by - May 1, 2016 9:07 am
Arkansas Economic Development Commission executive director Mike Preston has been on the job for a little more than one year. This past week, his agency and the state landed one…
by - May 1, 2016 8:48 am
Fourth District Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Hot Springs, says he thinks Congress will meet a May 15th deadline to approve a budget. He also says Puerto Rico needs to restructure its…
by - April 24, 2016 8:44 am
Editor’s note: A video interview with Gov. Hutchinson appears at the bottom of this post. Gov. Asa Hutchinson says the 75% threshold to pass appropriations bills is too high, traditional…
by - April 17, 2016 8:43 am
The circuitous route to fund Arkansas Works being pushed by Gov. Asa Hutchinson and allies is taking the legislature into unchartered territory, many of those lawmakers agree. The governor is…
by - April 10, 2016 8:59 am
U.S. Sen. John Boozman expects either Donald Trump or Ted Cruz to be the GOP nominee, will wait until a new President is sworn in to consider a Supreme Court…
by - April 10, 2016 8:58 am
The Arkansas State Senate Majority Leader said he expects to reach the 75% threshold for funding the governor’s Arkansas Works plan passed last week in a special session, and he…
by - April 9, 2016 9:49 am
The governor loves a good game of basketball and the sport provides an appropriate metaphor for his legislative week that included the special session on Arkansas Works. Early in the…
by - April 3, 2016 8:49 am
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said he intends to remain neutral in the U.S. Presidential race for the foreseeable future, is not certain that a Hillary Clinton-Donald Trump match-up is inevitable,…
by - March 31, 2016 5:06 pm
An ethics commission ruling in mid-March could mean campaigning for certain candidates by constitutional officers, and possibly legislators, is a misdemeanor crime that could lead to removal from office and…
by - March 29, 2016 5:48 am
A state legislative panel is eyeing a potential constitutional referral to change the way Arkansas selects appellate judges, but judicial elections don’t need an overhaul. They need a makeover and…
by - March 27, 2016 8:51 am
As state lawmakers prepare for an April 6th special session to consider the fate of the governor’s health care reform program, Arkansas Works, two state lawmakers say there are multiple…
by - March 27, 2016 8:06 am
CJRW’s director of digital, Zack Hill, was a guest on this week’s edition of Talk Business & Politics. He recapped his team’s recent trip to South by Southwest, the tech…
by - March 20, 2016 8:31 am
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge (R), says she will support whomever the eventual Republican Presidential nominee is and the former legal counsel to the Republican National Committee said she does…
by - March 15, 2016 8:52 pm
On a night when Arkansas’ leading politicians were hitting bank shots and 3-pointers in a charity basketball game, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton were making mostly layups to advance closer…
by - March 13, 2016 9:14 am
Senate President Jonathan Dismang and Speaker of the House Jeremy Gillam say initial responses to the governor’s health care reforms and newly submitted budget may lead to tweaks versus radical…
by - March 8, 2016 7:51 am
The March/April issue of Talk Business & Politics magazine – with great features, interviews and commentaries – is hot off the press and headed to a mailbox near you. On…
by - March 5, 2016 7:29 pm
Post-election analysis always allows for a level of detail that provides insight into the most recent election results. Looking at the Presidential primary numbers through a variety of different lenses…
by - February 28, 2016 10:07 am
Texas Senator Ted Cruz said the GOP Presidential field might well be a two-man race between Donald Trump and himself after Tuesday’s SEC primaries and that contender Marco Rubio should consider…
by - February 28, 2016 7:37 am
The three top contenders for the GOP Presidential nomination – Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio – held big rallies in Northwest and central Arkansas just three days before…
by - February 26, 2016 9:13 am
When Arkansas lawmakers moved up primary elections from late May to early March, they had little idea the move could have put so much at stake in the state’s and…
