by - September 5, 2018 12:40 pm
Arkansas tax collections were up across all categories in August as the state’s economy gained momentum heading into the post-Labor Day lull before turning the corner toward the all-important holiday…
by - September 4, 2018 8:11 pm
Southside High School graduate Beck Williams is one of four University of Arkansas students in the 2018-19 school year to receive the prestigious Sturgis Fellowship through the J. William Fulbright…
by - September 4, 2018 4:23 pm
Second District Democratic Congressional nominee Clarke Tucker has a new ad out Tuesday (Sept. 4) that describes the women he says have impacted his life. The new TV ad, which…
by - September 4, 2018 2:48 pm
U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., has signed on to support a bill recently introduced in the Senate that would provide a pathway for commercial truck drivers under 21 years old…
by - September 2, 2018 10:02 am
UA Walton College economist Mervin Jebaraj said that the GOP tax cuts passed last December were expected to trigger business investment, and that will lead to wage growth for workers….
by - September 2, 2018 9:59 am
With new security measures in place at War Memorial Stadium after a potential gun threat a week ago, state Parks and Tourism director Kane Webb said he’s still looking for…
by - September 1, 2018 2:17 pm
A 15-page unsealed federal indictment against Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson, R-Little Rock, alleges that the Arkansas lawmaker who was first elected to the Arkansas senate in 2012 devised a scheme to…
by - August 31, 2018 1:51 pm
U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, touched on his youngest son James’s battle with drug addiction in comments to students at the Future School of Fort Smith as he shared “five…
by - August 31, 2018 1:23 pm
After months of speculation concerning the fate of so-called “Senator A,” a federal grand jury in Little Rock indicted Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson on Thursday (Aug. 30) for allegedly devising a…
by - August 30, 2018 6:31 pm
Fort Smith officials say Barling owes at least $1.146 million for water services, with the amount possibly owed could rise to $3 million. But the officials hope to reach an…
by - August 29, 2018 6:35 pm
Walnut Ridge Mayor Charles Snapp told Talk Business & Politics he will seek a second term as the city’s mayor. Snapp, who first won election in 2014, will run against…
by - August 29, 2018 6:18 pm
A statement from the Arkansas Highway Commission declared its neutrality on a proposed casino amendment, but it leveled criticism of the ballot measure’s advertising campaign, which it implied was misleading….
by - August 29, 2018 3:21 pm
The U.S. economy expanded at a faster clip than previously thought in the second quarter as consumer confidence touched an 18-year high and tax-cut fueled corporate profits boosted business spending…
by - August 29, 2018 7:01 am
Two days after a press conference highlighting what he called “a pattern” of voting present or not voting by State Rep. Clarke Tucker, D-Little Rock, U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Little…
by - August 28, 2018 6:12 pm
Through the first eight months of the year sales tax and use collections are slightly up in Jonesboro and slightly down in Craighead County. Jonesboro collected $12.098 million in sales…
by - August 28, 2018 6:04 pm
The city of Fort Smith sold $146.5 million of bonds for water and sewer refunding and construction projects on Monday (Aug. 27) out of a previously-approved amount of up to…
by - August 28, 2018 2:03 pm
The state’s top economic development official said Tuesday (Aug. 28) he is still trying to digest the specific implications for Arkansas following Monday’s announcement by President Donald Trump that the…
by - August 27, 2018 10:28 pm
Chris Adamson is an operations manager at SLPT Global Pump Group in Sallisaw, Okla. He lives in Fort Smith and makes the drive to work 45 minutes each day after…
by - August 27, 2018 8:53 pm
U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, has reservations about an agricultural mitigation package and he thinks passage of the Farm Bill can resolve many uncertainties for the state’s largest economic engine….
by - August 27, 2018 4:48 pm
President Donald Trump and U.S. trade officials on Monday (Aug. 27) reached a preliminary “mutually beneficial” deal with Mexico to update a 24-year-old NAFTA trade agreement that administration officials said…
