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The Arkansas Arts Center rebranded Monday (Jan. 25) as the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, a tribute to its origins as well as a strategic move to position the museum…
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The daughter of one of Arkansas’ longest serving and most popular governors will run for the state’s highest office in 2022. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, daughter of former Gov. Mike Huckabee…
by - January 24, 2021 4:50 pm
Sen. Jonathan Dismang, R-Beebe, co-chair of the powerful Joint Budget Committee, has some strong opinions on the direction legislators want to prioritize for spending the state’s $6 billion annual budget…
by - January 21, 2021 11:25 am
Home Bancshares, parent company for Centennial Bank, posted strong fourth quarter earnings as the Conway-based financial institution recorded its third straight record quarter despite the coronavirus pandemic. Net income was…
by - January 18, 2021 2:05 pm
This year’s Talk Business & Politics annual State of the State executive roundtable participants are ready for a new start in 2021. AT&T Arkansas President and Arkansas State Chamber chairman…
by - January 18, 2021 1:32 pm
The 2021 legislative session will be unlike any other for the Arkansas Education Association and its president, Carol Fleming. In a Talk Business & Politics interview, Fleming offered commentary on…
by - January 12, 2021 1:34 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s final regular session State of the State address was given on Tuesday (Jan. 12), the second day of the 93rd General Assembly. Legislators from both chambers and…
by - January 11, 2021 8:36 am
The 93rd General Assembly will start at noon on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. The normally predictable pomp-and-circumstance ceremonies of officially installing a Speaker of the House and Senate President Pro…
by - January 10, 2021 11:00 am
Patrick Kinnamon is the co-founder of MakerMade, a precision tool manufacturing company located in Northwest Arkansas. His company’s carbon footprint and his worldview led him to contemplate how he could…
by - January 3, 2021 7:14 pm
There are many facilities dedicated to hunger relief across Arkansas, and the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the challenge of coordinating food delivery to those in need. Scott Hamilton, CEO of…
by - January 3, 2021 9:39 am
After a 12-year run, former Republican Party of Arkansas chairman Doyle Webb is seeking higher office at the national level. Webb, who led the state GOP during its historic rise…
by - December 27, 2020 9:49 am
With President Donald Trump throwing Congress two curve balls in the last week on carefully crafted federal spending, U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Little Rock, says he’ll vote to override a…
by - December 23, 2020 11:02 am
Thomas “Gary” Hudson will retire as CEO of Farmers and Merchants Bank and The Bank of Fayetteville on Dec. 31, 2020, after leading the bank for the past 11 years,…
by - December 22, 2020 3:20 pm
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge on Tuesday (Dec. 22) announced she is leading a coalition of 16 states that have filed an amicus brief supporting the National Rifle Association’s (NRA)…
by - December 20, 2020 5:57 pm
Former college and pro football star Keith Jackson had a vision for life after football. It involved helping kids break the cycle of poverty and poor educational achievement. “I was…
by - December 19, 2020 1:03 pm
While legislators prepare to debate the issues in the 93rd Arkansas General Assembly, a more critical debate is already underway: How to conduct a COVID-19 legislative session at the state…
by - December 18, 2020 5:29 pm
Little Rock-based Metal Recycling Corp. announced Friday (Dec. 18) that it has closed on a transaction to purchase the assets of Sol Alman Company of Little Rock. Terms of the…
by - December 16, 2020 1:21 pm
Craft brewery and restaurant Lost Forty Brewing is expanding in downtown Little Rock, according to its parent company Yellow Rocket Concepts. The award-winning maker of craft beer is adding a…
by - December 15, 2020 7:38 pm
Less than a week after Gov. Asa Hutchinson suggested the state Legislature meet in a Committee of the Whole to consider supporting his emergency declaration due to COVID-19, leaders of…
by - December 13, 2020 12:03 pm
The new five-story west Little Rock headquarters of Bank OZK is a magnificent addition of modern architecture for Arkansas. However, it houses more than deposits and loans – it’s the…
