by - November 2, 2017 4:54 pm
The new boss will be the same as the old boss. That’s the consensus of bankers and industry watchers who responded to Talk Business & Politics about the nomination of…
by - November 2, 2017 4:03 pm
Fiscal year-to-date (July to October) total tax collections in Arkansas reached $2.079 billion, up 1.4% compared to the same period last year. Sales tax revenue, a sign of consumer and…
by - November 2, 2017 2:52 pm
The David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History has received a $1.5 million gift from Barbara A. Tyson and the Tyson Foods Foundation to fund the…
by - November 2, 2017 2:25 pm
The Fort Smith civil service commission has voted to temporarily cease using credit reports in the interview process of city police and fire personnel. The five-member group requested training on…
by - October 31, 2017 8:25 pm
More Arkansans disapprove of the state’s effort to implement medical marijuana than approve of the effort to launch the industry in the Natural State. The question is: are these voters…
by - October 31, 2017 5:39 pm
Fort Smith City Attorney Jerry Canfield said at a Tuesday (Oct. 31) study session that city government had “a long history of compliance” with the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act…
by - October 30, 2017 5:13 pm
Arkansas voters hold varying views on three statewide elected officials who are all polling below 50% in job performance approval. A new survey from TBP-Hendrix College, conducted a week ago,…
by - October 30, 2017 4:35 pm
Arkansas’ third branch of government is joining Gov. Asa Hutchinson and the General Assembly in reaching out to constituents across the state on social media platforms, state court officials said…
by - October 29, 2017 9:48 am
One year after Donald Trump’s historic presidential victory in Arkansas, where he garnered 60.5% of the state’s vote, President Trump now finds himself below majority support in his job performance….
by - October 29, 2017 9:47 am
Arkansas Children’s CEO Marcy Doderer remains hopeful that a federal fix to health care will be achieved. She’s also encouraged by a new state study to baseline Arkansas’ insurance market….
by - October 29, 2017 9:44 am
State Sen. Jim Hendren, R-Gravette, co-chair of the Tax Reform And Relief Legislative Task Force, said the slow-moving start of his panel doesn’t concern him. It’s the third task force…
by - October 29, 2017 9:44 am
A new survey finds Arkansans much more optimistic about the state’s direction than the nation. The latest Talk Business & Politics-Hendrix College Poll asked voters to rate the direction of…
by - October 26, 2017 9:01 pm
Efforts to reduce truck traffic on Garrison Avenue in downtown Fort Smith as part of the Propelling Downtown Forward strategic plan took a step back recently after the Arkansas Department…
by - October 26, 2017 8:33 pm
The third time wasn’t the charm. Arkansas economic officials confirmed to Talk Business & Politics on Thursday (Oct. 26) that the state is out of the running for a $1.6…
by - October 26, 2017 6:38 pm
Arkansas voters don’t have a strong opinion on keeping or firing Razorback football coach Bret Bielema, but they certainly disapprove of NFL players kneeling in protest during the national anthem….
by - October 26, 2017 12:41 pm
President Donald Trump on Thursday (Oct. 26) named Sen. Eddie Joe Williams, R-Cabot, to a position on the Southern States Energy Board, an interstate compact composed of governors and state…
by - October 25, 2017 8:03 pm
Mississippi County in Arkansas’ first congressional district is one of the top steel producing counties in the country and its representative in Congress is about to take a key role…
by - October 25, 2017 6:22 pm
Downtown Fort Smith parking meters could soon see a 100% increase after not being updated since 1985, but one organization disapproves of the move. At a recent Board of Directors…
by - October 25, 2017 6:15 pm
The trucking industry supports President Donald Trump’s call for tax reform and urged Congress to pass it by the end of the year. The industry pays the highest corporate tax…
by - October 25, 2017 3:25 pm
Fort Smith City Administrator Carl Geffken confirmed on Tuesday (Oct. 24) that without changes to the city’s estimated $480 million consent decree, water and sewer rates will continue to go…
