by - March 18, 2011 5:40 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] The Wedge. Split the Delta. Fayetteville to the Fourth. These aren’t…
by - March 18, 2011 4:24 pm
The board of the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce on Thursday (Mar. 17) approved a resolution asking the Arkansas General Assembly to keep Fort Smith and Sebastian County in…
by - March 18, 2011 8:13 am
story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] Ben Shipley has a simple message for business owners regarding involvement with union and small business legislation at the state and federal level: “If you’re…
by - March 17, 2011 3:41 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Two bills that could impact unemployment benefits and employers in Arkansas…
by - March 17, 2011 1:55 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] A deal between the House, Senate and Gov. Mike Beebe administration…
by - March 17, 2011 8:44 am
Rep. Keith Ingram, D-West Memphis, and Sen. Jake Files, R-Fort Smith, are pushing legislation that would give voters in cities and counties the ability to tax themselves to recruit at…
by - March 16, 2011 10:49 am
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] The panel charged with redrawing Arkansas’ 135 House and Senate districts…
by - March 16, 2011 7:26 am
story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] Sebastian County Sheriff Bill Hollenbeck announced a number of cost saving initiatives at Tuesday night’s meeting of the Sebastian County Quorum Court. Among them was…
by - March 15, 2011 9:21 pm
Unless amended or repealed, Fort Smith will have a new set of animal control laws as of Jan. 1, 2012, that will include the mandatory registration of pets, spay and…
by - March 15, 2011 5:23 pm
Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel approved the ballot title of a citizen’s initiative that could raise the severance tax on natural gas in Arkansas to 7%. The measure, notes this…
by - March 15, 2011 2:34 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 effort to overhaul the state’s prison system is…
by - March 15, 2011 12:33 pm
With about 10 days to collect signatures forcing an election on enactment of a 1% prepared food tax in Fort Smith, Eddie York says a group of restaurant owners may…
by - March 15, 2011 12:09 pm
The operator of the nuclear power plant in Russellville (Arkansas) says its plants are safe, but the utility company may run into trouble relicensing nuclear power plants in the Northeast…
by - March 14, 2011 4:35 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] With voter unrest and fear regarding federal health care reform, Gov….
by - March 14, 2011 8:49 am
Editor’s note: Arkansas Sen. Jake Files, R-Fort Smith, provided the following commentary on the previous week of the 88th Arkansas General Assembly. The fury of activity filled the halls of…
by - March 12, 2011 4:39 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Roll up, roll up for the mystery tour. Roll up, roll…
by - March 11, 2011 3:57 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Speaker of the House Robert Moore (D-Arkansas City) succeeded with room…
by - March 11, 2011 3:52 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] These are busy days for the world’s largest retailer. Wal-Mart Stores…
by - March 11, 2011 9:02 am
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] There’s been movement on a few big issue items in the…
by - March 9, 2011 8:09 pm
After receiving a 93-0 vote of approval in the Arkansas House of Representatives, a bill to provide tax incentives for new development and renovation in downtown improvement districts now heads…
