by - April 12, 2016 2:40 pm
U.S. Sen. John Boozman’s campaign raised $802,445 in the first quarter of 2016 and ended the reporting period with more than $1.765 million cash on hand, the campaign reported Tuesday….
by - April 12, 2016 11:45 am
Editor’s note: Each Tuesday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Campus Talk,” a recap and roundup of education news. —————— SUSAN HARRIMAN TO LEAD FORWARD ARKANSAS GROUP Advocacy group ForwARd Arkansas named Susan…
by - April 11, 2016 6:35 pm
It was not Christmas, but county officials on Monday (April 11) were making a list of county properties and checking it twice for review. Finance Committee Chairman Josh Longmire has…
by - April 11, 2016 4:21 pm
The state would increase spending in the foster care system less than anticipated, spend $54.2 million more for the Department of Human Services, and spend $7.3 million less than last…
by - April 11, 2016 1:17 pm
The push to end the U.S. travel and trade embargo with Cuba received a strong boost in Arkansas on Monday (April 11) as a coalition of state, federal and agricultural…
by - April 11, 2016 11:09 am
Fort Smith Regional Airport Director John Parker said there has been “very little movement” on negotiations with the Air National Guard Bureau over the terms of a lease that could…
by - April 11, 2016 10:10 am
Editor’s note: John Burris is a former member of the Arkansas Legislature. Opinions, commentary and other essays posted in this space are wholly the view of the author(s). They may…
by - April 10, 2016 8:59 am
U.S. Sen. John Boozman expects either Donald Trump or Ted Cruz to be the GOP nominee, will wait until a new President is sworn in to consider a Supreme Court…
by - April 10, 2016 8:58 am
The Arkansas State Senate Majority Leader said he expects to reach the 75% threshold for funding the governor’s Arkansas Works plan passed last week in a special session, and he…
by - April 8, 2016 4:28 pm
SUNDAY 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…
by - April 8, 2016 3:27 pm
With the U.S. House out of town, Senate members spent this week discussing telecommunications and a Supreme Court nomination, and an Arkansas lawmaker traveled to Cuba this week on a…
by - April 8, 2016 3:09 pm
Jonesboro Mayor Harold Perrin announced Friday (April 8) he will seek a third term as the city’s mayor. Perrin said he will use momentum he believes has been created over…
by - April 8, 2016 3:09 pm
Jonesboro Mayor Harold Perrin announced Friday (April 8) he will seek a third term as the city’s mayor. Perrin said he will use momentum he believes has been created over…
by - April 8, 2016 1:00 pm
NewRoads Capital Partners of Bentonville has partnered with Los Angeles-based Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors to form Kayne NewRoad Ventures II that will build on the prior success of the two…
by - April 8, 2016 10:45 am
A plan to make U.S. 67 from North Little Rock to Walnut Ridge into an interstate highway will provide a key boost for Jonesboro and the rest of the state,…
by - April 8, 2016 10:30 am
Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed his Arkansas Works bill into law Friday. Now he just has to find five votes in the House and two votes in the Senate to fund…
by - April 7, 2016 7:15 pm
Several farming experts from across the state said Thursday (April 7) during a panel discussion in Pine Bluff that the Arkansas Delta has a unique chance to capture opportunities in…
by - April 7, 2016 6:00 pm
Barring any unusual legal moves, an almost five-year saga of discrimination and sexual harassment is over related to an odd two-year term of Republican Ken Blevins as Sebastian County Circuit…
by - April 7, 2016 10:41 am
Legislators in both the House and the Senate voted to advance Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s Arkansas Works legislation Thursday, though the margins were not big enough to guarantee passage in a…
by - April 6, 2016 7:43 pm
The House and Senate Insurance and Commerce Committees separately approved bills creating Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s Arkansas Works legislation Wednesday, giving the full chambers the chance to vote on the legislation…
