by - January 14, 2018 3:39 pm
Arkansas and other southern states are seeing a huge influx of new residents into the labor pool as the nation’s population base is starting to look much like the final…
by - January 12, 2018 5:54 pm
Two days after the director of the state Department of Environment Quality (ADEQ) denied C&H Hog Farms a permit to operate in the Buffalo River watershed, attorneys for the Newton…
by - January 12, 2018 5:01 pm
Sebastian County Sheriff Bill Hollenbeck has decided to step down after what will be eight years as sheriff and 35 years in law enforcement. He made the news public on…
by - January 11, 2018 7:48 am
The Trump administration’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has sent a guidance to state Medicaid directors that aligns with part of Arkansas’ request for a waiver for its Arkansas…
by - January 10, 2018 5:55 pm
U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, who will be installed as the next House Budget Committee chairman, said he wants to fix the “broken process” of federal budgeting and he predicted…
by - January 10, 2018 5:21 pm
Talk Business & Politics will launch a monthly print publication in Northeast Arkansas beginning in March 2018. The tabloid-size newsmagazine will feature business and political leaders and trends in the…
by - January 10, 2018 3:04 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson is directing $500,000 in state discretionary funds to the Arkansas State University System to fund its ongoing Accelerate ASU efficiency study. ASU contracted with Huron Consulting Group…
by - January 10, 2018 1:51 pm
How long have you lived in Northwest Arkansas? That might be the quintessential question that differentiates your opinion on a variety of topics ranging from immigration and infrastructure to Wal-Mart…
by - January 9, 2018 6:57 pm
Fort Smith City Administrator Carl Geffken was short on details but certain of one thing in comments following Tuesday’s (Jan. 9) study session: the city would be appealing its recent…
by - January 9, 2018 5:09 pm
The Arkansas State Plant Board has decided to keep its April 15 deadline for dicamba use in Arkansas, and now it will be up to the Arkansas Legislative Council’s Administrative…
by - January 9, 2018 4:00 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday (Jan. 9) asked top education officials to freeze tuition rates at the state’s four-year colleges as part of a $5.6 billion budget plan for fiscal…
by - January 9, 2018 6:25 am
Fort Smith School Board members were in agreement access controls and secure entry would be top priorities for any future facility improvements following the facilities assessment presentation from consulting firms…
by - January 6, 2018 2:54 pm
While Arkansas’ Congressional delegation offered no comment or a wait-and-see attitude on U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions recent directive to enforce federal marijuana laws, many challengers to the current incumbents…
by - January 5, 2018 6:05 pm
Although Arkansas’ Congressional delegation is declining comment, a growing number of Republican members of the U.S. House and Senate, and even Republican governors, disapprove of U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions…
by - January 5, 2018 4:23 pm
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge defended her record in support of job creators in an address to the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce at the group’s First Friday Breakfast…
by - January 5, 2018 2:48 pm
A new citizens’ group, Driving Arkansas Forward, has organized to push for a constitutional amendment that would allow three casinos to be built in Arkansas with the bulk of the…
by - January 4, 2018 8:46 pm
Despite the belief by Gov. Asa Hutchinson that medical marijuana use will likely remain consistent under President Donald Trump, others were uncertain of the impact a decision by U.S. Attorney…
by - January 4, 2018 8:39 pm
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions threw a monkey wrench into the Natural State’s long-awaited launch of Arkansas’ medical marijuana industry next month by rolling back an Obama-era policy Thursday (Jan….
by - January 4, 2018 8:19 pm
After Arkansas celebrated topping more than 3 million residents last month, Gov. Asa Hutchinson and state human services officials on Thursday (Jan. 4) heralded another key milestone that involved nearly…
by - January 4, 2018 4:05 pm
On the same day U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded a rule that eased enforcement of the federal prohibition on marijuana, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin set June 26 as the…
