by - June 12, 2012 3:08 pm
Governor Mike Beebe today announced the following appointments to boards and commissions: Josh Blevins, Little Rock, to the State Board of Private Career Education. Appointment expires April 15, 2013. Replaces…
by - June 12, 2012 10:47 am
Non-profit retailer, recycler and jobs trainer Goodwill Industries of Arkansas announced a major expansion of its operations on Tuesday (June 11).
by - June 12, 2012 7:56 am
New York City’s pension funds is the latest group of disgruntled Wal-Mart shareholders to file suit against the retail giant.
by - June 12, 2012 7:52 am
Steve Brawner, columnist with Stephens Media and Talk Business contributor, underscores the importance of the 2014 U.S. Senate race in Arkansas.
by - June 11, 2012 1:52 pm
Arkansas Municipal League director Don Zimmerman issued an email Monday (June 11) to advocates of a hike in the severance tax on natural gas and warned that the petition campaign is still short of its required signature goal.
by - June 11, 2012 1:09 pm
Republican Tom Cotton may have had more to say in his four commercial breaks during the televised Democratic Congressional run-off debate between Sen. Gene Jeffress and Q. Byrum Hurst.
by - June 11, 2012 10:36 am
Little Rock-based Acxiom Corp. announced the appointment of Christian Peck as vice president and managing Director for Acxiom United Kingdom.
by - June 11, 2012 1:00 am
Two legislative ethics champions agree that lengthening a waiting period for their peers to lobby and banning gifts to lawmakers are good public policy, but they disagree on changes to political contributions.
by - June 11, 2012 12:26 am
Randy Zook, CEO of the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce, said while conditions are improving, there are a number of reasons why Arkansans don’t feel like the economy is fully recovered.
by - June 10, 2012 11:34 pm
Another month, another steady flow of electronic gambling at the state’s two permissible casinos.
by - June 10, 2012 10:55 pm
Late last week, Experian’s management in Van Buren, Arkansas revealed that the call center location will add close to 100 new jobs later this year.
by - June 10, 2012 10:46 pm
Rex Nelson chronicles the story of Charlotte Schexnayder, former State Representative and the former editor of the Dumas Clarion.
by - June 10, 2012 10:43 pm
The Associated Press’ capitol correspondent Andrew DeMillo analyzes former Lt. Gov. Bill Halter’s re-entry into Arkansas politics last week.
by - June 8, 2012 11:43 pm
BRANDY AND WATER FOR A SHOT U.S. PRESIDENT Abraham Lincoln had been shot in his box at Ford's Theater in Washington D.C. and a doctor rushes in. The dramatic medical…
by - June 8, 2012 11:35 pm
ECONOMY MAY DIP AGAIN, BUT NO SWOON That's the grim but not too grim analysis in a Bloomberg News report. A former Federal Reserve researcher who is chief economist at…
by - June 8, 2012 7:55 am
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville will offer its newest slice of Americana at the end of this month.
by - June 8, 2012 7:53 am
A $969 billion farm bill could have detrimental effects on Arkansas’ agricultural economy, as state leaders warned weeks ago.
by - June 8, 2012 7:50 am
A new report released Thursday indicates that Arkansas’ high school graduation rate didn’t change, while the national rate increased more than 7%. However, state education officials dispute the claim.
by - June 7, 2012 12:10 am
Artee Williams, the director of Arkansas’ Department of Workforce Services, is confident a more than $310 million debt owed by the state to the federal government will be repaid no later than 2015.
by - June 6, 2012 4:31 pm
Gov. Mike Beebe (D) said he would support a potential ethics reform proposal on the same day that former Lt. Gov. Bill Halter and Lisenne Rockfeller, widow of former Lt. Gov. Win Rockefeller, endorsed the effort.
