by - November 7, 2018 2:00 pm
With almost all of Election Night 2018 in the books, it’s time to comb through the results and spotlight interesting observations about election trends. 1) STATEWIDE Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson…
by - November 7, 2018 12:37 am
The hotly contested race for mayor of Little Rock headed to a runoff Dec. 4 between banker and former Highway Commissioner Frank Scott, Jr. and businessman, attorney and former Little…
by - November 6, 2018 11:37 pm
Republican incumbents swept all four of Arkansas’ congressional races, but will be headed back to the U.S. House in January in the minority and facing concerns from some American voters…
by - November 6, 2018 11:23 pm
Arkansans strongly backed all three of the constitutional amendments that made this year’s ballot, which were measures requiring voters to show ID at the polls, raise the state minimum wage…
by - November 6, 2018 8:19 pm
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson was re-elected to a second term Tuesday. The Associated Press called the governor’s race shortly after the polls closed at 7:30 p.m. Hutchinson was leading his Democratic…
by - November 6, 2018 1:15 pm
Talk Business & Politics will offer complete and wide-ranging coverage of election returns on Tuesday (Nov. 6). Roby Brock will co-anchor coverage beginning at 7 p.m. on TalkBusiness.net, KATV.com, and…
by - November 5, 2018 7:23 pm
Arkansas investment banker Warren Stephens and Home Depot co-founder Kenneth Langone praised the virtues of capitalism in a fireside chat-style presentation at the Little Rock Chamber of Commerce’s annual meeting…
by - November 5, 2018 1:45 pm
Thinly traded Inuvo Inc. of Little Rock entered a stock-and-cash deal to be acquired by privately held Conversion Technologies Inc. of Newport Beach, Calif., in a deal valued at $75.5…
by - November 5, 2018 10:21 am
Fayetteville-based logistics provider CaseStack, founded by CEO Dan Sanker in 1999 (in Santa Monica, Calif.,) is being acquired by the Hub Group (NASDAQ: HUBG), a large, publicly traded transportation logistics…
by - November 4, 2018 9:04 pm
If the casino ballot initiative passes in Arkansas on Tuesday (Nov. 6), Delaware North, the parent company of Southland Gaming and Racing, will attempt to build a hotel and convention…
by - November 2, 2018 4:33 pm
The U.S. economy added another 250,000 nonfarm jobs in October as the U.S. labor pool hit a record high of 156.562 million workers, the U.S. Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor…
by - November 2, 2018 1:30 pm
Since opening in 2014, the Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion (AMP) has been a primary amenity driving Northwest Arkansas’s growing arts and entertainment economy. In the past five years the Walton…
by - November 2, 2018 1:28 pm
Arkansas revenue collections in October continued a steady upward path in October as rising payrolls and strong sales tax collections boosted state budget coffers ahead of the all-important holiday shopping…
by - November 1, 2018 7:03 pm
Republican and Democratic candidates for Congress and Governor offered differing views on President Trump’s tariffs, immigration and other issues during appearances Thursday (Nov. 1) before the Mississippi Delta Grassroots Caucus….
by - November 1, 2018 4:43 pm
ArcBest blew past third quarter revenue and net income estimates thanks primarily to higher shipping prices, a “steady freight environment” and fuel surcharges. Net income in the quarter was $40.776…
by - November 1, 2018 1:58 pm
Health care and drugs have replaced the economy as a top concern for Arkansas voters, according to a new survey from the state’s flagship university. The Arkansas Poll, conducted by…
by - November 1, 2018 1:33 pm
The trucking industry is about in the middle of transitioning to electronic logging devices (ELDs), said Joe DeLorenzo, director of the office of compliance for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety…
by - November 1, 2018 11:40 am
Little Rock-based Baptist Health has closed on the acquisition of Sparks Health System operations in Fort Smith, Van Buren and clinics in western Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma. The move to…
by - November 1, 2018 7:21 am
Arkansas Teacher Retirement System (ATRS) trustees on Wednesday (Oct. 31) hired veteran staffer Clint Rhoden as its new executive director, replacing longtime ATRS chief George Hopkins who will retire at…
by - October 31, 2018 9:15 pm
The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) announced Wednesday (Oct. 31) that it is partnering with The Venture Center in Little Rock to launch the ICBA ThinkTech Accelerator. The new…
