by - April 3, 2019 9:16 pm
An Arkansas House committee advanced what would become the third constitutional amendment referred to voters this legislative session – one meant to make it harder to amend the Constitution. House…
by - April 3, 2019 7:45 pm
A bill that would have increased taxes on cigarettes and vaping products while creating an earned income tax credit for lower-income Arkansans is headed to interim study, the bill’s sponsor…
by - April 2, 2019 11:02 pm
Talk about creating a Water and Sewer Utilities Advisory Committee morphed into a frank discussion Tuesday night (April 2) among the Fort Smith Board of Directors and Mayor George McGill…
by - April 2, 2019 9:57 pm
Arkansas budget coffers in March percolated out of a two-month malaise as corporate and individual income tax collections exceeded the state’s own internal forecast and year-ago results, state Department of…
by - April 2, 2019 4:43 pm
The ongoing trade war with China is now impacting what Arkansas farmers will plant this spring. Corn and cotton acres are expected to increase, while soybean acres, the state’s top…
by - April 2, 2019 4:00 pm
In a marginless vote of 75-18, the Arkansas House on Tuesday (April 2) approved the $8.1 billion appropriations for the state’s Medicaid expansion program and other state Department of Human…
by - April 2, 2019 3:52 pm
A bill reducing the number of state agencies from 42 to 15 passed a Senate committee meeting Tuesday (April 2) and heads to the full Senate. House Bill 1763 by…
by - April 2, 2019 3:47 pm
A House committee on Tuesday (April 2) gave a do-pass recommendation to the final piece of a four-part legislative package aimed at overhauling Arkansas’ burdensome tax code. Senate Bill 576…
by - April 2, 2019 9:29 am
Billionaire businessman Warren Stephens – chairman and CEO of Stephens Inc., philanthropist, and golf aficionado – has made headlines in the past week. He was recognized for his contributions to…
by - April 1, 2019 9:10 pm
The third finalist in the search for a new chancellor at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, Dr. Philip Way, told the faculty, staff, students and members of the…
by - April 1, 2019 7:20 pm
Springdale-based nanotechnology company NanoMech recently laid off a portion of its workforce and looks to be headed for bankruptcy in order to be sold after being sued twice for not…
by - April 1, 2019 6:08 pm
Deputy Chief Danny Baker has been named interim chief of the Fort Smith Police Department while a nationwide search is conducted following the announced resignation of Chief Nathaniel Clark. Clark’s…
by - April 1, 2019 2:59 pm
Matthew Coe will run for circuit judge in the Second Judicial District. The district encompasses the counties of Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Greene, Mississippi and Poinsett. “After considerable thought, prayer, and…
by - April 1, 2019 2:33 pm
More than 50 tech-connected teenagers and millennials from across the state spent the weekend in North Little Rock as part of a Facebook Inc. initiative to provide Arkansas college students…
by - March 31, 2019 11:17 am
University of Arkansas’ Walton College economist Mervin Jebaraj admits that the yield curve inversion has been an accurate predictor of past recessions, but he warns that the current economic environment…
by - March 31, 2019 10:15 am
Arkansas Department of Human Services director Cindy Gillespie expects the appeal of a court ruling on Arkansas Works to reach the U.S. Supreme Court, and during that process, the state…
by - March 29, 2019 7:05 pm
Fort Smith City officials want the public’s input on traffic and trucks downtown. A public survey is the next step in the Downtown Traffic and Truck Study. It follows meetings,…
by - March 29, 2019 12:53 pm
The Arkansas House of Representatives on Friday (March 29) soundly rejected the $8.1 billion budget for the state’s Medicaid expansion program and other Department of Human Services priorities only two…
by - March 28, 2019 9:38 pm
Robert Marley joked that he was curious as to how many people gathered Thursday (March 28) at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith were there to see what brought…
by - March 28, 2019 9:24 pm
Following a relatively short executive session Thursday (March 28), the Fort Smith Board of Directors agreed to put the appointment of former ArcBest officer Lavon Morton as the Ward 3…
