by - December 12, 2015 8:33 am
TV PREVIEW On this week’s TV edition of Talk Business & Politics with Roby Brock, which airs Sunday at 9:30 a.m. on KATV Ch. 7. Explosive comments came this week…
by - December 11, 2015 7:49 pm
America’s Car-Mart Inc. has added Jim von Gremp to its board of directors. von Gremp, 66, is a real estate investor, communication consultant and former Wal-Mart executive. “America’s Car Mart…
by - December 11, 2015 7:49 pm
America’s Car-Mart Inc. has added Jim von Gremp to its board of directors. von Gremp, 66, is a real estate investor, communication consultant and former Wal-Mart executive. “America’s Car Mart…
by - December 11, 2015 7:47 pm
Janet Harris has been hired as director of programs at The Winthrop Rockefeller Institute. She will begin working at the Institute Jan. 11, 2016. Harris comes to the Institute from…
by - December 11, 2015 7:47 pm
Janet Harris has been hired as director of programs at The Winthrop Rockefeller Institute. She will begin working at the Institute Jan. 11, 2016. Harris comes to the Institute from…
by - December 11, 2015 7:33 pm
The week started with debate over terrorism while lawmakers spent the last part of the week attempting to get a budget bill passed. RESPONSE TO OBAMA SPEECH ON ISIS In…
by - December 11, 2015 7:05 pm
The Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has adopted a final rule requiring motor carriers to install electronic logging devices in all trucks. The devices are meant to…
by - December 11, 2015 6:52 pm
The Arkansas State University Board of Trustees and President Charles Welch on Friday (Dec. 11) praised the preparedness of its Jonesboro campus employees and students, as well as local law…
by - December 11, 2015 2:24 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson urged school board members to “ask the right questions on security” Friday, saying that parents must be confident their children are safe in order for schools to…
by - December 11, 2015 11:23 am
A spokesman for one of the nation’s largest energy distribution and transportation companies told Talk Business & Politics that construction is underway on a fuel pipeline from Fort Smith to…
by - December 11, 2015 10:34 am
Arkansas Executive Director of Parks and Tourism Kane Webb named Grady Spann the Director of State Parks in a meeting with staff and Parks, Travel and Tourism Commissioners Friday. The…
by - December 11, 2015 8:24 am
Editor’s note: Each Friday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Energy In-depth,” a round-up of energy and regulatory news. TEXAS TOP REGION IN THE WORLD FOR OIL AND GAS INVESTMENT, ARKANSAS RANKS HIGH…
by - December 10, 2015 8:26 pm
The Dollarway School District, in academic distress since July 10, 2014, was placed under state control by the State Board of Education Thursday, according to a press release from the…
by - December 10, 2015 8:26 pm
The Dollarway School District, in academic distress since July 10, 2014, was placed under state control by the State Board of Education Thursday, according to a press release from the…
by - December 10, 2015 6:17 pm
Arkansas’ congressional delegation met with Energy Department (DOE) Secretary Ernest Moniz on Thursday (Dec. 10) but came away from the meeting without any feedback on how federal officials may decide…
by - December 10, 2015 6:03 pm
Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. Perhaps no one knows the literal implications of this saying better than a firefighter, but Fort Smith residents questioning the city’s lack of diversity could…
by - December 9, 2015 9:06 pm
The Little Rock Technology Park Authority on Wednesday (Dec. 9) unveiled the architectural plans for the first phase of the much-discussed multimillion dollar downtown development that has been in the…
by - December 9, 2015 6:40 pm
A new certificate program at the Arkansas State University-Mid South campus in West Memphis will be in the offing, as trustees also discussed an unmanned aircraft systems (drone) policy for…
by - December 9, 2015 6:16 pm
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe (D) has been named to the board of directors of Tyson Foods Inc. Beebe, 68, was appointed this week and becomes one of eight independent…
by - December 9, 2015 6:16 pm
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe (D) has been named to the board of directors of Tyson Foods Inc. Beebe, 68, was appointed this week and becomes one of eight independent…
