by - May 1, 2012 11:56 am
Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe (D) said Tuesday (May 1) that education and economic development will continue to be the focus of his administration, and he doesn’t believe Republicans will in…
by - April 30, 2012 7:23 pm
With Mike Lorenz entering the fray, three of the four ward races for the Fort Smith Board of Directors will be contested. Lorenz announced Monday (April 30) he would seek…
by - April 27, 2012 11:12 am
Last week, a survey of Republican voters in south Arkansas stated their overwhelming opposition to an increased tax on individuals making more than $1 million annually. Democrats in Arkansas feel…
by - April 26, 2012 3:51 pm
Doris Tate is mad and Denny Altes is confused. On April 13 at 6:20 p.m., four posts from Tate appeared on the Denny Altes for State Representative 2012 Facebook page….
by - April 25, 2012 1:42 pm
Governor Mike Beebe also announced Wednesday (April 25) the following appointments to boards and commissions: Greg Ashcraft, Sheridan, reappointed to the Arkansas Lifeline Individual Verification Effort Corporation. Appointment expires March…
by - April 24, 2012 8:42 pm
The City of Fort Smith Board of Directors continues to wrestle with whether to bring the remaining 3,394 households that are part of the Automated Refuse Collection Program (ARCP) expansion…
by - April 24, 2012 2:38 pm
Fort Smith’s Ward 3 City Director position is not without a candidate. Alex Cardenas, a small business owner and native of east Oklahoma, has announced he will seek what will…
by - April 24, 2012 10:47 am
As a kid and young adult, Grant Tennille lived in a lot of different places, but for the better part of the last decade, he's called Arkansas home. Tennille, 43,…
by - April 23, 2012 6:35 pm
The future of the Lavaca Slackwater Harbor project and tax issues were the only points of contention for Rep. Denny Altes, R-Fort Smith, and Mat Pitsch at Monday’s (April 23)…
by - April 23, 2012 6:21 pm
Salvatore Salamone was in and is now out before he was ever officially in. The Ward 3 Fort Smith City Director post is now without an announced candidate less than…
by - April 23, 2012 3:20 pm
Grant Tennille, director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, says he's already building on Gov. Mike Beebe's trade trip to China. Tennille, appointed to the AEDC post in late March,…
by - April 20, 2012 11:12 am
With no apparent response to a letter they sent Feb. 28, the six members of Arkansas’ Congressional delegation again sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta requesting data…
by - April 19, 2012 2:57 pm
When House Revenue and Tax Chairman Rep. Davy Carter, R-Cabot, proposed a complete review of the Arkansas tax code, he may not have known what a history lesson he asked…
by - April 19, 2012 11:54 am
As a follow up to our Fourth Congressional District GOP primary poll, which showed Tom Cotton and Beth Anne Rankin tied for support at 38%, Talk Business and Hendrix College…
by - April 18, 2012 6:27 pm
Gov. Mike Beebe (D) says it feels like he crammed 5 years worth of business development into 12 days during his economic trade mission to China. Beebe returned Monday (April…
by - April 18, 2012 3:54 pm
A United States Congressional moratorium on earmarks has placed the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (MKARNS) 12-foot channel project on indefinite hold. The MKARNS 12-foot channel project is part of…
by - April 18, 2012 10:20 am
With a little more than a month until Election Day, the Republican primary in the Fourth Congressional District is a two-way horse race between the 2010 GOP nominee and her…
by - April 17, 2012 9:57 pm
The effort to adopt “wet” county liquor laws in Benton County is funded primarily by members of the Helen and Sam Walton family, with one political observer curious how the…
by - April 17, 2012 9:18 pm
Directors voted on Tuesday night (Apr. 17) to resume televising regular meetings on the City’s access channel, starting with the next meeting on May 1. The Board had discussed the…
by - April 17, 2012 7:21 am
The Van Buren City Council selected July 10, 2012, as the date of the special election, during which the city’s voters will determine whether to move forward on a 1%…
