by - August 19, 2013 2:52 pm
With Arkansas pursuing expanded broadband in its public schools, an FCC commissioner says she wants her agency to be a catalyst for meeting the state’s goals and pushing for greater…
by - August 19, 2013 9:27 am
Arkansas’ jobless rate has stayed below the national rate throughout the recession and recovery, but for the first time since April 2008, the two rates intersected.
by - August 18, 2013 9:01 am
Sen. John Boozman (R) insisted that repealing, not reforming, Obamacare was the only tenable position for improving health insurance in the U.S., while Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Mike Ross said Republicans have misrepresented his positions on the controversial law.
by - August 15, 2013 1:57 pm
State Rep. Warwick Sabin (D-Little Rock) will leave his post as publisher of the Oxford American magazine and take the helm of the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub, an entrepreneurship non-profit…
by - August 15, 2013 6:42 am
Sales grew and so did profits, but Bentonville-based Wal-Mart had a rocky quarter as same-store sales struggled and the retail giant warned of a challenging environment.
by - August 14, 2013 10:31 am
State Rep. Charlie Collins (R-Fayetteville) waded into the Arkansas Lt. Governor’s race on Wednesday (Aug. 14). Collins, who chairs the House Revenue and Tax Committee, has been a proponent of…
by - August 14, 2013 7:20 am
Last week’s travels with Sen. Mark Pryor (D) and his new GOP challenger, Cong. Tom Cotton (R), took us on a whirlwind series of trips across the state. This week, both men ramped up their travels with Pryor touring northwest Arkansas and Cotton taking a Congressional trip to Israel.
by - August 11, 2013 11:15 pm
Arkansas Farm Bureau President Randy Veach, Aristotle, Inc. President Elizabeth Bowles, and Northwest Arkansas Council CEO Mike Malone offered their views on what’s trending in the Arkansas economy.
by - August 8, 2013 3:32 pm
A follow-up from my travels with Sen. Mark Pryor (D) earlier today. Pryor was interviewed on KARK Ch. 4’s morning show by host Matt Mosler about his vote on health…
by - August 8, 2013 6:40 am
On Wednesday, I spent the day traveling with GOP Senate hopeful Cong. Tom Cotton, who announced he would challenge Sen. Mark Pryor (D) on Tuesday. Today, I’ll spend a big…
by - August 7, 2013 5:00 am
I’ll be touring northwest, north-central and northeast Arkansas today with Cong. Tom Cotton (R), as he begins his statewide Senate campaign tour. On Thursday, I’ll be traveling part of the…
by - August 6, 2013 6:10 pm
After months of speculation and with great fanfare, GOP Cong. Tom Cotton threw his hat in the 2014 U.S. Senate race, challenging incumbent Democrat Sen. Mark Pryor.
by - August 5, 2013 5:08 pm
Sen. Mark Pryor (D) is already primed to hit the airwaves with a new 60-second TV ad that raises questions about Fourth District Cong. Tom Cotton’s voting record. Cotton (R)…
by - August 5, 2013 2:10 pm
A day before he enters the U.S. Senate race, state Democrats launched a web site, MeetTomCotton.com, that claims Fourth District Cong. Tom Cotton (R) is “too reckless for Arkansas.” Cotton…
by - August 4, 2013 9:11 am
GOP strategist Bill Vickery and Democratic activist Pat O’Brien squared off on KARK’s Capitol View to discuss the Arkansas Governor and Senate races in 2014. Vickery said that Mike Ross’…
by - August 2, 2013 10:02 am
Arkansas revenue officials said the state’s first month of its fiscal year saw an increase in corporate and sales tax revenue, while individual income taxes were off the mark. July…
by - July 31, 2013 9:26 pm
Acxiom Corp. saw revenues slide and earnings hold close to unchanged, as company leaders disclosed a string of lost business and efforts to turn around its “bad luck.” The Little…
by - July 31, 2013 3:00 pm
The news that Fourth District Cong. Tom Cotton (R) will reveal his future political plans next Tuesday (Aug. 6) – a likely challenge to U.S. Senator Mark Pryor (D) –…
by - July 31, 2013 8:14 am
An ad appearing on Page 12 of the latest edition of the Yell County Record may provide the next clue to the political future of Fourth District Cong. Tom Cotton…
by - July 31, 2013 12:01 am
Time to bring our readers, viewers and listeners up to speed on a number of changes forthcoming with our Talk Business Arkansas products and platforms.
