by - April 27, 2017 2:46 pm
Arkansas State University has selected three finalists for its chancellor’s position left open since August 2016 when Tim Hudson was forced resigned after an audit discovered numerous violations. Doug Whitlock…
by - April 27, 2017 10:26 am
A month ago when Home Bancshares acquired Stonegate Bank of Florida in a $778.4 million deal, the Conway-based bank picked up an unknown asset in Cuba. Johnny Allison, chairman of…
by - April 27, 2017 7:29 am
Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson will decide in a couple of weeks if he will run for re-election in what would be a contested race with Rep. Kim Hammer, R-Benton, and said…
by - April 26, 2017 8:48 pm
Changes sought by the state of Arkansas to the Arkansas Works program would reduce enrollment by more than 60,000 individuals and reduce the state’s costs by between $67 million and…
by - April 26, 2017 7:16 pm
The European Union’s ambassador to the U.S. has forwarded a letter to Gov. Asa Hutchinson from the 28-member state alliance asking him to halt the execution of Kenneth Williams on…
by - April 26, 2017 7:04 pm
Politicos Rex Nelson and Richard Bearden remember fondly the political career of former Fourth District Congressman Jay Dickey. Dickey, who passed away at the age of 77 last week, represented…
by - April 26, 2017 6:58 pm
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette political columnist takes his weekly turn at the Talk Business & Politics roundtable to discuss Arkansas’ recent execution drama as well as what it was like to cover…
by - April 26, 2017 12:12 pm
Analysis of five military installations suggests the operations contribute $4.5 million in gross state product, according to a report released Wednesday (April 26) by the Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC)….
by - April 26, 2017 11:33 am
On April 21, Ledell Lee’s execution began at 11:44 p.m. when the first drops of the sedative medazolam entered his veins. It ended 12 minutes later, four minutes before midnight….
by - April 26, 2017 11:27 am
U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., says he thinks the Trump administration will install more business-friendly regulators into the nation’s banking oversight system – an allowance that the controversial Dodd-Frank law…
by - April 25, 2017 7:57 pm
The Fort Smith Regional Airport Commission named Michael Griffin as the facility’s new airport director during Tuesday night’s (April 25) meeting. Griffin replaces former director John Parker, who announced his…
by - April 25, 2017 7:38 pm
One day after Arkansas’ Cummins Unit prison facility was the site of the nation’s first double execution in 17 years, a commission in Oklahoma is recommending a moratorium on the…
by - April 25, 2017 7:12 pm
The state Legislature will meet May 1 to adjourn its regular biennial session and then enter into a three-day special session to pass health care legislation and make technical corrections…
by - April 25, 2017 6:18 pm
There is this guy dressed as a clown singing The Who’s “Pinball Wizard” to the music of Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues.” Genius. America is great again, already. Even if we…
by - April 25, 2017 6:31 am
Arkansas reportedly became the first state since 2000 to execute two death row inmates on the same day Monday night at the Cummins Unit on the Arkansas Department of Correction…
by - April 25, 2017 6:30 am
U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman sat down for a conversation for the Monday edition of Talk Business & Politics Daily. Westerman discussed the late Fourth District Congressman Jay Dickey, who passed…
by - April 24, 2017 9:47 pm
Teachers in the Fort Smith Public School (FSPS) district will see pay increases for the 2017-2018 School Year after a 5-0 vote of School Board members at Monday night’s (April…
by - April 24, 2017 7:36 pm
Editor’s note: Updated to include the execution of Marcel Williams. ––––––––––––––––––– Arkansas death row inmates Jack Jones and Marcel Williams have been executed. Jones was injected at 7:06 p.m., and…
by - April 24, 2017 7:43 am
After 53% of Arkansas voters approved the state’s Medical Marijuana Amendment in November, legislators passed 24 laws that changed it. But none severely restricted the availability of the drug, said…
by - April 23, 2017 10:00 pm
When journalist Jaide Garcia arrived at the Cummins Unit around 3 p.m. on Thursday, it was hot and sticky. Inside the prison at that same time, convicted killer Ledell Lee…
