Talk Business & Politics Podcast 3.31.15

TB&P Business Editor Wes Brown and Editor-in-Chief Roby Brock discuss the big business stories of the week in our latest all-business podcast.

Of course, the controversy surrounding HB 1228, the “Religious Freedom Restoration Act” was our big story of the last week. Brown and Brock weigh in on how it might be impacting business relations for the state.

This week’s other topics include:

• Chad Aduddell, interim CEO at CHI St. Vincent of Arkansas.
• New AEDC executive director Mike Preston
• Former Arkansas PSC chairwoman, now FERC commissioner Colette Honorable
• Arkansas’ chances to win a $30 billion HUMVEE contract
• Can the state’s jobless rate go lower?
• And, our new favorite word of the 2015 General Assembly

Listen to the full podcast below.

Duration 25:37