by - December 16, 2010 7:27 am
story submitted by the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith and Chancellor Paul Beran received high praise Dec. 15 from commencement speaker Steve…
by - December 15, 2010 7:12 pm
At the 145th annual meeting of the Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce, Stephens Inc. CEO Warren Stephens said he still believes that streamlining city and county governments in central…
by - December 15, 2010 8:53 am
While news has reverberated from a federal judge’s ruling that a portion of the health care overhaul is unconstitutional, there is another part of the massive bill that more resembles…
by - December 13, 2010 2:30 pm
U.S. District Court Judge Henry Hudson ruled Monday (Dec. 13) that a portion of the new health care law is unconstitutional in that it “exceeds” the power of Congress to…
by - December 9, 2010 8:05 pm
It wasn’t such a longshot, after all. Rep.-elect Steve Womack, R-Rogers, was placed on the powerful U.S. House Appropriations Committee during Thursday’s (Dec. 9) process to make assignments to the…
by - December 9, 2010 5:24 pm
The 47 new members of the Arkansas House represent the largest class to ever come through the state capitol. There are 24 Republicans and 23 Democrats in the bunch. Their…
by - December 7, 2010 10:21 pm
story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] Sebastian County Quorum Court members approved a health insurance plan and a number of budget deductions Tuesday night for the coming year. The self-insured plan…
by - December 7, 2010 9:16 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (Dec. 7) voted 7-0 to approve a $269 million budget for 2011 that includes increased revenue from a 5% water rate increase…
by - December 7, 2010 5:02 pm
A room full of 300 state bankers and business leaders gathered at the Peabody Hotel in Little Rock to discuss the ramifications and potential repercussions of the wide-ranging financial reform…
by - December 6, 2010 8:15 am
Big decisions are expected Tuesday night (Dec. 7) as the Fort Smith Board of Directors will vote on the 2011 budget and consider water and sewer rate increases. Estimated revenue…
by - December 3, 2010 1:13 pm
U.S. Rep.-elect Steve Womack, R-Rogers, is seeking a post on the powerful U.S. House Appropriations Committee, but is more interested in helping to cut spending than in delivering “pork” back…
by - December 2, 2010 11:43 am
Continued improvements in consumer and business spending has helped boost Arkansas tax collections 2.4% above the same fiscal period in 2009. The Arkansas Department of Finance & Administration reported Thursday…
by - December 2, 2010 8:31 am
Gov. Mike Beebe told Arkansas Farm Bureau members at their 2010 convention on Wednesday (Dec. 1) that lawmakers must have a plan for proposed tax cuts in the 2011 legislative…
by - November 30, 2010 10:19 pm
story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] Sebastian County employees will have to wait a little longer to learn the future of their health insurance plan. At Tuesday night’s meeting of the…
by - November 29, 2010 10:33 am
Three Fort Smith city directors hope to have a new city administrator hired by March, and without the assistance and expense of an executive search consultant. The directors fired then…
by - November 24, 2010 2:17 pm
Gov. Mike Beebe navigated an hour of Q&A with moderator Steve Barnes and questions from citizens on AETN in the Tuesday night (Nov. 23) airing of “Arkansans Ask.” Beebe discussed…
by - November 22, 2010 6:54 pm
Former President George W. Bush visited Bentonville on Monday (Nov. 22) to promote his book at the Walmart home office. "I have written a book about the presidency which has…
by - November 18, 2010 2:30 pm
Add Fort Smith-based O.K. Industries to the list — now standing at 111 companies — of companies and organizations granted a waiver on a specific rule within the newly enacted…
by - November 17, 2010 8:10 pm
U.S. Rep. Mike Ross, D-Prescott, was on the losing side of Nancy Pelosi’s election as Minority Leader, but has captured some leadership roles attached to his affiliation with the “Blue…
by - November 17, 2010 3:40 pm
The value, so to speak, of a water payment dispute between the city of Fort Smith and the Van Buren Municipal Utilities is just a little more than $1.2 million….
