by - March 31, 2015 3:11 pm
On a day when renewed opposition from the state’s business community implored Gov. Asa Hutchinson to stop HB 1228, a bill dubbed the “Religious Freedom Restoration Act,” the Arkansas House passed three amendments to the measure that sealed the bill’s fate for the governor’s desk.
by - March 31, 2015 8:45 am
Arkansas’ only comprehensive academic health center has received a full, eight-year reaccreditation from a national committee that oversees medical education, officials at the College of Medicine at the University of…
by - March 31, 2015 8:08 am
University of Arkansas alumnus William T. Dillard II and philanthropist Johnelle DeBusk Hunt will be recognized as Chancellor’s Medal recipients at the University of Arkansas Towers of Old Main event…
by - March 31, 2015 7:29 am
On Wednesday, April 1, Christie Ison with ARFoodJobs.com will be the guest speaker at Little Rock’s 1 Million Cups. The programming starts at 9 a.m. at the Arkansas Venture Center,…
by - March 31, 2015 5:38 am
Communications Sales & Leasing Inc., (CS&L), the real estate investment trust spin-off from Windstream Holdings, named Mark Wallace as senior vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer. Wallace formerly served…
by - March 30, 2015 1:43 pm
Pine Bluff-based Simmons First National Corp. announced the appointments of Mark Doramus, Christopher “Chris” Kirkland and Joseph “Joe” Porter to its Board of Directors. Doramus is Chief Financial Officer of…
by - March 30, 2015 7:53 am
If you’re a whiz with Microsoft Word, Excel or Powerpoint, you might as well angle for a trip to Orland or Dallas. The Arkansas Department of Career Education and test…
by - March 30, 2015 6:12 am
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by - March 30, 2015 5:39 am
Editor’s note: This guest opinion column first appeared in The Washington Post. Tim Cook is the CEO of Apple, Inc. There’s something very dangerous happening in states across the country….
by - March 29, 2015 8:20 am
by - March 29, 2015 12:54 am
The likely last week of this year’s regular legislative session starts Monday with lawmakers facing a boatload of issues and negotiations involving the state’s budget and national pressure over a…
by - March 29, 2015 12:31 am
Editor’s note: Each Sunday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Made In America,” a wrap-up of manufacturing news in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive daily for free here. FED…
by - March 28, 2015 10:46 pm
Editor’s note: Guest contributor Scott McClymonds, founder of Fayetteville-based strategic consulting firm CEO Velocity, recently interviewed several regional and community banking executives across Arkansas about corporate strategy and their management…
by - March 28, 2015 8:58 am
This week, lawmakers in the nation’s capital dealt with everything from budgets and environmental issues to foreign policy in Iran, Afghanistan and Africa.
by - March 27, 2015 11:59 am
A bill that supporters say will protect religious freedom and opponents say will allow for discrimination easily passed the Arkansas Senate on Friday. The 35-member body passed House Bill 1228…
by - March 27, 2015 12:08 am
Scott Ford, former CEO of Alltel Corp. and the current top executive at Little Rock private investment firm Westrock Group LLC, testified Thursday before the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee on…
by - March 26, 2015 8:20 pm
Windstream Holdings Inc. announced that the company’s board of directors has given final approval, subject to certain terms and conditions, for the tax-free spinoff of select telecommunications network assets into…
by - March 26, 2015 7:53 pm
The Arkansas Economic Acceleration Foundation (AEAF), an affiliate of The Arkansas Capital Corporation Group, announced its winners of the fifth annual Youth Entrepreneur Showcase 2.0 (Y.E.S. 2.0) statewide youth business…
by - March 26, 2015 3:37 pm
Talk Business & Politics latest “pure politics” podcast is out and available for download. This week, TB&P‘s Jessica DeLoach Sabin and Roby Brock discuss a variety of topics, including: Paid maternity…
by - March 26, 2015 12:31 am
Editor’s note: Each Thursday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Startup Talk,” a round-up of startup, technology and entrepreneurial news in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive daily for free…
