by - April 11, 2011 7:00 pm
Bank of the Ozarks will kick off the first quarter earnings period Wednesday (April 13) as Arkansas’ publicly concerns wrangle with the multi-faceted pressures of higher commodity and energy prices.
by - April 11, 2011 7:00 pm
Vacation Tour & Travel, which markets "high value leisure vacation experiences," says it will build a new headquarters in Conway and expand its workforce.
by - April 11, 2011 7:00 pm
Things didn’t go according to plan, but in the end a bill passed.
by - April 10, 2011 7:00 pm
Rising inflation, a jobless economic recovery and past decisions to reduce product numbers had previously loyal Wal-Mart customers shopping elsewhere for those everyday low prices.
by - April 10, 2011 7:00 pm
In the span of an hour and a half, a Congressional redistricting plan cleared nearly three-fourths of the hurdles needed to become law.
by - April 9, 2011 7:00 pm
During the past two months, Talk Business has scored interviews with a number of technology leaders in Arkansas and interestingly there is a connection in all they are doing.
by - April 9, 2011 7:00 pm
Jason Tolbert of The Tolbert Report uses his Stephens Media column this week to talk about the role of partisanship in this year’s state legislative session.
by - April 9, 2011 7:00 pm
The Australian firm buying Chesapeake Energy’s Arkansas assets appears embroiled in another move that could be 10 times larger than the announcement made here in late February.
by - April 9, 2011 7:00 pm
A well-known Arkansas non-profit that works with individuals with disabilities is proving that going green has no limitations.
by - April 9, 2011 7:00 pm
John Lyon with our content partner, the Arkansas News Bureau, moves to the next highly controversial state capitol matter – legislative redistricting – even though Congressional redistricting remains unsolved. Legislative redistricting is handled by the Board of Apportionment, which consists of the Governor, Attorney General and Secretary of State.
Like congressional districts, state legislative districts must be redrawn every 10 years to reflect population shifts shown in U.S. Census data. The 2010 census shows that population levels continued to increase over the past decade in Central and Northwest Arkansas and to decline in the southern and eastern parts of the state.
by - April 9, 2011 7:00 pm
Gerard Matthews with the Arkansas Times takes a look at House Speaker Robert Moore’s committee chairmen selections in the 88th General Assembly.
by - April 8, 2011 7:00 pm
Arkansas’ two gambling venues – Oaklawn and Southland – once again scored record-setting months of revenues and payouts related to electronic games of skill (EGS).
by - April 8, 2011 7:00 pm
Salt Lake City-based Overstock.com announced Friday it is pulling out of Arkansas after Gov. Mike Beebe signed into law a bill requiring online retailers to remit tax collections like their bricks-and-mortar competitors.
by - April 8, 2011 7:00 pm
In the end, someone blinked.
by - April 8, 2011 7:00 pm
Here’s what Arkansas’ Congressional delegation had to say about the newly minted budget deal and avoidance of a federal government shutdown.
Sen. Mark Pryor (D):
by - April 7, 2011 7:00 pm
As Arkansas consumers fret about higher commodity and pump prices, natural gas prices in the “Natural State” have fallen to the lowest levels since April 2002, according to newly released information from the U.S. Department of Energy.
by - April 7, 2011 7:00 pm
More public school students in Arkansas score proficient on standardized tests, but fewer students are college ready than the national average, according to a report released Thursday (April 7) by the Office for Education Policy at the University of Arkansas.
by - April 6, 2011 7:00 pm
Despite the rain, spirits were not dampened on a recent Saturday morning in downtown North Little Rock’s Argenta district.
by - April 6, 2011 7:00 pm
First District freshman Congressman Rick Crawford (R-Jonesboro) continues his daily press conference with other new members to try to push the U.S. Senate into budget compromises with the House.
by - April 6, 2011 7:00 pm
Baptist Health System will undergo major renovations on its main Little Rock campus to the tune of $110 million as part of a new capital campaign launched on Wednesday.
