by - October 17, 2018 3:20 pm
Donald Guinn is president and CEO of Paragould-based First National Bank. The Northeast Arkansas bank was founded in 1889 as the Bank of Paragould and has expanded in recent years…
by - October 16, 2018 9:40 am
Federal Election Commission (FEC) quarterly reports were due on Oct. 15 for the third quarter and, according to the filings, Democrat Clarke Tucker outraised his Republican opponent, incumbent Rep. French…
by - October 15, 2018 6:47 pm
Little Rock voters in the upcoming mayor’s race may base their decisions on the city’s crime and education problems, according to a new survey. A new poll from Talk Business…
by - October 14, 2018 5:31 pm
Interim Director Andrea Allen has been promoted to executive director of the Delta Center for Economic Development located at Arkansas State University. Allen told Talk Business & Politics she is…
by - October 12, 2018 11:33 am
The Winthrop Rockefeller Charitable Trust on Friday (Oct.12) gifted $100 million to the University of Arkansas System to continue the UA Winthrop Rockefeller Institute. The landmark announcement was made at…
by - October 11, 2018 7:56 pm
Infrastructure in parts of northern Jonesboro is crumbling and city officials need to be proactive in fixing these problems, Alderman candidate Tom Elwood recently told members of the Jonesboro Kiwanis…
by - October 11, 2018 6:05 pm
A new poll conducted this week shows the race for Little Rock Mayor to be close and competitive among three of the five candidates with nearly one-third of the city’s…
by - October 11, 2018 8:19 am
United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley’s announced departure leaves President Donald Trump with a post to fill that requires international diplomacy. U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., a leading Republican voice on…
by - October 10, 2018 11:00 am
Talk Business & Politics has learned that Friday, Oct. 26, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders will be back in her native state for a GOP fundraiser. Sanders will be…
by - October 10, 2018 6:52 am
The Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care (AFMC) has received a grant award totaling $1,902,095 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration. The…
by - October 8, 2018 3:46 pm
There were no seismic moments in the only scheduled debate between the three candidates for Arkansas’ Second Congressional District. The nearly one-hour debate hosted at UCA and airing on AETN…
by - October 3, 2018 9:48 pm
Benton’s incumbent mayor, David Mattingly, endorsed Terry Benham in the race to succeed him. Benham is one of three candidates vying for the Benton mayoral post. Mattingly, a two-term mayor,…
by - October 3, 2018 7:58 pm
The Democratic nominee for Secretary of State, Susan Inman, questioned a nearly $30,000 boat purchase by her GOP opponent, Commissioner of State Lands John Thurston. Inman and Thurston are vying…
by - October 2, 2018 10:16 am
A six-figure ad buy from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) would suggest that the national Democratic campaign arm is bullish – for now – on their nominee Clarke Tucker’s…
by - October 1, 2018 5:05 pm
Out with the old acronym, in the with the new. President Donald Trump said that the U.S. has completed its renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA, and…
by - September 30, 2018 3:36 pm
Patient growth. Staff growth. System growth. Campus growth. Services growth. Cost growth. Northeast Arkansas’ healthcare landscape is growing in every direction, and Jonesboro proper is the epicenter of the central…
by - September 30, 2018 9:59 am
Population growth in Northwest Arkansas has been growing by about 12,000 new residents per year – a 1,000 person a month average increase – since 2014 and there appears to…
by - September 25, 2018 6:50 am
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, an early supporter of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, still believes he should be on the nation’s high court and she fears the allegations…
by - September 24, 2018 5:37 pm
There were two new developments Monday (Sept. 24) regarding Arkansas ballot initiatives that will determine the fate of proposals to raise the minimum wage and shorten term limits. In separate…
by - September 23, 2018 10:00 am
Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. CEO Duane Highley isn’t selling much more electricity these days and he’s happy about it. Highley, who has been at the helm of one of the…
