by - August 2, 2012 7:10 am
When he first ran for president, then-Senator Barack Obama of Illinois said in May 2007 that he wouldn’t shop at Wal-Mart because the world’s largest retailer didn’t pay its workers…
by - August 1, 2012 5:41 pm
Plans for a half-cent sales tax increase for statewide expansion of a four-lane highway system could prove a tough sell at the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce First Friday…
by - August 1, 2012 5:34 pm
Amazon.com Inc. and brick-and-mortar stores urged U.S. senators to pass legislation to let states collect sales taxes from online retailers based elsewhere, as other Internet companies said they oppose the…
by - July 31, 2012 4:35 pm
The U.S. Postal Service affirmed it won’t make a required $5.5 billion payment due tomorrow to the U.S. Treasury for future retirees’ health care, an obligation the agency said must…
by - July 31, 2012 4:26 pm
A House Republican leader has emailed GOP candidates encouraging them to sign a “no new tax pledge” to help in their campaign fundraising efforts and because tax hikes won’t be…
by - July 31, 2012 2:06 pm
The Citizens for Responsible Development delivered Tuesday (July 31) on an earlier promise to collect and provide more than 3,000 signatures in an attempt to reverse a city zoning decision…
by - July 31, 2012 1:20 pm
While Arkansas colleges are benefitting from the Arkansas Lottery Scholarship that helps provide more tuition assistance, state funding for higher education has not kept up with growth. “In Arkansas, we’ve…
by - July 31, 2012 10:13 am
Gov. Mike Beebe on Tuesday (July 31) announced the following appointments to boards and commissions: Jerry Adams, Lonoke, to the State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors. Appointment expires…
by - July 31, 2012 10:06 am
Business activity in the U.S. unexpectedly grew at a faster pace in July as the economy weathered a slowdown in hiring and household spending. A barometer from the Institute for…
by - July 30, 2012 6:07 pm
The city of Fort Smith launches its National Citizen Survey (NCS) this week with a goal of 1,200 responses, according to Fort Smith Communications Manager Tracy Winchell. Fort Smith Administrator…
by - July 30, 2012 4:08 pm
Shane Broadway, director of the Arkansas Department of Higher Education, left Little Rock early on July 17 to promote the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship, the program funded mostly by the…
by - July 27, 2012 12:23 pm
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently awarded the Fort Smith Fire Department $987,309 to fund nine new firefighter positions, allowing the department to “increase staffing on aerial firefighter apparatus…
by - July 27, 2012 11:21 am
Attorney General Dustin McDaniel announced Friday (July 27) that Arkansas and other states have reached an agreement with the McKesson Corporation to settle allegations that McKesson reported inflated pricing data…
by - July 25, 2012 5:33 pm
Republican legislative leaders in the House and Senate asked the Beebe administration to slow the process for a potential Medicaid expansion and to consider a laundry list of reforms. In…
by - July 24, 2012 7:44 pm
When Texas sent Amazon.com Inc. a $269 million sales-tax bill in 2010, the world’s biggest online retailer shrugged. As lawmakers forced the issue last year, the company closed a warehouse…
by - July 24, 2012 7:17 pm
U.S. student loan debt totaling more than $900 billion may be hurting home sales, said Neal Soss, chief economist at Credit Suisse in New York. Soss, in a radio interview…
by - July 24, 2012 7:04 pm
Sheffield Nelson said he would “suspend” his campaign to raise the state’s severance tax to a flat 7%. Nelson, whose organization is called the Committee for A Fair Severance Tax,…
by - July 24, 2012 6:38 pm
One story out of the Fort Smith Board of Directors study session on Tuesday (July 24) was what wasn’t discussed. The topic of automated and manual rate differentials in the…
by - July 24, 2012 8:58 am
Two tax proposals to raise money for road construction both trail among voters, and public sentiment has not changed dramatically for either measure since March. The latest Talk Business-Hendrix College…
by - July 23, 2012 10:11 am
The worst U.S. drought in a half century is putting pressure on natural-gas drillers to conserve the millions of gallons of water used in hydraulic fracturing to free trapped gas…
