by - June 13, 2014 6:32 am
Mike Ross and Asa Hutchinson aren’t the only candidates for political office talking jobs this election season. Fourth District Democratic Congressional candidate James Lee Witt is also touting a jobs…
by - June 12, 2014 8:55 pm
Senate hopeful Tom Cotton brought his message of a smaller federal government to a group of rural leaders hoping to hear of an expanded investment in the Delta region they…
by - June 11, 2014 5:12 pm
More than 73,000 Arkansas voters took part in the historic run-offs on Tuesday — the first time in the last quarter century that Republicans have had a statewide run-off race. Unofficially,…
by - June 10, 2014 9:19 am
Expect more of this — from both sides. On Tuesday (June 10), Democratic gubernatorial nominee Mike Ross released a new TV ad to combat what he describes as “negative attack…
by - June 9, 2014 6:57 am
Tyson Foods announced it has submitted a “unilaterally binding offer” to acquire all outstanding shares of The Hillshire Brands Co. for $8.55 billion — reasserting Tyson’s dominance as one of the biggest food players in the world.
by - June 6, 2014 9:25 am
The punches in the Republican run-off for Attorney General between Leslie Rutledge, an outside spending group and David Sterling continue. On Thursday, a new mailer from the Judicial Crisis Network…
by - June 6, 2014 8:23 am
At a Little Rock healthy child summit, a Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank economist spotlighted the value of quality pre-school education and the economic returns it provides — a 16-to-1 benefit-cost ratio, he said.
by - June 3, 2014 9:48 pm
The ultimate biker song could serve as a marketing campaign for a new push from state tourism officials.
by - June 2, 2014 2:16 pm
Leslie Rutledge and David Sterling are in a full-fledged street brawl with a week to go in their run-off for the GOP Attorney General nomination.
by - June 1, 2014 9:20 am
Arkansas’ next Governor will face a daunting series of workforce challenges. Could a “special agent of change” slice through the bureaucracy and accelerate industry and state efforts?
by - May 31, 2014 3:48 pm
U.S. Senator Corey Booker (D-New Jersey), who was in Arkansas at the request of Sen. Mark Pryor, said Pryor’s Republican challenger Cong. Tom Cotton is working against a “bipartisan tradition”…
by - May 30, 2014 1:53 pm
ArcBest, the newly named Arkansas Best Corp., is expanding its in-state corporate presence with a new $30 million facility at Chaffee Crossing near its current Fort Smith headquarters, but the…
by - May 29, 2014 8:28 pm
A new wave of “dark money” is scrambling the GOP Attorney General June 10 run-off between Leslie Rutledge and David Sterling.
by - May 27, 2014 3:29 pm
Representatives from Arkansas’ manufacturers and other state business leaders met with Gov. Mike Beebe and his workforce cabinet on Tuesday (May 27) for what was described as a “candid” forum…
by - May 25, 2014 9:14 am
The two leaders of the state’s major political parties offered different views on the trajectory of the general election match-ups, but they tentatively agreed to call out third-party groups who will be spending large sums of money in this fall’s elections.
by - May 22, 2014 8:45 pm
Leslie Rutledge, who led the Republican ticket on Primary Election Night in the GOP Attorney General’s race, received the endorsement of third-place finisher Patricia Nation on Friday (May 23). The…
by - May 22, 2014 8:32 am
Five years removed from the Great Recession, the Arkansas banking landscape is rapidly and fundamentally evolving.
by - May 21, 2014 1:02 am
The surprise is there really weren’t any surprises; however, there was a lot of primary drama. Both political parties picked nominees for Arkansas Governor, while Republicans chose candidates for a slate of federal and statewide general election races.
by - May 19, 2014 7:39 pm
by - May 19, 2014 6:27 pm
Long-time newspaper columnist and author John Brummett has been named the 2014 recipient of the Arkansas Writers Conference’s Hall of Fame. Brummett, who currently works for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, will…
