by - October 10, 2016 9:18 pm
Republican Rep. Bruce Westerman said tax returns should be simple enough to be filed on a postcard, while his Libertarian challenger, Kerry Hicks of Mena, said the country must address…
by - October 10, 2016 7:49 pm
As natural gas has overtaken coal as the nation’s major source of energy for power generation, U.S. residential electricity prices are forecasted in 2016 to decline for the first time…
by - October 10, 2016 6:56 pm
The speaker of the House and the chairman of the House Education Committee want to remove from the state’s “adequacy report” catastrophic special education funding adopted a week ago. The…
by - October 10, 2016 5:50 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors mulled dwindling options for the 2017 healthcare plan for city employees at a special study session on Monday (Oct. 10), with Jerry Guy of…
by - October 10, 2016 4:15 pm
The board of directors of Deltic Timber Corp. announced the retirement of Ray C. Dillon as the company’s President and CEO. D. Mark Leland, a current member of the company’s…
by - October 10, 2016 3:32 pm
Nathaniel Clark, the former police chief of Pine Bluff and deputy police chief of Albany, Georgia, has been hired as the new Fort Smith Police Chief, filling a position that…
by - October 10, 2016 12:17 pm
The Arkansas Hospital Association and the Arkansas Medical Society have endorsed Issue 4, the proposed constitutional amendment directing the Legislature to set caps of at least $250,000 on non-economic damages…
by - October 10, 2016 12:08 pm
The Fort Smith distillery for France-based Pernod Ricard has assumed bottling of the company’s popular Malibu Rum label, Gov. Asa Hutchinson and executives from Pernod Ricard USA and Wal-Mart Stores…
by - October 10, 2016 11:40 am
U.S. 3rd District Rep. Steve Womack, a Republican, and his opponent, Libertarian Steve Isaacson, agreed they both support Donald Trump for president but disagreed about Internet taxes and marijuana policy…
by - October 10, 2016 6:08 am
The second quarter economic story of Arkansas’ four key metro areas was much like the first quarter story: unchanged from the previous quarter, but healthy, with continued job gains and…
by - October 10, 2016 5:47 am
The acquisition of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal by Natural State Media, the parent company of Talk Business and Politics, is complete. The Journal was previously held by Tami and…
by - October 10, 2016 5:37 am
story by David Rice Editor’s note: Welcome to the fifth season of Tusk to Tail – the sport of tailgating as organized, performed and perfected by a group of Hog…
by - October 9, 2016 10:14 pm
Donald Trump said he would instruct a special prosecutor to look into Hillary Clinton’s deleted emails if elected president, while Clinton said a recent video where Trump talked about groping…
by - October 9, 2016 2:38 pm
Guests sampled a variety of food, beer, wine and cocktails at the second annual Sip and Savor event benefiting the Boys and Girls Club of Benton County (BGCBC) on Thursday…
by - October 9, 2016 1:24 pm
Editor’s note: Each Sunday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Made In America,” a round-up of state and global manufacturing news. –––––––––––––– USDA LAUNCHES NEW APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM FOR VETERANS Secretary of…
by - October 8, 2016 7:28 pm
At least two members of Arkansas’ Congressional delegation have opened the door to GOP Presidential nominee Donald Trump stepping down from the ticket. A political firestorm began Friday and has…
by - October 8, 2016 1:40 pm
2016 may be one of the most volatile in the past decade for investors. In a near-zero percent interest rate climate, investors are chasing yield in the equity market, which…
by - October 8, 2016 1:17 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Saturday that Donald Trump’s recorded remarks about women are “reprehensible and cannot be justified,” but he did not join a growing number of national Republicans in…
by - October 8, 2016 7:47 am
TV PREVIEW On this week’s TV edition of Talk Business & Politics, which airs Sundays at 9:30 a.m. on KATV Channel 7 in Central Arkansas and in Northeast Arkansas on…
by - October 7, 2016 5:59 pm
Kevin Turner, CEO of Citadel Securities and former chief operating officer of Microsoft Corp., spoke on the significance of artificial intelligence, including digital personal assistants and machines that can “outthink…
