by - August 23, 2018 5:46 am
Following the recent death of longtime Arkansas Municipal League executive director Don Zimmerman, the city advocacy group has selected Mark Hayes to lead the organization. Hayes has served as General…
by - August 22, 2018 9:47 pm
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge’s office is investigating more than one legislator for fraud who has not yet been charged with a crime, her office said Wednesday (Aug. 22) during…
by - August 22, 2018 7:18 pm
Arkansas’ top job recruiters empathized with manufacturing industry leaders today concerning the growing U.S. jobs skills gap that is hurting productivity and leaving thousands of key positions unfilled just as…
by - August 22, 2018 2:21 pm
A consensus of Federal Reserve forecasters now expect the U.S. economy to expand at an annual rate of 3% in 2018 following the strong reading in the second quarter and…
by - August 22, 2018 11:10 am
Tiffny Calloway’s life has been the tale of two cities. She grew up in Pine Bluff and was the valedictorian for her high school class at Watson Chapel High School….
by - August 21, 2018 8:47 pm
The termination of Casey Millspaugh from the Fort Smith Parks and Recreation Commission came to a quiet conclusion Tuesday night (Aug. 21) with the city’s Board of Directors reinstating him…
by - August 21, 2018 6:26 pm
As widely expected, President Donald Trump on Tuesday (Aug. 21) repealed the Obama era “Clean Power Plan” and installed laxer regulations that federal EPA officials said would cut greenhouse gas…
by - August 21, 2018 4:57 pm
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Justice (DOJ) officials have responded to Talk Business & Politics’ requests for comment on the recent (Aug. 10) meeting between their representatives…
by - August 21, 2018 4:36 pm
As President Donald Trump continues to push for more information on visa applicants entering the country, a U.S. Chamber of Commerce-sponsored coalition is quietly lobbying the administration and Congress to…
by - August 21, 2018 4:09 pm
Society will change in many ways during the next 30 years, and thanks to changing demographics, technology and ever-changing workforce demands, higher education may undergo the most dramatic transformation of…
by - August 21, 2018 11:08 am
A Pulaski County Judge ruled Monday (Aug. 20) in a political tussle over previous state employment records of Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, but answers to many of the questions are…
by - August 20, 2018 5:30 pm
As Nathaniel Charles Todd stepped on the stage to receive a diploma at Arkansas State University’s spring commencement ceremony, he and the university recorded milestones. Todd was recognized as ASU’s…
by - August 20, 2018 5:03 pm
A national civil liberties group that advocates the separation of church and state plans to attend the Bentonville School District’s board of education meeting Monday (Aug. 20). Nick Fish, national…
by - August 19, 2018 7:43 pm
Rep. John Lewis, D-Georgia, who spoke at the Lincoln Memorial in 1963 during the same March on Washington where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream”…
by - August 19, 2018 3:38 pm
The city of Fort Smith has drawn a “red line” on the federal consent decree, according to a new statement from City Administrator Carl Geffken, who said the city is…
by - August 17, 2018 4:26 pm
Arkansas’ jobless rate dipped back to near-record territory a day after Gov. Asa Hutchinson pre-empted the state’s monthly employment status report during an agriculture summit in Little Rock where he…
by - August 17, 2018 12:09 pm
The state Medical Marijuana Commission announced Friday (Aug. 17) that it has received two varied proposals to review and score the state’s 203 applications to locate up to 32 medical…
by - August 16, 2018 9:18 pm
Dr. Edward Serna, chief of staff and vice chancellor for strategic initiatives at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, has been named interim university chancellor by UA System President…
by - August 16, 2018 8:42 pm
Governor Asa Hutchinson said Thursday (Aug. 16) the state’s unemployment rate will be announced as 3.7% Friday and said he hopes disputes over trade policies end soon. The state’s previous…
by - August 16, 2018 4:43 pm
An effort to raise the minimum wage in Arkansas to $11 per hour has enough signatures to qualify for the ballot. Opponents are raising money for a legal challenge. Secretary…
