by - March 8, 2018 9:30 am
A bill that would allow the Arkansas insurance commissioner to license and regulate pharmacy benefit managers has been drafted and has 72 co-sponsors in the House and about 28 in…
by - March 8, 2018 8:04 am
The music is returning to downtown Fayetteville’s historic Guisinger Building. Sterling Hamilton, an associate with commercial real estate firm Sage Partners in Rogers, says the annual musical event Fayetteville Roots…
by - March 7, 2018 7:28 pm
The Sierra Club is gathering signatures and drumming up public pushback in an effort to quash a potential legislative item from appearing on a special session call they say is…
by - March 7, 2018 7:15 pm
Sen. Linda Collins-Smith, R-Pocahontas, wants to know if retailers, such as Walmart, can legally prohibit firearms sales to customers under the age of 21. She told Talk Business & Politics…
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 7, 2018 5:36 pm
Supercenters and hypermarkets are known for driving heavy foot traffic which is in short supply among many department stores and malls thanks to online shopping and subscription purchases. Kohl’s, not…
by - March 7, 2018 4:10 pm
Wholesale used vehicle prices rose 5.1% in February, from the same month in 2017, but prices were flat compared to January as consumer confidence increased to the highest level since…
by - March 7, 2018 2:41 pm
Tyson Foods confirmed Wednesday (March 7) about 150 employees in the Van Buren chicken processing plant will be out of a job because of a temporary layoff at the end…
by - March 7, 2018 12:49 pm
Christopher M. Jones has been named executive director and lead maker at the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub, a North Little Rock-based nonprofit serving creatives, makers and the entrepreneurial ecosystem. The…
by - March 7, 2018 9:02 am
Bentonville developers have started construction of Haxton District East, a mixed-use building two blocks southeast of the downtown square in Bentonville. The Class A commercial building at S.E. 224 Second…
by - March 6, 2018 10:25 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (March 6) approved three requests that will pave the way for University Park, a $10 million, 24-unit duplex development at 5601 and…
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 8:25 pm
Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) on Tuesday (March 6) fired back at a group opposing the $4.5 billion “Wind Catcher” project designed to deliver wind-powered energy to Arkansas. SWEPCO, a…
by - March 6, 2018 8:03 pm
Walmart Inc. Chief Financial Officer Brett Biggs likes the momentum at which the retail giant is moving, especially after having completed its first-ever half-trillion-dollar year in fiscal 2018 and starting…
by - March 6, 2018 6:26 pm
One of the roughest stretches of Interstate 555 between Jonesboro and Memphis is about to be overhauled. A $12.272 million project to replace the decks on 16 bridges in the…
by - March 6, 2018 2:59 pm
At a recent Barclays equity conference, John Roberts, president and CEO of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, and David Mee, the company’s executive vice president and chief financial officer, noted that…
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…
by - March 6, 2018 1:12 pm
Arts and cultural economic activity rose 4.9% nationwide between 2014 and 2015, reaching $763.6 billion and accounting for 4.2% of the GDP, according to a report published Tuesday (March 6)…
by - March 6, 2018 12:15 pm
Greg Greeley, 55, a long-time executive with Amazon, announced this week on LinkedIn his departure from the company. Greeley helped to build out Amazon’s Prime business model as well the…
by - March 6, 2018 10:18 am
Arvest Equipment Finance, a division of Fayetteville-chartered Arvest Bank, closed more than $100 million in new production in 2017. On Tuesday (March 6), the bank announced the achievement was a…
