV’s lead capitol reporter and Michael Tilley guides the editorial for Fort Smith-based The City Wire, a content partner of Talk Business & Politics. Lancaster served as Senate Chief of Staff for more than a decade and is the author of a new book, “Inside The Arkansas Legislature,” which chronicles his interactions with a plethora of Arkansas lawmakers and leaders from the early Bill Clinton years through Mike Beebe’s term as governor. Learn more about the book here.

The roundtable discussed a variety of topics including:

• The resignation of Arkansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Jim Hannah
• U.S. Attorney Conner Eldridge’s probable challenge to U.S. Senator John Boozman
• The potential return of state executions after nearly a decade
• Political predictions for what may happen in the near future

Watch the full interview below from this week’s Talk Business & Politics program, which airs Sundays on KATV Ch. 7 at 9 a.m.