by - May 17, 2016 7:10 pm
Council members approved the creation of a new committee that will look at the police salary issue in Jonesboro, while also voting not to appeal a zoning lawsuit to a…
by - May 16, 2016 8:00 pm
Highways may be the inspiration for the special session beginning May 19, but Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s call also includes 14 other items such as ending new claims in a workers’…
by - May 16, 2016 7:41 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson is calling on legislators to approve more highway spending but no longer is asking them to partially rely on sales taxes on the purchases of new and…
by - May 16, 2016 1:58 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson issued his call for a special session to deal with highway funding for Thursday, May 19, and he plans to ask the state Legislature to consider a…
by - May 16, 2016 12:12 pm
The economy is often front and center in U.S. elections – particularly voters’ perceptions of the economy. With that in mind as we head toward the election of a new…
by - May 16, 2016 12:12 pm
Just over a third of non-supervisory manufacturing production workers in the U.S. and half of the nation’s manufacturing workers hired through temporary agencies rely on at least one public assistance…
by - May 15, 2016 4:14 pm
Former President Bill Clinton encouraged the 41 members of the 10th graduating class of the Clinton School of Public Service to focus on what makes people alike rather than what…
by - May 15, 2016 12:15 pm
A proposed bill that would do away with the Workers’ Compensation Commission’s Death and Permanent Total Disability Trust Fund has support from some legislators and organized labor but not the…
by - May 15, 2016 8:45 am
Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s proposal to raise about $50 million in order to qualify for nearly $200 million in federal funds has the support of Arkansas highway officials, but they aren’t…
by - May 14, 2016 9:41 am
The call for the May 19 special session is expected to come “some time after lunch on Monday” and will contain “anywhere between five and 15” items, Speaker of the…
by - May 13, 2016 3:59 pm
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 now in Northeast Arkansas…
by - May 13, 2016 1:48 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Friday that schools should disregard a “significant guidance” by the Obama administration warning schools that they must allow transgender students to use restrooms and locker rooms…
by - May 13, 2016 5:38 am
Editor’s note: Each Friday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Energy In-depth,” a round-up of energy and regulatory news. ––––––––––––––––– OBAMA ADMINISTRATION RELEASES FIRST-EVER RULES TO CUT METHANE EMISSIONS IN OIL AND GAS…
by - May 12, 2016 6:48 pm
A ruling Thursday by a federal district judge invalidating funding for part of the Affordable Care Act won’t affect Arkansas’ health insurance markets yet because the judge stayed her own…
by - May 12, 2016 1:32 pm
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by - May 12, 2016 6:27 am
Chris Hickey with our content partner, KUAR FM 89.1 News, reports: The Pulaski Technical College Board of Trustees voted unanimously Wednesday to enter into a partnership agreement with the University…
by - May 11, 2016 6:20 pm
The work of a committee looking into the overall salary issue for Jonesboro city employees has been put on hold, pending the creation of a committee looking into the salaries…
by - May 11, 2016 5:58 pm
It didn’t take long for two of the four Fort Smith city director races to be contested. Or possibly contested. Robyn Dawson submitted a packet for the Ward 4 seat…
by - May 11, 2016 5:09 pm
The long and often bitter conflict between retailers and credit card companies continues as Wal-Mart Stores filed suit against Visa in New York state court earlier this week. The retail…
by - May 11, 2016 4:27 pm
The office of Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday announced the following appointments. John Carmack, Siloam Springs, to the Arkansas Board of Examiners in Counseling. Appointment expires Dec. 1, 2018….
