by - August 26, 2019 8:26 pm
Fort Smith Public Schools formed a committee last year in an effort to reduce class sizing. Those efforts were rewarded with class sizes being at a six-year low with the…
by - August 26, 2019 8:10 pm
The U.S. poultry and egg sectors applauded the trade deal announced by the Trump administration on Monday (Aug. 26) between the U.S. and Japan. The National Chicken Council said the…
by - August 26, 2019 5:27 pm
As Labor Day weekend nears, summer vacationers are expected to see the cheapest pump prices in three years as international crude oil prices continue to slide on international trade concerns,…
by - August 26, 2019 3:48 pm
A new web site, a gig on Fox News, attending high-powered fundraisers and moving her voter registration – it would appear Sarah Huckabee Sanders is settling right back into political…
by - August 26, 2019 3:43 pm
Licensed vaping shops are proposing a 2% sales tax on e-liquids, the Arkansas Vape Advocacy Alliance announced Sunday (Aug. 25). The Alliance’s executive director, Bradley Phillips, told Talk Business &…
by - August 25, 2019 6:08 pm
I am a businesswoman. I sell products and services. Like most companies, I want to sell my products worldwide. But there is a problem: selling products worldwide is expensive. And…
by - August 25, 2019 5:54 pm
Curtis Barnett is the CEO of Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield, the largest health insurance provider in the state. Prior to his election as president and CEO in 2017, Barnett…
by - August 25, 2019 9:59 am
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge said it is time to enact new regulations on vaping, an issue among youth that she says is rising to “epidemic” proportions. Appearing on this…
by - August 24, 2019 7:32 pm
U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Little Rock, on Saturday (Aug. 24) outlined his agreements and disagreements with President Donald Trump’s new aggressive stance on Chinese trade as well as his comments…
by - August 24, 2019 5:25 pm
On Friday (Aug. 23), President Donald Trump called on American businesses to withdraw operations from China as the trade war between the U.S. and the Asian giant escalated. Gov. Asa…
by - August 24, 2019 8:33 am
Italian immigrants made their way to Arkansas in the early part of the 20th century. In 1915, the immigrants established Alta Villa, which would later come to be known as…
by - August 22, 2019 7:40 pm
For the previous 13 years, public school enrollment in Arkansas has been slowly growing. The state has generally added a 1,000 or more students each year. We have approximately 480,000…
by - August 22, 2019 6:13 pm
The U.S. Department of Labor has released its first bid solicitation seeking a new contractor to streamline a local Job Corps center in Flint, Mich., as the Trump administration quietly…
by - August 22, 2019 5:30 pm
Farming has always been a business that is at the mercy of many unpredictable factors, but farmers are facing some of the strongest headwinds they’ve dealt with in decades, Farm…
by - August 22, 2019 9:53 am
Mike Beebe’s rise from a tar paper shack in Amagon, Arkansas to the Governor’s Mansion was depicted in an hour-long documentary debuting Wednesday (Aug. 21) at the Arkansas Cinema Society’s…
by - August 21, 2019 5:59 pm
There are nine areas in Northeast Arkansas that have been designated as Opportunity Zones and these places could provide a good place for farmers to invest their capital gains. Attorney…
by - August 21, 2019 4:19 pm
Months before President Donald Trump expressed an interest in buying Greenland, U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said he suggested the idea to the President and met with the Danish ambassador…
by - August 21, 2019 4:04 pm
Newly revised data from the U.S. Labor Department posted Wednesday (Aug. 21) shows the nation’s job market produced a half-million fewer jobs than previously thought over the past year. In…
by - August 20, 2019 6:19 pm
Predicting the future can often be a fool’s errand, but in the world of higher education, administrators have little choice. Online classes are booming, tuition rates are constantly on the…
by - August 20, 2019 6:05 pm
The House and Senate Education Committees voted Tuesday (Aug. 20) to make a request for proposals from education consultants to produce the state’s first adequacy study in 16 years. The…
