by - July 12, 2011 1:09 pm
Gov. Mike Beebe on Tuesday said a possible financial default resulting from failure to raise the federal debt ceiling would create a financial disaster equal to a major earthquake along…
by - July 12, 2011 7:38 am
As part of a revamped website, Talk Business now includes commentary from Democratic blogger Michael Cook and conservative blogger Jason Tolbert. (Talk Business is a content partner with The City…
by - July 8, 2011 6:49 pm
story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] Eddie York, owner of Art’s BBQ, and one of several area restaurant owners opposed to the 1% prepared food tax, showed up at City Offices…
by - July 8, 2011 1:31 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] The Joint Agriculture, Forestry and Economic Development committee quizzed Larry Bengal,…
by - July 8, 2011 1:05 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Late last week, the Arkansas Public Service Commission approved a number…
by - July 7, 2011 11:20 pm
A source close to the 1% petition effort says around 4,000 signatures will be resubmitted in the effort to force an election on a 1% prepared food tax in Fort…
by - July 6, 2011 5:28 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] U.S. Rep. Tim Griffin, R-Little Rock, fielded questions from constituents this…
by - July 6, 2011 5:04 am
story by Luke Hobbs [email protected] The Fort Smith Board of Directors voted in its Tuesday (July 5) meeting to purchase six new Segway patrollers and 115 new rifles for the…
by - July 5, 2011 7:58 pm
A hearing on the petition to remove Sebastian County Circuit Clerk Ken Blevins from office is scheduled for 9 a.m., Aug. 25, in the courtroom of Judge James Cox. However,…
by - July 5, 2011 3:19 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] The state’s nearly $94 million budget surplus is likely to grow…
by - July 1, 2011 4:56 pm
The city of Fort Smith and the Fort Smith Advertising & Promotion Commission may enter into a short-term agreement to operate the Fort Smith Convention Center until there is resolution…
by - July 1, 2011 3:12 pm
U.S. Rep. Mike Ross, D-Prescott, talked politics Friday morning (July 1) before a large chamber crowd, with the biggest applause coming when he reminded the audience he voted against the…
by - July 1, 2011 3:10 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Gov. Mike Beebe’s spokesman Matt Decample said the governor will call…
by - July 1, 2011 1:40 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Political analyst Charlie Cook told a Little Rock audience that he…
by - June 29, 2011 7:32 am
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Gov. Mike Beebe told a crowd of nearly 200 Stonewall Democrats…
by - June 29, 2011 6:25 am
story by Luke Hobbs [email protected] During Tuesday’s (June 28) study session, two Fort Smith city directors asked for an animal control task force. The board can approve in its next…
by - June 28, 2011 7:56 pm
Fort Smith City Clerk Sherri Gard quickly complied Tuesday with a court order requiring the city to give petitioners seeking a vote on a 1% prepared food tax another 10…
by - June 28, 2011 4:30 pm
Sebastian County Circuit Court Judge Michael Fitzhugh issued an order Tuesday afternoon (June 28) that forces Fort Smith City Clerk Sherri Gard to give the Citizens for Responsible Taxation 10…
by - June 28, 2011 3:59 pm
U.S. Rep. Mike Ross, D-Prescott, says recent actions by the U.S. Postal Service create doubts as to the veracity of claims by the USPS that it considers public input when…
by - June 28, 2011 9:16 am
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford told members of a Joint Public…
