by - June 28, 2016 4:25 pm
A longstanding legislative battle may be getting easier in the court of public opinion and a future legislative battle has widespread citizen support in one direction. A new Talk Business…
by - June 28, 2016 9:11 am
Editor’s note: Story updated with many additions and changes throughout. –––––––––––––––––– Exide Technologies has received a $30.7 million “cost-sharing” grant from the federal government to upgrade its Fort Smith battery…
by - June 27, 2016 5:06 pm
As fallout in international financial markets continued on Monday following Britain’s vote last week to exit the European Union, potential negatives in Arkansas are uncertain even as investors shed most…
by - June 27, 2016 4:19 pm
More polling released this week from Talk Business & Politics and Hendrix College shows Gov. Asa Hutchinson with a strong job approval rating – although it has slipped from previous…
by - June 27, 2016 3:58 pm
Fort Smith City Administrator Carl Geffken and Deputy City Administrator Jeff Dingman are part of the panel interviewing candidates for the open Fort Smith Fire Chief position. Interviews began on…
by - June 27, 2016 12:04 pm
A law approved by Texas legislators in 2013 that resulted in a significant reduction in the number of abortion facilities has been blocked with a 5-3 vote of the U.S….
by - June 26, 2016 8:56 am
First District Rep. Rick Crawford said citizens’ constitutional rights have to be respected in the volatile, high-profile gun control debate in Congress in the aftermath of the Orlando shooting. Crawford,…
by - June 26, 2016 8:53 am
A new survey among frequent Arkansas general election voters finds Republican presumptive Presidential nominee Donald Trump with an 11-point lead over Democratic presumptive Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. The latest poll…
by - June 25, 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 - June 24, 2016 3:25 pm
Although Arkansas stocks emerged bruised and battered from Friday’s frantic business day after the United Kingdom’s referendum to exit membership in the European Union, most state concerns were able to…
by - June 24, 2016 3:16 pm
Arkansas’ congressional delegation expressed support for Great Britain’s decision to leave the European Union, or at least expressed support for Great Britain. In an interview, Rep. Rick Crawford, who represents…
by - June 24, 2016 2:52 pm
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission voted Friday to approve recommendations meant to slow the spread of a fatal neurologic disease affecting deer and elk, though it tabled one idea…
by - June 23, 2016 4:04 pm
Several of Arkansas’ Republican elected officials reacted favorably Thursday to a tie vote by the U.S. Supreme Court that effectively upheld a lower court ruling against President Obama’s policy of…
by - June 23, 2016 3:34 pm
The Arkansas Supreme Court paved the way for Arkansas to resume scheduling executions with a 4-3 decision issued Thursday. The opinion written by Justice Courtney Goodson in the case of…
by - June 23, 2016 8:13 am
Editor’s note: Story updated with additions and changes throughout, to include a statement from Gov. Asa Hutchinson. –––––––––––––– Arkansas Wins in 2016, the ballot committee formed to support passage of…
by - June 23, 2016 7:45 am
The shift away from coal-fired generation to a combination of higher natural gas-fired and renewables generation and greater energy efficiency is expected to be accelerated by the U.S. Environmental Protection…
by - June 22, 2016 6:51 pm
U.S. Senate candidate Conner Eldridge, a Democrat trying to unseat Republican Sen. John Boozman, Wednesday faulted Boozman for failing to help solve problems during his 15 years in Congress. Boozman’s…
by - June 22, 2016 3:33 pm
Consumer spending continues to baffle economists month to month and the sales tax revenue collected among Northwest Arkansas’ four largest cities is a direct reflection of that sporadic spending behavior….
by - June 22, 2016 3:11 pm
In a county known for the Crater of Diamonds, Caddo River Forest Products may have found a diamond in the rough. On Wednesday, state, federal and local officials announced that…
by - June 22, 2016 11:14 am
The Social Security Board of Trustees on Wednesday (June 22) released its annual report on the long-term financial status of the Social Security Trust Funds. The combined asset reserves of…
