by - November 20, 2012 10:42 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors took a tongue-lashing from one of its citizens, extended allowable land use for sexually oriented businesses and settled the Barlee II Properties litigation Tuesday…
by - November 20, 2012 2:31 pm
UnitedHealth Group Inc. and other health insurers would be able to vary their premiums based only on age, tobacco use, family size or geography under proposed U.S. rules meant to…
by - November 19, 2012 9:20 pm
Fort Smith Director Pam Weber and Frank Sharum, sub-contractor on the downtown streetscaping project, are not telling the same story. At night two of city budget hearings (Nov. 15), Weber…
by - November 19, 2012 5:10 pm
Emboldened by Republican control of the Arkansas Legislature for the first time in almost 140 years, the Arkansas Policy Foundation (APF) is renewing its call for tax cuts that could…
by - November 19, 2012 3:33 pm
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin (R) said Monday that the Oklahoma Department of Health will not participate in a state-based health exchange or to expand Medicaid – key parts of the…
by - November 19, 2012 11:34 am
Sales of previously owned U.S. homes climbed in October, indicating gains in the real estate market are being sustained by cheap borrowing costs. Purchases of existing houses, tabulated when a…
by - November 16, 2012 6:29 am
The 2013 city budget hearings took a combative tone Thursday night (Nov. 15). The meeting, which was held at the Bartlett Community Room in the Fort Smith Police Department (FSPD),…
by - November 15, 2012 3:57 pm
More Americans than forecast submitted claims for unemployment insurance and factory production declined in the northeastern U.S. after superstorm Sandy struck the region. Applications for jobless benefits surged by 78,000…
by - November 15, 2012 2:54 pm
Rep. Davy Carter, R-Cabot, pulled off an upset against Rep. Terry Rice, R-Waldron, to capture the post of Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives. Those who will be House…
by - November 15, 2012 1:01 pm
Governor Mike Beebe’s balanced budget proposal calls for a near-elimination of the food tax based on a trigger mechanism tied to revenue growth. The Governor’s $4.937 billion proposal for FY…
by - November 14, 2012 8:19 pm
Fort Smith Directors Steve Tyler and Pam Weber called a special meeting with City Administrator Ray Gosack on Wednesday (Nov. 14) to discuss beautification concerns raised by the Beautify Fort…
by - November 14, 2012 3:41 pm
The Fort Smith-based 188th Fighter Wing will lose its 20 A-10 Thunderbolt fighter planes and move to an unmanned mission if Air Force leadership sticks to its guns. The unwanted…
by - November 14, 2012 9:01 am
A Talk Business-Hendrix College Poll exploring voter attitudes for and against a recently defeated medical marijuana initiative indicates that changes to the measure could influence the future outcome of another…
by - November 14, 2012 6:50 am
Budget hearings for 2013 launched Tuesday night (Nov. 13) at the Bartlett Community Room inside the Fort Smith Police Department. The focus was on streets and traffic control, sanitation and…
by - November 13, 2012 7:38 pm
The ascendancy of Rep. Terry Rice, R-Waldron, to the post of Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives following historic GOP control of the House is no longer a certainty….
by - November 13, 2012 7:04 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors listened to Outside Agency Review Panel recommendations and revisited available land use for sexually oriented businesses at the Tuesday (Nov. 13) study session. The…
by - November 13, 2012 6:16 pm
Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said it will be necessary to raise personal income-tax rates on the wealthiest Americans to reduce long-term budget deficits because capping deductions won’t raise enough…
by - November 13, 2012 1:54 pm
Talk Business and Hendrix College conducted its first post-election survey to further understand the motivations and demographics of Arkansas voters in last Tuesday’s election cycle. In a survey of 1,126…
by - November 12, 2012 6:10 pm
John Rodwick cuts corners so he has money to spend on his seven grandchildren and cruise around the Rocky Mountains with his wife, Jean, in their blue-trimmed Roadtrek motor home….
by - November 9, 2012 5:23 pm
The Arkansas State Senate, under Republican control for the first time since the post-Civil War era, selected its committee assignments and allowed members to draw for two- or four-year terms….
