by - April 30, 2017 9:54 am
Senate President Jonathan Dismang, R-Searcy, said he thinks it’s premature to investigate circumstances surrounding state prison officials’ acquisition of lethal injection drugs. The state Senate’s leader also said this week’s…
by - April 30, 2017 9:53 am
U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, says he ‘leans yes’ on the current healthcare measure being debated among Republican caucuses in Congress. Womack said that the MacArthur amendment, brought forward as…
by - April 28, 2017 11:55 am
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Friday (April 29) said he will limit next week’s special session primarily to items involving health care and he announced plans to cut the fiscal year…
by - April 27, 2017 10:26 am
A month ago when Home Bancshares acquired Stonegate Bank of Florida in a $778.4 million deal, the Conway-based bank picked up an unknown asset in Cuba. Johnny Allison, chairman of…
by - April 26, 2017 7:04 pm
Politicos Rex Nelson and Richard Bearden remember fondly the political career of former Fourth District Congressman Jay Dickey. Dickey, who passed away at the age of 77 last week, represented…
by - April 26, 2017 6:58 pm
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette political columnist takes his weekly turn at the Talk Business & Politics roundtable to discuss Arkansas’ recent execution drama as well as what it was like to cover…
by - April 26, 2017 11:27 am
U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., says he thinks the Trump administration will install more business-friendly regulators into the nation’s banking oversight system – an allowance that the controversial Dodd-Frank law…
by - April 25, 2017 6:30 am
U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman sat down for a conversation for the Monday edition of Talk Business & Politics Daily. Westerman discussed the late Fourth District Congressman Jay Dickey, who passed…
by - April 24, 2017 7:33 pm
Dr. Charles “Chuck” Welch celebrated his sixth anniversary at the helm of the Arkansas State University System on April 23, 2017. As president of the system, Welch has guided the…
by - April 23, 2017 10:00 am
U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., says President Donald Trump has restored American credibility by showing force and demanding changes from North Korea, Syria, and Iran. In a wide-ranging interview on…
by - April 21, 2017 7:08 am
UPDATE: A family visitation will take place from 5-8 p.m. on Friday, April 28 at the Pine Bluff Country Club at 1100 W. 46th St. Funeral services will be held…
by - April 20, 2017 5:36 pm
For former Arkansas Lt. Governor Bill Halter and his corporate partner, L’Oréal USA, they’ve planted a field of beams. On Thursday, Halter’s solar panel company Scenic Hill Solar and cosmetics…
by - April 19, 2017 9:51 pm
On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Tom Cotton, R-Ark., sat down with Skip Rutherford, dean of the Clinton School of Public Service, to discuss President Donald J. Trump’s first 100 days in…
by - April 18, 2017 9:51 pm
“Big food needs to lead.” That may be the clarion call for new Tyson Foods CEO Tom Hayes, who spoke in Little Rock on Tuesday. Hayes told a crowd of…
by - April 18, 2017 9:01 pm
After a dramatic night of legal maneuvering that led to the state of Arkansas not executing a death row inmate, columnist John Brummett offers his insights on the process that…
by - April 18, 2017 8:40 pm
On Sunday’s TV edition of Talk Business & Politics, Rep. Reginald Murdock, D-Marianna, and Rep. Andy Davis, R-Little Rock, discussed the death penalty in Arkansas. Murdock, who opposes the death…
by - April 17, 2017 8:52 pm
Vines Media CEO Brooke Vines was a guest on Monday’s Talk Business & Politics daily digital newscast. Vines, who has steered the Little Rock-based media firm for 15 years, discussed…
by - April 16, 2017 9:48 am
U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Little Rock, said he hopes President Donald Trump will provide leadership to Congress on the issue of tax reform. Appearing on this week’s Talk Business &…
by - April 16, 2017 9:06 am
On Saturday, a flurry of legal maneuvers altered Arkansas’ execution schedule for seven inmates, but more filings and rulings are expected that could maintain, delay or end the death row…
by - April 15, 2017 9:55 am
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge filed an emergency petition to the state’s Supreme Court to overturn a lower court’s decision to halt seven executions and to remove the circuit judge…
