by - October 11, 2016 8:48 pm
Passage of an amendment legalizing three casinos would have a total statewide annual impact of $1.2 billion, create 3,200 direct jobs and create 3,432 direct construction jobs, according to a…
by - October 11, 2016 5:32 pm
The first American-style campus in Mexico will open on schedule. Arkansas State University’s former Chancellor Tim Hudson played a vital role when the university decided to partner with foreign businessmen…
by - October 11, 2016 5:18 pm
Republican First District Congressman Rick Crawford and his Libertarian opponent, Mark West, criticized their opposing parties’ presidential nominees and disagreed about America’s role overseas during a lively debate sponsored by…
by - October 11, 2016 5:03 pm
Employer sponsored health care plans will cost about 6.5% more next year, with health care expenditures reaching a point of equilibrium after several years of nearly double-digit growth, according to…
by - October 11, 2016 4:26 pm
Officials with the Arkansas Advanced Energy Association (AAEA) offered several policy recommendations on Tuesday (Oct. 11) concerning two recent dockets that some local energy experts say could determine the future…
by - October 11, 2016 2:37 pm
Forty counties in the United States have not picked the winner in any presidential election since 1996, and 12 are in Arkansas. That’s according to a column by Robert Wheel…
by - October 11, 2016 1:58 pm
In today’s Talk Business & Politics Daily, State Sen. Joyce Elliott, D-Little Rock, and TB&P analyst John Burris discuss the recent Trump controversies and how they are affecting the GOP…
by - October 11, 2016 9:23 am
Former U.S. Senator and Arkansas Governor David Pryor, 82, suffered a stroke Monday and is in recovery after surgery, the University of Arkansas System announced Monday. The UA System, where…
by - October 11, 2016 5:43 am
Jonesboro will select its next mayor in November and five candidates have emerged to challenge incumbent Harold Perrin for the city’s chief executive office. Perrin, Nathan Coleman, Harold Copenhaver, Amanda…
by - October 10, 2016 9:18 pm
Republican Rep. Bruce Westerman said tax returns should be simple enough to be filed on a postcard, while his Libertarian challenger, Kerry Hicks of Mena, said the country must address…
by - October 10, 2016 6:56 pm
The speaker of the House and the chairman of the House Education Committee want to remove from the state’s “adequacy report” catastrophic special education funding adopted a week ago. The…
by - October 10, 2016 5:50 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors mulled dwindling options for the 2017 healthcare plan for city employees at a special study session on Monday (Oct. 10), with Jerry Guy of…
by - October 10, 2016 3:32 pm
Nathaniel Clark, the former police chief of Pine Bluff and deputy police chief of Albany, Georgia, has been hired as the new Fort Smith Police Chief, filling a position that…
by - October 10, 2016 12:17 pm
The Arkansas Hospital Association and the Arkansas Medical Society have endorsed Issue 4, the proposed constitutional amendment directing the Legislature to set caps of at least $250,000 on non-economic damages…
by - October 10, 2016 11:40 am
U.S. 3rd District Rep. Steve Womack, a Republican, and his opponent, Libertarian Steve Isaacson, agreed they both support Donald Trump for president but disagreed about Internet taxes and marijuana policy…
by - October 9, 2016 10:14 pm
Donald Trump said he would instruct a special prosecutor to look into Hillary Clinton’s deleted emails if elected president, while Clinton said a recent video where Trump talked about groping…
by - October 8, 2016 7:28 pm
At least two members of Arkansas’ Congressional delegation have opened the door to GOP Presidential nominee Donald Trump stepping down from the ticket. A political firestorm began Friday and has…
by - October 8, 2016 1:17 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Saturday that Donald Trump’s recorded remarks about women are “reprehensible and cannot be justified,” but he did not join a growing number of national Republicans in…
by - October 8, 2016 7:47 am
TV PREVIEW On this week’s TV edition of Talk Business & Politics, which airs Sundays at 9:30 a.m. on KATV Channel 7 in Central Arkansas and in Northeast Arkansas on…
by - October 7, 2016 4:19 pm
Starting Saturday, U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., will appear at seven events over four days in Iowa, home of the nation’s first presidential caucuses. Cotton is the featured speaker at…
