by - January 15, 2019 5:13 pm
Another 1,232 Arkansas Works cases were closed in December because recipients failed to comply with the program’s work requirement, bringing the total to 18,164 since the requirement took effect in…
by - January 15, 2019 4:08 pm
As the trade war rages with China the real impacts to U.S. soybean farmers are starting to be felt. University of Arkansas agriculture economist Scott Stiles created a chart mapping…
by - January 15, 2019 3:59 pm
Arkansas Democratic legislators held a press conference after Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s inaugural address on Tuesday (Jan. 15) to draw differences in their priorities over the governor’s stated goals. Two new…
by - January 15, 2019 3:46 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson called on Arkansans to not let “this moment in history pass us by, but let us work together for success” during his inaugural address at the Arkansas…
by - January 15, 2019 3:40 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson began his second term in office on Tuesday (Jan. 15) by asking lawmakers to “make history” by working together with him to push through his most aggressive…
by - January 14, 2019 9:50 pm
Arkansas is mentioned in a new report about Chinese investment in the United States. It’s the first time in seven years of the report that specific states were mentioned for…
by - January 14, 2019 8:43 pm
In politics, a word can become divisive. This can be said of the word “diversity” as well as phrases like “healthcare reform.” You might ask what these two things have…
by - January 14, 2019 4:14 pm
Calling public service a “sacred trust,” new Arkansas Senate President Pro Tempore Jim Hendren, R-Sulphur Springs, urged senators to free the Legislature from the “stain of corruption.” “We’re all here…
by - January 14, 2019 4:12 pm
Arkansas Speaker of the House Matthew Shepherd, R-El Dorado, convened the 92nd General Assembly on Monday (Jan. 14) by challenging his fellow House mates to conduct the business of the…
by - January 14, 2019 1:34 pm
Speaker of the House Matthew Shepherd, R-El Dorado, used a powerful new chamber rule for the first time on Monday to name the committee assignments and chairpersons for the various…
by - January 13, 2019 12:04 pm
A friend who once worked in the Washington, D.C., office of a congressman often quoted the aphorism widely credited to Otto von Bismarck that one should never watch laws or…
by - January 13, 2019 11:59 am
Highway funding and Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s proposed tax cut are among the legislative priorities that state House and Senate members will have to decide when the 92nd Arkansas General Assembly…
by - January 11, 2019 8:20 pm
As lawmakers prepare for the 92nd General Assembly amid a federal probe into political corruption overhanging the State Capitol, incoming Senate President Jim Hendren told a gathering of reporters Friday…
by - January 11, 2019 3:09 pm
On the day the federal government shutdown tied the record for being the longest ever, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said few Arkansas state services have been affected. But the state could…
by - January 10, 2019 7:53 pm
An alleged rape at a fraternity party in February 2017 forced Arkansas State University to shut down its Greek life for several months. It’s a problem the university and its…
by - January 10, 2019 4:43 pm
The Department of Arkansas Heritage announced the finalists for the 2019 inductees into the Arkansas Food Hall of Fame Thursday (Jan. 10). The Arkansas Food Hall of Fame was launched…
by - January 10, 2019 3:50 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Thursday (Jan. 10) he will kick-off the 2019 legislative session next week by asking state lawmakers to quickly approve his government transformation plan, one of the…
by - January 10, 2019 3:08 pm
St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard emphasized that a predicted global economic slowdown will create a pause in potential interest rate hikes and a need to closely monitor…
by - January 9, 2019 11:52 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson joined The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), the Little Rock Venture Center and a host of other city and state business and community leaders on Wednesday…
by - January 9, 2019 10:46 pm
The newly reconfigured state Medical Marijuana Board on Wednesday (Jan. 9) approved a recommendation to award licenses for 32 medical marijuana dispensary locations across Arkansas during an unruly meeting where…
