by - March 23, 2018 6:42 pm
Arkansas’ jobless rate crept up one-tenth of a percentage point in February as the number of unemployed persons in the state’s brimming labor pool continued to grow, according to labor…
by - March 23, 2018 5:21 pm
Clean Line Energy and the Department of Energy (DOE) agreed Friday (March 23) to terminate the controversial $2.5 billion high-voltage wind power project across Arkansas, almost exactly three years after…
by - March 22, 2018 2:02 pm
Arkansas ended 2017 with personal income growth of 3.2%, ranking the state 16th among all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Farming and healthcare services were the largest contributors…
by - March 21, 2018 8:04 pm
Advocates for Arkansas’ emerging medical marijuana industry are in a quandary over what it will now take to get the voter-approved amendment off the ground following a Pulaski County Circuit…
by - March 21, 2018 1:45 pm
Pulaski County Circuit Court Judge Wendell Griffen on Wednesday (March 21) declared the state Medical Marijuana Commission’s process of scoring and awarding Arkansas’ first highly-prized licenses to five pot cultivators…
by - March 20, 2018 3:17 pm
The Northwest Arkansas political action group that came under fire from Gov. Asa Hutchinson for recent campaign contributions to legislative races has responded directly to the state’s chief executive with…
by - March 19, 2018 6:03 pm
Another state lawmaker has been caught up in a broadening federal investigation that has overshadowed the Arkansas General Assembly for more than a year over the handling of so-called GIF,…
by - March 14, 2018 8:04 pm
As the Arkansas General Assembly prepares to wind down legislative duties at the State Capitol that began in early February, three state senators — two Republicans and one Democrat —…
by - March 14, 2018 5:24 pm
A much-anticipated meeting by the state Medical Marijuana Commission was postponed Wednesday (March 14) after Pulaski County Judge Wendell Griffen issued a temporary restraining order preventing the regulatory panel from…
by - March 13, 2018 9:07 pm
As the campaign season gears up for the 2018 election, Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday (March 13) offered his first public criticism of a conservative Northwest Arkansas political action group…
by - March 12, 2018 9:34 pm
One of the sixth-place finishers in the highly-competitive sweepstakes for one of Arkansas’ five prized pot-growing licenses has filed a protest with the state Medical Marijuana Commission ahead of the…
by - March 12, 2018 4:56 pm
After officially adjourning the 91st General Assembly 2018 fiscal session at the State Capitol, House members on Monday (March 12) selected Rep. Matthew Shepherd of El Dorado as the Speaker-designate…
by - March 12, 2018 11:26 am
Arkansas’ unemployment rate held steady entering 2018 as the state’s education, healthcare, manufacturing and professional and business sectors helped expand the economy by adding nearly 8,000 jobs over the past…
by - March 10, 2018 11:16 am
Arkansas employers continued to add jobs through the third quarter of 2017, but wage growth hit a wall as average weekly pay was down 0.6% from the previous year, according…
by - March 9, 2018 4:56 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced his intent to call a special session early next week (Tuesday, March 13) to consider legislation to address state highway funding, regulate so-called pharmacy benefits managers…
by - March 9, 2018 3:09 pm
The state Medical Marijuana Commission will ratify the scores and vote next week to accept the five applicants awarded the state’s first cultivator licenses on Feb. 23 to grow and…
by - March 8, 2018 3:43 pm
The Arkansas Legislature on Thursday (March 8) put most of the finishing touches on the 2018 fiscal session after the House approved the balanced budget for the biennium and stripped…
by - March 7, 2018 6:34 pm
The expected uneventful end of the Arkansas Legislature’s 2018 fiscal session hit a snag Wednesday (March 7) after the House of Representatives blocked an appropriations bill for the state Treasurer’s…
by - March 6, 2018 8:43 pm
The Arkansas Senate on Tuesday (March 6) approved a Department of Human Services appropriation bill for Arkansas Works healthcare expansion with no votes to spare, paving the way for the…
by - March 6, 2018 1:51 pm
A top official with the federal agency that investigates and researches alternative medicine in the U.S. told Talk Business & Politics the agency will continue studying the health value of…
