by - January 4, 2016 12:28 pm
Homebuilders and commercial construction crews across Northwest Arkansas were active throughout November with new permit values totaling $90.268 million among the region’s four largest cities. Fayetteville, Springdale, Rogers and Bentonville…
by - January 4, 2016 9:00 am
Pregnant New Yorkers can enroll in their state’s health insurance exchange at any time during their pregnancy under legislation signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo Dec. 23, making the state the…
by - January 4, 2016 8:56 am
Editor’s note: Each week, Talk Business & Politics provides “Made In America,” a round-up of state and global manufacturing news. LOCKHEED MARTIN WINS $142 MILLION CONTRACT, MOST OF WORK GOES TO CAMDEN: Lockheed…
by - January 4, 2016 8:48 am
Each of the 16 commodities in the widely followed S&P Goldman Sachs Commodity Index (GSCI) Energy, Grains, Industrial Metals, and Precious Metals indices declined in 2015, with prices of some…
by - January 4, 2016 12:48 am
Fresh off the press and soon to be in mailboxes across the state, the January/February issue of Talk Business & Politics magazine is rich with news, interviews, features and commentaries….
by - January 3, 2016 9:41 am
In the state and nation, there was a decisive movement toward an improving economy in several key areas in 2015, but some dark clouds loom on the energy front headed…
by - January 1, 2016 8:51 pm
TV PREVIEW On this week’s TV edition of Talk Business & Politics with Roby Brock, which airs Sunday at 9:30 a.m. on KATV Channel 7. The top political stories of…
by - January 1, 2016 2:07 pm
Stacey Spivey with our content partner KATV Ch. 7 News reports: As most were ringing in the new year, fire crews were working to put out a fire that started…
by - January 1, 2016 2:00 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced the following appointments: Lisa Washburn, Hot Springs, to the Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Advisory Committee. Appointment expires October 1, 2019. Replaces Anne Sorter. Daina Potter, Malvern,…
by - January 1, 2016 2:00 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced the following appointments: Lisa Washburn, Hot Springs, to the Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Advisory Committee. Appointment expires October 1, 2019. Replaces Anne Sorter. Daina Potter, Malvern,…
by - January 1, 2016 1:51 pm
Assistance from the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center (ASBTDC) will go to help two local early stage companies that won state funding to support ongoing product research and…
by - December 31, 2015 1:24 pm
The baby new year will bring in some grown-up changes to Arkansas law. Typically, new state laws take effect 90 days after the regular session adjourns, or they can take…
by - December 29, 2015 7:15 pm
The board of the Arkansas Good Roads Foundation have elected Shannon Newton and Harold Beaver to its executive committee. Newton is president of the Arkansas Trucking Association (ATA), and has…
by - December 29, 2015 7:15 pm
The board of the Arkansas Good Roads Foundation have elected Shannon Newton and Harold Beaver to its executive committee. Newton is president of the Arkansas Trucking Association (ATA), and has…
by - December 29, 2015 2:37 pm
Nichole Dykes has joined Sparks Health System as an assistant chief financial officer and will report to CFO David Rothenberger. Dykes has accounting experience in healthcare and manufacturing sectors. Before…
by - December 29, 2015 2:37 pm
Nichole Dykes has joined Sparks Health System as an assistant chief financial officer and will report to CFO David Rothenberger. Dykes has accounting experience in healthcare and manufacturing sectors. Before…
by - December 29, 2015 1:16 pm
Like a snowball packs on more snow and momentum as it rolls downhill, downtowns in Northwest Arkansas’ four largest cities have seen major changes this year. Springdale’s City Council was…
by - December 29, 2015 12:08 pm
Costs for Medicare and privately insured patients are generally lower in Arkansas than in the rest of the country, the New York Times reported earlier this month. Citing a study,…
by - December 29, 2015 11:34 am
Arkansas is one of 30 states that has expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, and was the first of six states to do so through a federal waiver that…
by - December 29, 2015 12:24 am
EVALUATING SCHOOL THREATS INCREASINGLY COMPLEX: The New York Times takes a look at a rising concern in Arkansas and the nation: how to handle school threats of violence. Jonesboro, which…
