by - November 4, 2018 9:04 pm
If the casino ballot initiative passes in Arkansas on Tuesday (Nov. 6), Delaware North, the parent company of Southland Gaming and Racing, will attempt to build a hotel and convention…
by - November 2, 2018 3:54 pm
Expectations of a larger turnout in the 2018 mid-term election among younger voters are not proving true in Sebastian County. Not only that, but the number of registered county voters…
by - November 2, 2018 1:28 pm
Arkansas revenue collections in October continued a steady upward path in October as rising payrolls and strong sales tax collections boosted state budget coffers ahead of the all-important holiday shopping…
by - November 1, 2018 7:03 pm
Republican and Democratic candidates for Congress and Governor offered differing views on President Trump’s tariffs, immigration and other issues during appearances Thursday (Nov. 1) before the Mississippi Delta Grassroots Caucus….
by - November 1, 2018 5:07 pm
Shane Speights, D.O., dean, at the NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State (NYITCOM at A-State), announced Thursday (Nov. 1) the formation of a new fellowship program in coordination…
by - November 1, 2018 1:58 pm
Health care and drugs have replaced the economy as a top concern for Arkansas voters, according to a new survey from the state’s flagship university. The Arkansas Poll, conducted by…
by - November 1, 2018 7:21 am
Arkansas Teacher Retirement System (ATRS) trustees on Wednesday (Oct. 31) hired veteran staffer Clint Rhoden as its new executive director, replacing longtime ATRS chief George Hopkins who will retire at…
by - October 31, 2018 8:46 pm
According to the Arkansas Ethics Commission web site, there have been a couple of late entrants in the ballot question committee category. On Oct. 22 and 23, a ballot question…
by - October 29, 2018 6:39 pm
Voter turnout during the first week of early voting was up 40% in Sebastian County compared with the same period in the 2014 mid-term elections, with one politico unsure what…
by - October 29, 2018 4:16 pm
A little more than $63 million in interstate rehab and signage work in Crawford, Benton, Sebastian and Washington counties has been approved by the Arkansas Highway Commission, with most of…
by - October 28, 2018 11:03 am
While Arkansas’ unemployment rate has fallen to an all-time low of 3.5%, UA economist Mervin Jebaraj warns that there is a troubling trend of younger workers dropping out of the…
by - October 28, 2018 10:28 am
Arkansas Children’s CEO Marcy Doderer said one of the state’s largest health care systems will raise its minimum wage for entry level jobs to $14 per hour in the next…
by - October 28, 2018 10:01 am
U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said America can exert enough pressure to force Saudi Arabia to toe the line on its investigation into a troubling murder of a journalist, and…
by - October 25, 2018 6:33 pm
The United States Department of Agriculture intends to move its Economic Research Service (ERS) and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture out of Washington D.C. and Arkansas Agriculture Secretary…
by - October 25, 2018 5:47 pm
Jim Mote was an 18-year-old farm boy picking cotton in northeast Arkansas one morning when he saw a military truck approaching. It was September 1957, and Mote — one of…
by - October 25, 2018 5:20 pm
In the wake of a coordinated bomb scare targeting two former Presidents, a former Vice-president, Democratic officials and critics of President Trump, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., says Americans should appeal…
by - October 24, 2018 6:24 pm
The state has reduced the number of children in foster care from 5,196 in late 2016 to 4,471 and reduced the caseload for foster care workers from 28 to 20,…
by - October 23, 2018 7:01 pm
A plan to better understand and plan for replacement of Fort Smith city equipment was reviewed by the Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (Oct, 23), with several directors…
by - October 23, 2018 5:27 pm
The race for the Arkansas Supreme Court looks largely undecided two weeks before Election Day. And, an amendment proposal to expand casinos in Arkansas has been improving its odds for…
by - October 23, 2018 5:08 pm
Hanging chads will mostly be a thing of the past when most Arkansans enter the voting booth and find touchscreens and innovative software mostly associated with smartphones, tablets, self-driving cars…
