by - July 2, 2013 11:50 am
Revenue growth from individual income tax payments created an Arkansas budget surplus of almost $300 million, with overall revenue during the fiscal year up 4.9%. Tax collections during the recently…
by - July 2, 2013 11:23 am
A document received by the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality from consultants on behalf of Whirlpool details the company's plan to deploy chemicals to treat the trichloroethylene (TCE) on the…
by - July 2, 2013 10:49 am
Arkansas Secretary of State Mark Martin could soon be defending himself in front of a judge after liberal blogger and lawyer Matt Campbell filed suit against the Republican yesterday (July…
by - July 1, 2013 4:08 pm
Retail is a competitive game and staying ahead of the pack is a constant challenge that Wal-Mart doesn’t take lightly despite its gargantuan size. The Bentonville-based retailer is still four…
by - July 1, 2013 1:11 pm
The announcements for 2014 continue to pour in. Today's (July 1) announcement comes from Dane Zimmerman, a Republican who will run for the state house seat in District 95. Zimmerman…
by - July 1, 2013 12:18 pm
Local doctors are utilizing new ways to battle the ever-rising threat of melanoma, a severe form of skin cancer. According to the Skin Cancer Foundation, a study released in 2012…
by - July 1, 2013 11:31 am
The Tribune Company announced today that it had entered into an agreement to acquire 19 television stations from Local TV Holdings LLC, including KFSM-TV 5 in Fort Smith and KXNW-TV…
by - July 1, 2013 11:09 am
On Monday (July 1) Leslie Rutledge announced she will seek the Republican nomination for Arkansas Attorney General. Republican David Sterling has also declared he will run for the Attorney General…
by - July 1, 2013 8:00 am
Shares of Fort Smith-based Arkansas Best Corp. rose almost 15% Friday (June 28), with one transportation industry analyst predicting the share price will continue to rise now that the company…
by - June 30, 2013 2:57 pm
The Board of Directors of Health Management Associates (HMA) has said that a Board replacement attempt by Glenview Capital would “derail” a strategic review plan being conducted. On June 25,…
by - June 30, 2013 2:08 pm
State Sen. Jason Rapert, R-Conway, and Arkansas Times senior editor Max Brantley discussed recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings, the Defense of Marriage Act, the Texas legislature’s debate on the 20-week…
by - June 28, 2013 10:45 pm
State Republicans had a spring in their step as they met for the annual Reagan-Rockefeller dinner in Little Rock on Friday night (June 28). The event, headlined by Kansas Gov….
by - June 28, 2013 4:04 pm
Shoppers are normally creatures of habit but this past spring behaviors shifted, according to a survey by RetailNext Inc. Using so-called "big data," the survey studied 41 million shopping trips…
by - June 27, 2013 9:41 pm
Union members employed by ABF Freight System have approved a new five-year contract that will see a wage reduction for drivers through July 2014 and changes in work schedules. Well,…
by - June 27, 2013 8:15 pm
A 68-32 vote on immigration reform was a display of bipartisan support in the U.S. Senate, but it split Arkansas’ senatorial delegation. The U.S. Senate voted to approve the immigration…
by - June 27, 2013 5:50 pm
The fight over whether citizens can carry firearms openly has continued as the group Arkansas Carry this week released another press release stating that they believe the state will become…
by - June 27, 2013 4:14 pm
Keith Hoelzeman wasn't looking for a career change. He was just looking for a decadent box of chocolates for his wife Amanda and suddenly found himself in the same position…
by - June 27, 2013 3:03 pm
Drivers along Rogers Avenue see it. Visitors to Pinnacle Hills see it, too. Self-serve frozen yogurt shops have started to dot the landscape, with dozens of stores opening from Bentonville…
by - June 27, 2013 1:19 pm
It’s been a solid month since Charles Robinson was named by Gov. Mike Beebe (D) to serve out the remainder of State Treasurer Martha Shoffner’s term of office. In that…
by - June 27, 2013 1:05 pm
Sales tax collections in Fort Smith were down again in the May report, with the weak jobs market in the Fort Smith metro area likely putting negative pressure on consumer…
