by - May 5, 2016 8:26 pm
The issue of salaries for the city’s 157 police officers was front and center Thursday (May 5) as a Jonesboro City Council committee heard complaints over the issue. The Public…
by - May 5, 2016 8:13 pm
With the Revenue Stabilization Act that funds much of state government on his desk, Gov. Asa Hutchinson Thursday was looking ahead to a special session focused on highways that he…
by - May 5, 2016 9:00 am
In the late 1500s, the English Elizabethan dramatist Thomas Dekker wrote the poem “The Merry Month of May.” For our May/June issue of Talk Business & Politics magazine, our merry…
by - May 5, 2016 5:17 am
Editor’s Note: The author of this article is a regular columnist for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. This article appears in the latest magazine edition of Talk Business & Politics. _____________ The…
by - May 4, 2016 4:12 pm
The fiscal session moved toward its conclusion Wednesday (May 4) with the passage in the House and Senate of the Revenue Stabilization Act, the funding mechanism that governs how all…
by - May 4, 2016 8:40 am
The governor’s chief of staff is one of the most important positions in state government, and Gov. Asa Hutchinson is looking for a new one. On Monday, Michael Lamoureux, announced…
by - May 4, 2016 8:17 am
Editor’s note: Each Wednesday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Health Beat,” a round-up of health-related topics. ––––––––––––––– GALLUP POLL: HEALTHCARE COSTS TOP FINANCIAL CONCERN FOR U.S. FAMILIES Fifteen percent of…
by - May 4, 2016 5:18 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors agreed to a $130,171 settlement with SureTec Insurance Company and Dixon Contracting, over the city’s terminated contract with Dixon on the West River Front…
by - May 3, 2016 5:45 pm
Jonesboro council members also approved a plan Tuesday (May 3) to allow a company to participate in a state economic incentive plan that supporters say will bring needed jobs to…
by - May 3, 2016 4:40 pm
Republican Party of Arkansas Chairman Doyle Webb said Tuesday he will seek a fifth two-year term in December, saying, “I love my job.” He made his comments after speaking to…
by - May 3, 2016 4:40 pm
Republican Party of Arkansas Chairman Doyle Webb said Tuesday he will seek a fifth two-year term in December, saying, “I love my job.” He made his comments after speaking to…
by - May 3, 2016 4:11 pm
The chairman of the state Republican Party said Arkansas should “take advantage of” federal money for health care as long as it’s offered and predicted that Donald Trump would win…
by - May 3, 2016 9:30 am
A former state senator who pleaded guilty in March 2015 to mail fraud is now serving an 18-month sentence in federal prison, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons website….
by - May 3, 2016 9:30 am
A former state senator who pleaded guilty in March 2015 to mail fraud is now serving an 18-month sentence in federal prison, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons website….
by - May 3, 2016 9:19 am
A busy April tax season pushed Arkansas collections well above forecast as net available revenue in state coffers topped $110 million with only two months left in the fiscal year….
by - May 2, 2016 5:44 pm
Fort Smith City Directors Mike Lorenz and André Good have decided to stick around for another term on the Fort Smith Board of Directors provided voters are willing to have…
by - May 2, 2016 4:47 pm
It should be a large turnout next week as Jonesboro voters head to the polls to decide a city council race and on whether to repeal the city’s property maintenance…
by - May 2, 2016 4:33 pm
Editor’s note: Justin Allen is a partner with the Little Rock-based law firm of Wright Lindsey Jennings. He leads the firm’s governmental relations group. Opinions, commentary and other essays posted…
by - May 2, 2016 11:55 am
Michael Lamoureux, Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s chief of staff, is leaving his post at the end of May, the governor’s office announced Monday (May 2). In a press release from Hutchinson’s…
by - May 1, 2016 9:07 am
Arkansas Economic Development Commission executive director Mike Preston has been on the job for a little more than one year. This past week, his agency and the state landed one…
