by - February 27, 2011 10:05 am
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] With nearly two months of the regular session in the rear…
by - February 24, 2011 10:00 pm
Possibly the last time a person in Fort Smith felt as uncomfortable as David Camp, he was being hauled into town by Bass Reeves. Camp, the Arkansas manager for the…
by - February 24, 2011 8:58 pm
Fort Smith Mayor Sandy Sanders on Thursday (Feb. 24) signed the ordinance enacting a 1% prepared food tax, and, barring a successful citizen-initiated referendum, the tax will go into effect…
by - February 23, 2011 6:37 pm
One part of a legislative effort to change Arkansas’ Advertising & Promotion law was defeated Wednesday in the Senate Revenue and Tax Committee. SB 180, sponsored by Sen. Johnny Key,…
by - February 23, 2011 8:38 am
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, was right in the middle of…
by - February 22, 2011 4:29 pm
U.S. Sen.Mark Pryor, D-Ark., convened a roundtable of 30 business leaders from Arkansas to discuss changes to federal laws and regulations that could lead to innovation and new jobs. "One…
by - February 22, 2011 3:58 pm
Catching up is hard to do. Such was part of the message Tuesday (Feb. 22) during the Fort Smith Board of Directors study session as Ted Kelly presented options to…
by - February 21, 2011 2:05 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] As expected, a Senate tax panel passed three tax cutting proposals…
by - February 21, 2011 10:29 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. Things are finally hitting stride in Little Rock…
by - February 21, 2011 10:08 am
Editor’s note: Rep. Leslee Milam-Post, D-Ozark, provided the following commentary on the previous week of the 88th Arkansas General Assembly. I have not only found a respect and admiration for…
by - February 19, 2011 4:06 pm
Editor’s note: The first version of this story referred to the city’s $40 million general fund budget as an operating budget. The error has been corrected. About 50 attended a…
by - February 17, 2011 10:02 pm
Arkansas House Speaker Robert Moore said he will file a bill to increase taxes to pay for road repairs in Arkansas and will support a second proposal to give voters…
by - February 17, 2011 1:47 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] The most controversial of the multitude of tax cut proposals working…
by - February 16, 2011 2:46 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] A measure to ease Arkansas’ prison overcrowding passed a House committee…
by - February 16, 2011 8:16 am
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Arkansas House members passed three tax cutting measures out of committee…
by - February 16, 2011 7:14 am
story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] The Emergency Operation Center (EOC) was the talk of Tuesday night’s meeting of the Sebastian County Quorum Court as they discussed the $1 million facility,…
by - February 15, 2011 9:35 pm
What a difference a week makes. On Feb. 8, the Fort Smith Board of Directors appeared ready to push a municipal election on a 1% prepared food tax to support…
by - February 15, 2011 11:00 am
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Arkansas Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson, R-Little Rock, filed a bill Tuesday (Feb….
by - February 15, 2011 9:06 am
Prior to Feb. 8, a majority of the vocal sentiment appeared to be against the Fort Smith Board of Directors simply passing an ordinance to enact a 1% prepared food…
by - February 14, 2011 4:57 pm
One of the oft repeated arguments against tax support or other funding support for the Fort Smith Convention Center is that two privately-owned convention centers in Rogers and Springdale are…
