by - July 24, 2018 8:15 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors approved on Tuesday (July 24) the bond ordinance for $160 million in water and sewer refunding and construction revenue bonds expected to save the…
by - July 24, 2018 7:51 pm
Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series on Arkansas’ ongoing efforts to implement voter-approved medical marijuana. ––––––––––––––––– When Arkansas voters took the step to legalize medical marijuana…
by - July 23, 2018 5:40 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Monday (July 23) presented to hundreds of Arkansas farmers and ranchers a revised transformation plan for the state’s Department of Agriculture. Two years ago, the state…
by - July 22, 2018 10:03 am
Fourth District Democratic Congressional nominee Hayden Shamel says if she’s elected she will more strongly oversee a U.S. President who she contends “defers to a foreign power.” Shamel, who appeared…
by - July 20, 2018 2:36 pm
Arkansas’ labor force saw a loss of nearly 1,400 positions in June, but the state’s jobless rate remained hedged in at 4% for the fifth month as worries about the…
by - July 19, 2018 6:59 pm
The Arkansas Board of Correction has dismissed the director of the Arkansas Community Correction department in a move supported by Gov. Asa Hutchinson. Sheila Sharp, the longtime director of ACC…
by - July 19, 2018 6:37 pm
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) on Thursday (July 19) reluctantly approved a third one-year extension request from Chaffee Crossing Real Estate, Inc., the owners of a 90-acre parcel along…
by - July 19, 2018 6:28 pm
Yet another guilty plea has been made on a kickback scheme using tax money related to convicted lobbyist Milton “Rusty” Cranford, a former Preferred Family Healthcare (PFH) executive. Duane “Dak”…
by - July 19, 2018 2:46 pm
A legislative panel on Thursday (July 19) approved emergency rules allowing the state Medical Marijuana Commission (AMMC) to hire an independent consulting firm to review and score more than 200…
by - July 19, 2018 4:37 am
On Wednesday (July 18), U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, was appointed by House Speaker Paul Ryan to serve on the Conference Committee for H.R. 2, the Agriculture and Nutrition Act…
by - July 18, 2018 6:05 pm
The Western Arkansas Intermodal Authority (WAIA, formerly RITA) will send representatives to Omaha, Neb., for the Short Line Railroad & Port Conference hosted by Union Pacific on Aug. 14 and…
by - July 18, 2018 4:52 pm
The city of Jonesboro is developing another tool to combat poverty and blight in specific parts of Northeast Arkansas’s largest city. Jonesboro land bank manager Johnathan Smith told members of…
by - July 18, 2018 10:23 am
Fort Smith Finance Director Jennifer Walker presented an accounting anomaly to the city’s Board of Directors at a Tuesday (July 17) study session that will cost the city approximately $320,000…
by - July 17, 2018 6:21 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors at a Tuesday (July 17) study session reviewed an interlocal agreement for its existing participation in the Sebastian County Regional Crisis Stabilization Unit (SCRCSU)….
by - July 17, 2018 5:55 pm
As the Trump administration enters a new era of trade relations with key allies and long-term trading partners, new data shows spending by so-called foreign direct investors in American businesses…
by - July 17, 2018 3:02 pm
Attorneys for the city of Fort Smith and the McCutchen & Sexton Law Firm made their cases before the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Task Force at a meeting…
by - July 17, 2018 6:48 am
Talk Business & Politics and Hendrix College will renew and expand its polling partnership in 2018-2019 by increasing the number of polls it produces, extending the scope of those polls…
by - July 16, 2018 6:07 pm
Corn prices on Monday traded in the $3.30 per bushel range, just 1-cent higher than the yearly low, according to Markets Insider. Prices are predicted to rebound into the $3.40…
by - July 16, 2018 4:51 pm
Arkansas’ two U.S. Senators joined the majority of Republican Senators who pushed back against President Donald Trump’s comments following his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. But like many of…
by - July 16, 2018 3:12 pm
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge is participating in a 20-state lawsuit seeking to end the Affordable Care Act. Filed in February, the suit says the law, otherwise known as Obamacare,…
