by - March 21, 2016 7:40 pm
Editor’s note: Notes from the Campaign Trail is a compilation of various political insider tidbits and is sponsored by Little Rock-based Capitol Advisors Group. –––––––––––– THE TRUMP TRAIL Donald Trump…
by - March 21, 2016 6:08 pm
The court testimony of Fort Smith Police Captain Jarrard Copeland did not contain “false material statements,” and the perjury investigation against the officer is closed, according to letters filed Monday…
by - March 20, 2016 9:50 am
Details on a $10.5 million economic development project in Jonesboro will be announced Wednesday, with Gov. Asa Hutchinson set to be in Jonesboro for the “Project Timesquare” reveal. Scott Hardin,…
by - March 20, 2016 8:58 am
Fresh new polling from Talk Business & Politics in conjunction with several partners presents attitudes from Arkansans on a variety of gun-related topics. TB&P, Hendrix College, Impact Management Group, and…
by - March 20, 2016 8:31 am
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge (R), says she will support whomever the eventual Republican Presidential nominee is and the former legal counsel to the Republican National Committee said she does…
by - March 20, 2016 7:09 am
Editor’s note: Each Sunday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Made In America,” a round-up of state and global manufacturing news. –––––––––––––– OSHKOSH DEFENSE ROLLS OUT NEW JLTV, NEXT-GENERATION VERSION OF…
by - March 19, 2016 8:09 am
Editor’s note: Jessica DeLoach Sabin is a frequent contributor to Talk Business & Politics. Opinions, commentary and other essays posted in this space are wholly the view of the author(s). They…
by - March 18, 2016 6:05 pm
Mark Schlievert, director of solid waste for water and sanitation operations in Berkeley County, S.C., has been hired to direct the city’s Department of Sanitation. Schlievert’s first day on the…
by - March 18, 2016 3:23 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 - March 18, 2016 2:22 pm
This week the President sent a nomination to the U.S. Senate for the nation’s highest court, while U.S. Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., co-sponsored a bill to help injured veterans get…
by - March 18, 2016 2:03 pm
Conner Eldridge, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, announced on Friday (March 18) his opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The TPP is a 12-member rule-writing agreement negotiated by the Obama…
by - March 17, 2016 4:24 pm
Ritter Communications Holdings President Alan Morse told a legislative committee Thursday (March 17) that infrastructure has a huge role in the expansion of broadband services, and expansion investment is tough…
by - March 17, 2016 3:36 pm
The business climate in Northwest Arkansas is positive enough for 508 Benton and Washington county employers surveyed to say they plan to add a combined 3,161 jobs by 2018. The…
by - March 16, 2016 8:32 pm
Editor’s note: Greg Kaza is executive director of the Arkansas Policy Foundation, a nonprofit think tank founded in 1995 in Little Rock. His organization is spearheading Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s Efficiency…
by - March 16, 2016 3:44 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson will host a town hall meeting about Arkansas Works, his plan to continue the private option, at the Central Baptist College Auditorium in Conway from 7-8 p.m….
by - March 16, 2016 2:19 pm
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) on Wednesday (March 16) maintained federal funds rates at 0.25% to 0.5%, with Fed Chair Janet Yellen calling the nation’s current hawkish monetary policy…
by - March 16, 2016 2:08 pm
Curtis Barnett was announced as Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield CEO-elect in December and will be mentored this year by current CEO Mark White, who is retiring at the…
by - March 16, 2016 1:59 pm
Arkansas’ two U.S. Senators are sticking to the party line, saying they support the policy of GOP leadership in the Senate to not consider the nomination of U.S. District Judge…
by - March 16, 2016 1:02 pm
State Rep. Scott Baltz, D-Pocahontas, says his 30 years of work with the Pocahontas Fire Department taught him the need for good equipment. That’s why Baltz says he visits the…
by - March 15, 2016 9:59 pm
The sort of Arkansas Senate defeated the sort of Arkansas House, 66-59, earning its first victory in the fourth year of the Hoops for Kids’ Sake charity basketball game Tuesday…
