by March 17, 2011 7:00 pm
-Unemployment Rises In All 8 Metro Areas
Metro area unemployment rose in all 8 major metropolitan areas in Arkansas from December 2010 to January 2011.
by March 17, 2011 7:00 pm
-Metro area unemployment rose in all 8 major metropolitan areas in Arkansas from December 2010 to January 2011.
by March 17, 2011 7:00 pm
-These aren’t the names of thoroughbred horses at Oaklawn, but they are likely to be competing interests in a race-to-the-wire finish at the Arkansas Legislature.
by March 17, 2011 7:00 pm
-The Arkansas House Revenue and Tax Committee made quick work on agreed-upon tax cut measures in a special meeting on Friday.
by March 16, 2011 7:00 pm
-There aren’t too many sweeter words to hear than "Spring is right around the corner."
by March 16, 2011 7:00 pm
-Arkansas tourism and emergency management officials have a game plan for anyone looking to spend spring break in the Natural State.
by March 16, 2011 7:00 pm
-Two bills that could impact unemployment benefits and employers in Arkansas have worked their way through half of the state legislature.
by March 16, 2011 7:00 pm
-Lest we forget the daily exchanges from last year’s campaign cycle, it seems we have a renewed rivalry between the Republican Party of Arkansas and the Democratic Party of Arkansas over legislative wranglings.
by March 16, 2011 7:00 pm
-As we reported yesterday, a deal between the House, Senate and Beebe administration has been cut to compromise on several tax cut measures and push the state budget process nearer a conclusion.
by March 15, 2011 7:00 pm
-Senate and House leaders have apparently struck a deal to compromise on tax cuts.
by March 15, 2011 7:00 pm
-SB 750, Gov. Mike Beebe’s prison reform and sentencing overhaul bill, passed the full House of Representatives today on a 79-14 vote. It now heads to his office for signature into law.
by March 15, 2011 7:00 pm
-State Sen. Johnny Key (R-Mountain Home) amended his SB 981 to outline how he envisions redrawing Arkansas’ four Congressional Districts. The bill would only split one county – Franklin County – between the Third and Fourth Districts.
by March 15, 2011 7:00 pm
-The death watch continues for a national trucking company that is a primary competitor with Fort Smith-based ABF Freight System.
by March 15, 2011 7:00 pm
-The panel charged with redrawing Arkansas’ 135 House and Senate districts in the state legislature met for the first time on Wednesday morning.
by March 14, 2011 7:00 pm
-Wal-Mart announced an initial commitment of $5 million in cash and in-kind donations for emergency relief efforts in response to the earthquake and resulting tsunami in Japan.
by March 14, 2011 7:00 pm
-The operator of the nuclear power plant in Russellville (Arkansas) says its plants are safe, but the utility company may run into trouble relicensing nuclear power plants in the Northeast U.S. because of the nuclear plant crisis in Japan.
by March 14, 2011 7:00 pm
-The freshmen Republicans in Congress have wasted little time positioning themselves as budget-cutters. They are likely to be at the epicenter of the latest budget battle that appears headed toward another impasse and possible federal government shutdown.
by March 14, 2011 7:00 pm
-A new state profile of small business statistics shows that Arkansas small businesses shrunk in 2008 while the number of women-owned and minority-owned business grew, according to the latest figures available.
by March 14, 2011 7:00 pm
-On Tuesday afternoon, 30 House Republicans stopped the passage of an appropriation bill to fund the Arkansas School for the Deaf. 24 GOP members opposed the bill, while 2 voted present and 4 did not vote.
by March 14, 2011 7:00 pm
-Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel approved the ballot title of a citizen’s initiative that could raise the severance tax on natural gas in Arkansas to 7%.
by March 14, 2011 7:00 pm
-Gov. Mike Beebe’s effort to overhaul the state’s prison system is one vote away from his desk for signature.