by - October 11, 2015 7:09 am
Editor’s note: Each Sunday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Made In America,” a round-up of manufacturing news in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive daily for free here. LOCKHEED MARTIN…
by - October 10, 2015 9:19 am
Editor’s note: This guest commentary was authored by U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro. Einstein’s definition for insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results….
by - October 10, 2015 8:54 am
The decision by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., on Thursday to drop out of the Speaker’s race capped a big week on Capitol Hill in which lawmakers also marked a key milestone in the state’s history as well.
by - October 9, 2015 5:15 am
Editor’s note: Each Friday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Energy In-depth,” a round-up of energy and regulatory news in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive daily…
by - October 8, 2015 5:35 pm
New Orleans-based Entergy Corp., parent company of Entergy Arkansas Inc., announced Thursday (Oct. 8) that its wholesale generation division has agreed to sell its full stake in a 583-megawatt Rhode…
by - October 8, 2015 11:21 am
The announcement Thursday morning that House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., was dropping out of the U.S. House Speaker’s race provided a lot of drama and plenty of questions. According…
by - October 8, 2015 10:44 am
John Selig, the director of the Arkansas Department of Human Services, announced in a DHS press release today that he will leave the department at the end of the year….
by - October 8, 2015 5:37 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…
by - October 7, 2015 6:27 pm
Larry Foley, the filmmaker and University of Arkansas professor known for documentaries about unique aspects of Arkansas, is set to premiere “The First Boys of Spring” on Oct. 10 at…
by - October 7, 2015 1:52 pm
A former state lawmaker and former deputy director of the Arkansas Department of Human Services who pleaded guilty to federal bribery and conspiracy charges will be sentenced early next year,…
by - October 7, 2015 8:12 am
Editor’s note: Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, is the author of this guest commentary. More than 140,000 Arkansans rely on Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), a program intended to provide a…
by - October 7, 2015 6:15 am
Editor’s note: Each Wednesday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Health Beat,” a round-up of health-related topics in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive daily for free here. HHS ISSUES…
by - October 6, 2015 9:02 pm
Fresh off the return of an Arkansas delegation to Cuba, Cong. Rick Crawford filed a bill that would seek to modify the prohibition on U.S. assistance and financing for certain exports to the communist island country.
by - October 6, 2015 6:00 pm
Things are getting back to normal for Arkansas river operations. August tonnage on the Arkansas River totaled 1.22 million, up more than 30% compared to August 2014 and a clear…
by - October 6, 2015 1:51 pm
Sunny Evans of Hot Springs and her late husband, Bob, committed $500,000 of a previous estate gift to create matching funds for a new treehouse in Garvan Woodland Gardens in…
by - October 6, 2015 11:09 am
In recognition of “Manufacturing Day” events across the U.S. on Oct. 2, the Commerce Department released a new report drawing on evidence from 10 federal data sets showing that a…
by - October 6, 2015 11:02 am
The Arkansas Department of Workforce Services on Tuesday (Oct. 6) announced it has awarded Arkansas Community Colleges (formerly Arkansas Association of Two-Year Colleges) more than $4 million as part of…
by - October 6, 2015 10:49 am
University of Arkansas alumnus and longtime senior administrator Scott Varady has been named executive director and general counsel for the Razorback Foundation, according to a Tuesday (Oct. 6) announcement from…
by - October 6, 2015 4:44 am
Editor’s note: Each Tuesday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Campus Talk,” a recap and deep-dive into education topics in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive daily for free here….
by - October 5, 2015 9:31 pm
The nominations of three people selected to serve as foreign ambassadors were put on hold by Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, after the state’s junior senator called on the Department of…
