by - January 3, 2018 5:33 am
Central Business Improvement District (CBID) member Richard Griffin on Tuesday (Jan. 2) urged the Fort Smith Board of Directors to carefully consider its next move on parking meters. The request…
by - January 2, 2018 7:13 am
Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced his initial campaign team structure on Monday, Jan. 1. Five positions were filled as the governor embarks on his re-election bid. The staff and consultants include:…
by - December 31, 2017 10:20 pm
Former exploratory candidate Jan Morgan said she will challenge Gov. Asa Hutchinson in the GOP primary in May. Morgan, a gun range owner and Second Amendment advocate, said she is…
by - December 22, 2017 10:30 am
The U.S. Senate unanimously voted to confirm Arkansan Chris Caldwell to serve as the Federal Co-Chairman of the Delta Regional Authority (DRA). Caldwell, who serves on the staff of U.S….
by - December 21, 2017 12:24 pm
Consumer spending and strong business investment lifted real gross domestic product (GDP) in the third quarter at an annual rate of 3.2%, according to the third estimate released Thursday (Dec….
by - December 21, 2017 11:30 am
Arkansas’ craft beer industry doubled in size between 2014 and 2016, but a Northwest Arkansas brewer said there is still room to grow, and that momentum could be helped by…
by - December 21, 2017 8:40 am
Chris Spear, president and CEO of American Trucking Associations, told a Senate panel that the federal government needs to invest more into highway infrastructure to keep up with rising freight…
by - December 21, 2017 8:30 am
The annual Coon Supper in Gillett will take place on Saturday, January 13, and 2018 marks the 75th anniversary of the southeast Arkansas political event. It’s also the 6th anniversary…
by - December 20, 2017 6:57 pm
Arkansas has more than 3 million residents, according to the latest estimate update from U.S. Census Bureau. The state’s population grew half a percent (16,048) from 2016 to this year….
by - December 20, 2017 6:22 pm
The Red Wolves Foundation, the athletics fundraising arm at Arkansas State University, is scrambling to collect as many donations as possible before significant changes to the U.S. tax code are…
by - December 20, 2017 4:27 pm
Arkansas Economic Development Commission executive Vice President Danny Games was named Wednesday (Dec. 20) as the new director of business and economic development for Entergy Arkansas, Inc., replacing Mike Maulden,…
by - December 20, 2017 1:36 pm
After a parliamentary hitch on Tuesday caused the U.S. House of Representatives to reboot a winning vote on a $1.5 trillion tax cut package, Arkansas’ entire congressional delegation on Wednesday…
by - December 19, 2017 8:25 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors voted to approve a controversial $100 business license fee for the city’s close to 5,000 businesses on Tuesday night (Dec. 19) – a revenue…
by - December 19, 2017 5:55 pm
U.S. House members will on Wednesday (Dec.. 20) have to recast their votes on the $1.5 trillion tax cut bill after Republican leaders and rank-and-file members prematurely celebrated a pre-Christmas…
by - December 19, 2017 4:33 pm
As part of the state’s continuing efforts to cut rising Medicaid costs, the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) announced Tuesday (Dec. 19) it had removed more than 80,000 individuals…
by - December 19, 2017 3:19 pm
A former truck inspector expects the number of exemptions to the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate to rise as requests pile up, but the number of denied exemptions will be…
by - December 18, 2017 1:57 pm
Federal court documents made public Monday (Dec. 18) cite an unnamed former Arkansas legislator and a Northwest Arkansas businessman as accomplices in a scheme with a New Jersey political consultant…
by - December 17, 2017 9:51 am
Helena Democrat Chintan Desai said it wasn’t that long ago that First District voters overwhelmingly supported Democrats over Republicans and he’s hoping that his candidacy can return the district to…
by - December 14, 2017 7:48 pm
Two Arkansas lawmakers, one Democrat and one Republican, came together Thursday (Dec. 14) at the Clinton School of Public Service to form a bipartisan caucus that is part of a…
by - December 14, 2017 3:23 pm
Sharp County Judge Gene Moore will seek a second term and will run again as an independent candidate, he told Talk Business & Politics. Moore, 57, thinks county offices should…
