by - March 12, 2018 10:33 pm
It may be known as the PBM special session, but there will be everything from hogs to bingo to highways and 529 plans included in the first special session of…
by - March 12, 2018 9:34 pm
One of the sixth-place finishers in the highly-competitive sweepstakes for one of Arkansas’ five prized pot-growing licenses has filed a protest with the state Medical Marijuana Commission ahead of the…
by - March 12, 2018 6:36 pm
Supporters of a proposal to amend the Arkansas Constitution to allow up to four casinos in Arkansas with tax proceeds benefitting highway funding drew another unlucky response from Attorney General…
by - March 12, 2018 4:56 pm
After officially adjourning the 91st General Assembly 2018 fiscal session at the State Capitol, House members on Monday (March 12) selected Rep. Matthew Shepherd of El Dorado as the Speaker-designate…
by - March 12, 2018 12:08 pm
Alec Farmer, owner of a family-owned farm and property and investment management company, is entering the third year of a 10-year term as a member of the Arkansas Highway Commission….
by - March 12, 2018 11:26 am
Arkansas’ unemployment rate held steady entering 2018 as the state’s education, healthcare, manufacturing and professional and business sectors helped expand the economy by adding nearly 8,000 jobs over the past…
by - March 11, 2018 9:57 pm
Livability will be a top priority for the upcoming crop of young professionals, and Jonesboro businessman Ted Herget hopes civic and business leaders are ready to take proactive steps to…
by - March 11, 2018 10:53 am
Arkansas Department of Human Services Director Cindy Gillespie was in a cheerful mood by week’s end as the Arkansas legislature undramatically passed her agency’s often-controversial budget thanks to federal officials…
by - March 11, 2018 10:52 am
UA Walton College economist Mervin Jebaraj doesn’t see much upside to tariffs that President Donald Trump says he plans to impose. On Thursday (March 8), Trump pulled the trigger on…
by - March 10, 2018 9:14 pm
Henry Jordan, who retired from Walmart after 28 years, said during his tenure he witnessed different leadership styles but none more effective than the servant leadership of Walmart founder Sam…
by - March 10, 2018 11:16 am
Arkansas employers continued to add jobs through the third quarter of 2017, but wage growth hit a wall as average weekly pay was down 0.6% from the previous year, according…
by - March 9, 2018 8:40 pm
A group trying to push a constitutional amendment that would make clear sovereign immunity rules in Arkansas received a setback Friday (March 9) when Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge rejected…
by - March 9, 2018 4:56 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced his intent to call a special session early next week (Tuesday, March 13) to consider legislation to address state highway funding, regulate so-called pharmacy benefits managers…
by - March 9, 2018 3:21 pm
The biggest change in the annual Bentonville Film Festival since its inception in 2015 is it keeps growing, and so does community support for the event, said Wendy Guerrero, president…
by - March 9, 2018 3:09 pm
The state Medical Marijuana Commission will ratify the scores and vote next week to accept the five applicants awarded the state’s first cultivator licenses on Feb. 23 to grow and…
by - March 8, 2018 8:15 pm
Patricia Robertson was in a panic. She was a third year law student and one of her professors was an elderly, mean woman, who always looked and acted like a…
by - March 8, 2018 7:37 pm
More American consumers are reaching for the plastic in their wallets helping to push outstanding credit card debt past the $1 trillion mark in the fourth quarter, according to a…
by - March 8, 2018 6:00 pm
Got a question for the election experts? Ask away! TB&P’s Roby Brock, KATV’s Chris May, Rep. Vivian Flowers, and GOP Strategist Robert Coon will discuss the state of this year’s…
by - March 8, 2018 5:10 pm
President Donald Trump on Thursday (March 8) pulled the trigger on tariffs for steel and aluminum imports, with exceptions made for Canada and Mexico. The move was praised by the…
by - March 8, 2018 3:43 pm
The Arkansas Legislature on Thursday (March 8) put most of the finishing touches on the 2018 fiscal session after the House approved the balanced budget for the biennium and stripped…
