by - February 2, 2018 10:33 am
Strong income tax collections spilled over into state budget coffers in January as Arkansas’ revenue picture improved ahead of the upcoming legislative session to approve the state’s budget for fiscal…
by - February 1, 2018 9:42 pm
With the resignation of State Sen. Jake Files, R-Fort Smith, another open seat will leave voters in a part of Arkansas without representation in the upcoming fiscal session, which begins…
by - February 1, 2018 5:05 pm
An Arkansas farming consultant said Thursday (Feb. 1) he expects efforts to pass a comprehensive Farm Bill in Congress will be difficult in 2018 as rising deficits and other national…
by - January 31, 2018 9:30 pm
U.S. trade officials began renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) soon after President Donald Trump took office. The agreement, signed in 1994, has been a boon to the…
by - January 31, 2018 6:43 pm
Jonesboro E-911 Director Jeff Presley narrowly lost the Craighead County judge’s race in 2016 to incumbent Democrat Ed Hill. Presley told Talk Business & Politics he only lost the race…
by - January 31, 2018 6:16 pm
The Arkansas State Plant Board (ASPB) held its first Industrial Hemp Committee on Tuesday (Jan. 30) after 80 years of prohibition. Committee members drafted a series of proposed regulations. These…
by - January 31, 2018 10:49 am
Sebastian County Judge David Hudson will seek reelection to the post he has held since 1998. Hudson started in county government in August 1976, working for four county judges before…
by - January 30, 2018 8:16 pm
A legislative subcommittee heard varying opinions Tuesday (Jan. 30) on how a recent ruling by the Arkansas Supreme Court may impact so-called sovereign immunity cases, which has raised fears in…
by - January 30, 2018 6:18 pm
More than 40 federal, state, county and city officials in Arkansas, Kansas and Missouri signed letters supporting the federal grant that would complete a 265-mile segment of Interstate 49, between…
by - January 30, 2018 6:01 pm
Jonesboro has hired its first “land bank” manager. Jonathan Smith, a city planner in Jonesboro’s Planning Department, has been promoted to this position. Smith, who helped develop the city’s land…
by - January 30, 2018 4:56 pm
After three years of budgetary belt-tightening, the Fort Smith Board of Directors are now considering the development and implementation of a multi-year financial plan. The Board met with representatives from…
by - January 29, 2018 5:38 pm
Chris Joannides, executive director of Fort Smith’s Riverview Hope Campus, provided a status report and discussed goals for year two at a Monday (Jan. 29) meeting of the Future Fort…
by - January 29, 2018 3:44 pm
State Sen. Jake Files, R-Fort Smith, pleaded guilty on Monday (Jan. 29) to one count of wire fraud, one count of money laundering, and one count of bank fraud. He…
by - January 28, 2018 8:44 pm
After the 2016 Presidential election, Stephens Inc. CEO Warren Stephens was determined to do something to turn around public opinion on “capitalism.” Citing the performance in the Democratic primaries of…
by - January 28, 2018 2:28 pm
The state’s pharmacists say they are losing money on average for every prescription they fill for patients covered by health insurance exchange plans administered by Blue Cross and Ambetter since…
by - January 28, 2018 2:21 pm
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. has dismissed his chief of staff, Clint Reed, a longtime Arkansas political operative who served on Rubio’s presidential and Senate campaigns in 2016. Rubio, a…
by - January 28, 2018 9:48 am
As part of Talk Business & Politics “2018 State of the State” magazine, three Arkansas executives offered their insights on the upcoming year and their expectations. Former Deltic Timber CEO…
by - January 26, 2018 2:50 pm
Editor’s note: This story has been corrected to note that Republican Party Chairman Doyle Webb did not say Gov. Asa Hutchinson would defeat challenger Jan Morgan in the GOP primary….
by - January 25, 2018 4:41 pm
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge has rejected the language for a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow up to three casinos in restricted parts of the state with tax revenues…
by - January 25, 2018 3:42 pm
Two long-planned, controversial and expensive multistate energy projects with similar routes across Arkansas – one high-wire and the other underground – appear to be at opposite ends of their life…
