by - January 8, 2015 3:18 pm
Football, craft fairs, art and a growing Northwest Arkansas economy helped to spur a 8.2% jump in hospitality taxes among the region’s four largest cities through the first 10 months…
by - January 8, 2015 1:43 pm
Arkansas schools ranked 36th in the nation in Education Week magazine’s annual Quality Counts study, and the state ranked ninth on its “early education index.” The study, which was skipped…
by - January 8, 2015 10:28 am
The buzzworthy and successful 1 Million Cups in Little Rock has been on a holiday hiatus, but the networking group will restart its weekly ritual on Wednesday, Jan. 14. The…
by - January 8, 2015 8:58 am
Little Rock businessman Philip Tappan is joining Simmons Bank as Executive Vice President of Financial Services with oversight responsibility for Simmons First Trust Company, Simmons First Investment Group and Simmons…
by - January 8, 2015 12:19 am
TB&P is teaming up with First Security Bank’s OnlyInArk.com to broaden coverage of the state’s historic and budding entrepreneurial scene.
by - January 8, 2015 12:03 am
TB&P is teaming up with First Security Bank’s OnlyInArk.com to broaden coverage of the state’s historic and budding entrepreneurial scene.
by - January 7, 2015 11:41 pm
Editor’s note: This guest commentary by David Kinard, VP for Business Development at Physicians Insurance, is reprinted with permission. Follow him on Twitter @daivdkinard. Originally coined by Harvard professor E….
by - January 7, 2015 8:12 pm
Sarah Whites-Koditschek with our content partner, KUAR FM 89.1 News, reports: Officials from the Arkansas Department of Education are recommending a state takeover of the Little Rock School District, while…
by - January 7, 2015 7:12 pm
Arvest Bank Springdale announced the addition of Angela Whitlow as human resource manager for that market. The bank also said Megan Ford has been promoted to the new branch manager…
by - January 7, 2015 6:47 pm
To save more money is a common New Year’s resolution made by many, but financial consultant Joel Doelger of Credit Counseling of Arkansas said few people put an actionable savings…
by - January 7, 2015 5:59 pm
It was a December to remember as Jonesboro city coffers saw a nearly double-digit increase in sales tax revenues. Jonesboro Finance Director Ben Barylske said the city’s sales tax brought…
by - January 7, 2015 4:26 pm
Tracy French has been promoted to president and CEO of Centennial Bank, the subsidiary of Conway-based Home Bancshares. French replaces Randy Sims as president and CEO. Sims will remain CEO…
by - January 7, 2015 1:49 pm
When disaster strikes anywhere in North America, from a train derailment in Quebec to an oil spill in Mayflower, it is more often than not an Arkansas company that is…
by - January 7, 2015 1:41 pm
Builders across Northwest Arkansas requested new construction permits for housing and commercial properties totaling $47.524 million in November among the region’s four largest cities. The permit values rose 16% from…
by - January 7, 2015 12:07 pm
A day after Gov. Mike Beebe announced Lamar Davis would fill Colette Honorable’s spot on the Arkansas Public Service Commission, Gov.-elect Asa Hutchinson announced that consultant and former State Rep….
by - January 7, 2015 11:56 am
There will be one more former executive director of the Arkansas GOP working at Little Rock-based consulting firm, Impact Management Group. IMG announced Wednesday that Megan Tollett has joined the…
by - January 7, 2015 8:38 am
Millennials and their political preferences and consumer behaviors have been researched, dissected and discussed a great deal over the last few years. But, more so than perhaps any other generation,…
by - January 7, 2015 6:56 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…
by - January 6, 2015 9:54 pm
Arvest Bank has expanded the territories of Andy Smith and Asa Cottrell. Smith is the regional investment officer for Arvest Asset Management in the Fort Smith, River Valley and Eastern…
by - January 6, 2015 8:49 pm
A plan to build an overpass at one of the busiest intersections in Jonesboro was given a green light Tuesday night by a key Jonesboro City Council committee. The council’s…
