by - July 6, 2021 3:13 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Tuesday (July 6) the state was “winning the (COVID) battle in April … (but) we are losing ground in July.” He called on employers to do…
by - July 6, 2021 8:55 am
Northeast Arkansas’s largest city and county has a new 911 director and a new director of Northeast Arkansas Regional Transportation Planning. Ronnie Sturch was selected by the 911 Intergovernmental Board…
by - July 2, 2021 10:12 am
Arkansas ended fiscal year 2021 with a revenue surplus of $945.7 million thanks in part to a COVID-19 induced shift in a tax filing deadline from April to July that…
by - July 1, 2021 6:55 pm
Surging corn and soybean prices had a significant impact on Arkansas farmers’ crop plans in the early spring, according to data from a U.S. Department of Agriculture report. The annual…
by - July 1, 2021 2:56 pm
Banker, restaurateur, businessman and avid sportsman Philip Tappan of Little Rock was named to the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission by Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Thursday (July 1). Tappan is…
by - June 30, 2021 6:47 pm
Dan Whitfield announced Wednesday (June 30) he would seek the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, while Rep. Mark Lowery, R-Maumelle, said he would challenge incumbent Republican Secretary of State John…
by - June 30, 2021 4:00 pm
The new more contagious COVID-19 variant, known as Delta, is sweeping across the country and Arkansas and the Northeast section of the state are not immune. The Delta Variant, first…
by - June 30, 2021 6:30 am
Each year, the number of women involved in the business and civic sectors continue to grow, and Talk Business & Politics is set to honor the best of them in…
by - June 29, 2021 2:56 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Tuesday (June 29) in his weekly press conference at the state capitol that financial gimmicks have “not been effective in incentivizing people to get the vaccine,”…
by - June 29, 2021 12:12 pm
State Rep. Fred Love, D-Little Rock, announced his candidacy Monday (June 28) for the Arkansas State Senate District 31 seat currently held by Sen. Joyce Elliott, who is term-limited. No…
by - June 28, 2021 3:42 pm
Rock Region Metro in central Arkansas was awarded $4,900,000 – its largest competitive grant award to date – in Federal Transit Administration funds to purchase up to five 40-foot battery…
by - June 28, 2021 3:24 pm
For several years, civic leaders in Jonesboro have been pushing efforts to improve the quality of living in Northeast Arkansas’s hub city. Several entities are coming together to massively upgrade…
by - June 27, 2021 10:42 am
First, the Arkansas General Assembly had the tough task of choosing the two people who would represent Arkansas in Statuary Hall in our nation’s capital, and then we had a…
by - June 27, 2021 9:55 am
Gov. Asa Hutchinson and State Senators Jonathan Dismang, R-Beebe, and Joyce Elliott, D-Little Rock, participated in a KATV-Talk Business & Politics town hall in late May to discuss recent session…
by - June 26, 2021 10:07 am
The Arkansas Humanities Council has received $759,297 from the National Endowment of the Humanities to implement the America Rescue Plan grant program aimed at helping the survival of Arkansas’ critical…
by - June 24, 2021 3:50 pm
A new study that shows a 26% rise in Arkansas children without health insurance garnered responses from the seven candidates running for governor in 2022. Earlier this week, the KIDS…
by - June 24, 2021 10:55 am
The mayor and city council in the gulf coast town of Clearwater, Fla., may have reopened the search for a new city manager, but Fort Smith City Administrator Carl Geffken…
by - June 24, 2021 10:19 am
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include comments from Gov. Asa Hutchinson. Despite decades of effort and an expansion of Medicaid, Arkansas saw a dramatic surge in the…
by - June 23, 2021 5:49 pm
Arkansas didn’t have a public trucking academy – until today. The Arkansas Trucking Academy (ArkTA) is a consortium of ASU Three Rivers, UA Cossatot, UA Rich Mountain, and UA Hope/Texarkana….
by - June 23, 2021 2:51 pm
Dr. Anthony Bland fell short in his 2018 attempt to win the lieutenant governor’s race in Arkansas, but that did not deter the Democrat from Little Rock from setting his…
