by March 3, 2011 7:00 pm
-It’s Work, Not A Vacation, At Upcoming Tourism Conference
The 37th annual Arkansas Governor’s Conference on Tourism officially kicks off in Little Rock on Sunday, March 6 at the Statehouse Convention Center.
by March 3, 2011 7:00 pm
-The 37th annual Arkansas Governor’s Conference on Tourism officially kicks off in Little Rock on Sunday, March 6 at the Statehouse Convention Center.
by March 3, 2011 7:00 pm
-Thoughts are mixed at the local level about the effect of Thursday’s (Mar. 3) announcement that the U.S. and Mexico would implement long-delayed cross-border trucking provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
by March 3, 2011 7:00 pm
-Speculation that natural gas drilling in the Fayetteville Shale play could be responsible for a swarm of recent earthquake activity and problematic water quality led to an Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission hearing today on two wells.
by March 3, 2011 7:00 pm
-Asbestos is an ugly word, but for one Arkansas company it’s a beautiful dilemma. Snyder Environmental has quickly become one of the state’s leaders in asbestos removal, but company officials want to do more than meet minimum disposal requirements.
by March 3, 2011 7:00 pm
-Monday is the deadline for state lawmakers to file potential legislation for consideration. The rush to file brings a flurry of new bills into the system in the waning days before the deadline closes.
by March 3, 2011 7:00 pm
-While much attention has been focused on drawing new Congressional lines, the task of legislative redistricting is also at hand.
by March 2, 2011 7:00 pm
-Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. board of directors is boosting the company’s annual dividend by 21%.
by March 2, 2011 7:00 pm
-A bill to force online retailers to pay sales and use tax like their bricks-and-mortar counterparts has been filed in the Arkansas legislature.
by March 2, 2011 7:00 pm
-Three tax cut bills that passed the full Senate were on trial in a House committee today, but that’s as far as they got.
by March 2, 2011 7:00 pm
-All hail, Kelly MacNeil, KUAR’s intrepid capitol reporter who also writes for the radio station’s new blog, Ark Things Considered. We’re a proud content partner with KUAR-FM 89 and you can catch Talk Business on Mondays at 6pm on the Little Rock public radio station.
by March 2, 2011 7:00 pm
-With a Monday, March 7 deadline for bill filing drawing near, the intrigue for interesting legislation increases.
by March 1, 2011 7:00 pm
-Atlantic Tele-Network Inc.’s wireless subsidiary, Allied Wireless (Alltel), struggled in the fourth quarter of 2010 capping off a transitional period that at least one telecom analyst described as "disappointing."
by March 1, 2011 7:00 pm
-Local pump prices in Arkansas jumped 20 cents in the past week, the second highest one week increase since Hurricane Katrina and a penny higher than the national average, according to industry reports.
by March 1, 2011 7:00 pm
-Boosted by activity in income tax collections and refunds, state revenues climbed 18% higher than year-ago figures and 15% above forecast, but curb your enthusiasm.
by March 1, 2011 7:00 pm
-Tax cuts are a hot topic at the state legislature and among the public, they enjoy varying degrees of support.
by March 1, 2011 7:00 pm
-Is it possible that no tax cuts could pass this legislative session?
by February 28, 2011 7:00 pm
-The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine will receive a $1 million grant from Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield towards increasing the number of primary care physicians in the state.
by February 28, 2011 7:00 pm
-It will take a lot of algae and land to make a dent in the use of gasoline in the U.S., but researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed a process they say could be commercialized within 5 years.
by February 28, 2011 7:00 pm
-Home Bancshares, parent company of Centennial Bank, announced the selection of Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods (CJRW) as the bank’s marketing agency of record.
by February 28, 2011 7:00 pm
-The discussion about redistricting includes a plan that would place Fayetteville within the same Congressional District as Pine Bluff and Texarkana.