by - February 15, 2022 3:16 pm
An easy, one-stop place for a summary of economic and political issues and conditions in Arkansas and nationally can be found with the recently concluded Talk Business & Politics State…
by - February 15, 2022 1:18 pm
Arkansas’ PEV (plug-in electric vehicles) market is growing but remains a minuscule fraction of the state’s overall automobile industry. According to data from the Arkansas Department of Finance Administration, 2,094…
by - February 15, 2022 11:45 am
Arkansas cattle inventories declined for the third straight year, falling more than 5% from January 2021 estimates. State cattle farmers liquidated about 90,000 cattle and calves, according to the January…
by - February 15, 2022 11:39 am
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been awarded a $10 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to fund COVID-19 outreach efforts…
by - February 15, 2022 11:37 am
King Aerospace Commercial Corp., an aircraft services company of Dallas-based King Aerospace Inc., will lease two hangars at Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) in Highfill and begin operating there in…
by - February 15, 2022 9:17 am
Shippers can expect this year to be a continuation of 2021 with capacity constraints and high freight rates amid shortages of transportation equipment and qualified truck drivers, a trucking executive…
by - February 14, 2022 6:38 pm
Walmart was seen as a “winner” in retail amid the pandemic of the past year and when the company reports fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday (Feb. 17). Net income is expected…
by - February 14, 2022 5:05 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson closed out his final state of the state speech to the Arkansas legislature with a litany of accomplishments, a laundry list of budget requests, and a liturgy…
by - February 14, 2022 3:57 pm
Less than nine months until Election Day, Republican Sarah Huckabee Sanders has a roughly 10-point lead over a generic Democratic nominee in the race for Arkansas governor. Sanders was the…
by - February 14, 2022 3:55 pm
CARTI announced Monday (Feb. 14) the opening of the CARTI Cancer Center in Pine Bluff, located at 5001 Bobo Road. The center provides medical and radiation oncology, imaging services, including…
by - February 13, 2022 3:07 pm
Volatile weather plagued Arkansas farmers in 2021 and it threatened to impact the number of acres harvested and yields for many crops. Cotton was expected to be hit particularly hard…
by - February 13, 2022 9:58 am
Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson scores high marks for his job performance among Arkansas voters, while Democratic President Joe Biden ranks low. U.S. Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., has an overall negative…
by - February 12, 2022 9:19 am
With more retail sales gravitating online in the past two years, many retailers remain woefully behind the curve, according to a new report from Coleman Parkes Research on behalf of…
by - February 12, 2022 9:14 am
A new Talk Business & Politics-Hendrix College poll shows that former Razorback basketball coach Nolan Richardson is viewed as the greatest coach at the University of Arkansas. The survey of…
by - February 11, 2022 2:51 pm
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has established and is seeking information to implement a $6 billion Civil Nuclear Credit Program, according to a Friday (Feb. 11) news release. The…
by - February 11, 2022 1:50 pm
Doc Washburn, a radio personality who until last year hosted a radio show on KARN 102.9, is floating his name as a candidate for the Republican nomination for governor. On…
by - February 10, 2022 5:10 pm
No one knows exactly when the first African Americans arrived in what is modern-day Northeast Arkansas. The first reports are that a man named William Looney moved from his Tennessee…
by - February 10, 2022 3:16 pm
Rogers-based America’s Car-Mart Inc. is expected to post an earnings decrease and a revenue increase for the third quarter of fiscal 2022 amid tightening margins and high vehicle prices, according…
by - February 10, 2022 2:43 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Thursday (Feb. 10) said he will push for an estimated $60 million to $100 million plan to add 498 prison beds to the state’s prison system….
by - February 10, 2022 1:43 pm
Tyson Foods shareholders had plenty to celebrate at this year’s shareholder meeting that was held virtually Thursday (Feb. 10) morning with the Springdale-based meat giant posting an impressive first quarter…
