by - January 27, 2019 9:55 am
A permanent half-cent sales tax for roads. An increase in the motor fuel tax. Registration fees, revenue transfers, and reforming the procurement process. These are all ideas being floated to…
by - January 27, 2019 9:50 am
U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Little Rock, said there are specific areas of the southern border that should have new wall construction, while Democratic Party of Arkansas Chairman Michael John Gray…
by - January 24, 2019 8:48 pm
The Arkansas Department of Transportation might not yet see the need for a traffic light at the intersection Chad Colley Boulevard and Frontier Road in Chaffee Crossing, but stakeholders say…
by - January 24, 2019 5:57 pm
Jonesboro Mayor Harold Perrin vowed a strong crackdown on crime in Northeast Arkansas’ largest city during his state of the city address Thursday (Jan. 24). Two homicides in the city…
by - January 24, 2019 10:25 am
While Congress continues to debate ways to re-open the federal government, U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Little Rock, says that border funding has been part of a year-long discussion and should…
by - January 23, 2019 11:59 am
Twenty-one female Republican House and Senate members officially formed a caucus on Wednesday (Jan. 23) and put forth a package of legislation to address child care, juvenile justice reform, health,…
by - January 23, 2019 9:04 am
The Rogers-Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce has announced former Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe will keynote the chamber’s signature annual event, the 97th Annual Celebration of Business & Community. The Feb….
by - January 22, 2019 9:01 pm
Looking toward what the Fort Smith Board of Directors hopes to accomplish in 2019, directors frequently mentioned two items — the federal consent decree for years-long violations of the Clean…
by - January 22, 2019 8:16 pm
A halt to grand jury sessions conducted by the office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas is another impact of the partial federal government shutdown resulting…
by - January 22, 2019 6:12 pm
The Arkansas Senate in a voice vote on Tuesday (Jan. 22) approved a resolution to adopt rules to suspend the bill filing deadline for the 92nd General Assembly that began…
by - January 22, 2019 4:57 pm
A simmering battle over expanding procedures for optometrists is likely to be one of the session’s most watched, literally, debates in 2019. After an interim study looked at what other…
by - January 22, 2019 2:00 pm
A Senate panel began the long process Tuesday (Jan. 22) of reviewing Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s omnibus transformation plan by asking the bill sponsors to provide a financial impact analysis on…
by - January 21, 2019 7:11 pm
Marvin Day knew exactly what he wanted to do when he graduated from high school. He’d dreamed of becoming a pilot, and he enrolled in college to study aeronautic engineering….
by - January 21, 2019 3:05 pm
It’s been several decades since land grant universities first began developing hardier strains of rice, corn and other agricultural commodities, but the benefit to growers has been clear, according to…
by - January 20, 2019 9:35 pm
Arkansas elected officials joined thousands of Arkansans at the annual March for Life on the Capitol steps calling to end abortion Sunday (Jan. 20). A day earlier, abortion rights supporters…
by - January 20, 2019 10:17 am
On Saturday, President Donald Trump offered a proposal to end the federal government shutdown by promising three years of amnesty for some illegal aliens in exchange for $5.7 billion in…
by - January 20, 2019 10:17 am
Preventing changes to the minimum wage act that voters approved, finding more money for pre-Kindergarten funding, and promoting an earned income tax credit over high-end tax cuts are current priorities…
by - January 18, 2019 5:48 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Friday (Jan. 18) announced the following appointments: Chuck Banks, Little Rock, to the Independent Citizens Commission. Appointment expires November 5, 2022. Replaces Larry Ross. Jan Zimmerman,…
by - January 17, 2019 11:11 pm
Many prognosticators are predicting the death of small-town America. Statistics from the census department seem to concur. About 81% of Americans are classified as living in an urban environment. Small…
by - January 17, 2019 10:07 am
Although local GDP growth has lagged the rest of the nation coming out of the Great Recession, central Arkansas’ economic fortunes are improving as the region’s labor pool emerges out…
