by - September 21, 2015 5:58 pm
The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded the Arkansas Department of Workforce Services (ADWS) up to $2.3 million through a National Emergency Grant to support 100 temporary jobs in counties…
by - September 21, 2015 5:50 pm
In an Arkansas National Guard hanger filled with military personnel and a phalanx of government and legislative officials at North Little Rock’s Camp Robinson, Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Monday unveiled…
by - September 21, 2015 2:58 pm
The Arkansas Ethics Commission will not investigate eight of the 13 complaints made against State Treasurer Dennis Milligan, unless further evidence is provided. Attorney and blogger Matt Campbell, who filed…
by - September 21, 2015 7:44 am
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by - September 21, 2015 7:41 am
There’s been plenty of good news about the Arkansas economy lately. More Arkansans are trying to work and more are finding work when they look, according to recently released numbers….
by - September 20, 2015 2:58 pm
The Arkansas State University Board of Trustees praised system campuses for exceeding state enrollment growth trends for the fall semester, but there was much more on the agenda.
by - September 20, 2015 2:47 pm
It was nearly a two-decade long journey that led Arkansas State University officials Friday to formally open a 123,832-square foot building for its humanities and social sciences programs. The students…
by - September 20, 2015 2:24 pm
Lawmakers dealt with a final vote on Iran in the Senate, while the House votes to defund Planned Parenthood, energy and forests. The following is a breakdown of the week…
by - September 20, 2015 1:49 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s weekly address discussed the state’s new workforce training centers: This year, we worked hard to fund four new Career Centers in Ashdown, Clarksville, Mountain Home and Paris,…
by - September 20, 2015 8:27 am
This week’s Talk Business & Politics roundtable featured TB&P contributors Steve Brawner and Frank Scott, plus KATV’s lead capitol reporter Janelle Lilley. Topics of debate included: The latest GOP Presidential…
by - September 20, 2015 8:07 am
Highway funding has been more than a speed bump for policymakers to find a way to increase revenue while gas tax collections sputter and inflation keeps raising the price of construction. One lawmaker is proposing a package of ideas to meet short-term needs.
by - September 20, 2015 6:24 am
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by - September 18, 2015 9:52 pm
A Little Rock firm and one of its key principals will have a visible and active role in the GOP Presidential primary. On Friday, Impact Management Group announced that partner…
by - September 18, 2015 9:16 pm
The political obituary of the Arkansas Democratic Party may not be written after all, the party’s chairman said Friday in Jonesboro. However, the chairman of the Arkansas Republican Party countered…
by - September 18, 2015 9:06 pm
Arkansas’ four United States Representatives voted with the majority Friday to defund Planned Parenthood for at least a year while congressional committees look into questions involving the use of fetal…
by - September 18, 2015 12:31 pm
It may be a question of literally where the rubber meets the road on funding issues for a highway bill as lawmakers continue to discuss the future of the federal…
by - September 18, 2015 10:49 am
Arkansas’ jobless rate in August dropped two-tenths of a percentage point in tandem with the national unemployment rate as the state’s labor pool rose by 1,400 to a robust 1,338,300…
by - September 17, 2015 4:31 pm
A pair of cloture votes Thursday drew the support of Arkansas’ two United States Senators, but fell short of passage. Senators voted 56-42 on a bill against a nuclear deal…
by - September 17, 2015 4:23 pm
A Crittenden County man who was on probation after pleading guilty in 2013 to a federal conspiracy charge involving a former state representative has pleaded guilty to a another conspiracy…
by - September 17, 2015 2:06 pm
Former Oklahoma governor and American Banking Association CEO Frank Keating told an audience of mostly legal and financial professionals on Thursday that overly burdensome Dodd-Frank regulations implemented since the 2008…
