by - June 8, 2015 3:37 pm
Governor Asa Hutchinson has selected Mayor Harold Perrin of Jonesboro to represent elected municipal officials on the Arkansas Workforce Development Board. Mayor Perrin was recommended to the governor by the…
by - June 8, 2015 12:12 pm
The Arkansas Department of Education will terminate its contract with the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, the end-of-the-year test associated with the Common Core State Standards,…
by - June 8, 2015 9:24 am
Entergy Arkansas President and CEO Hugh McDonald will retire in 2016 after a 34-year career with the utility giant. He’s served 16 years at the helm of the state’s largest…
by - June 7, 2015 2:26 pm
Editor’s note: Each Sunday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Made In America,” a wrap-up of manufacturing news in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive daily for free here. U.S….
by - June 7, 2015 8:27 am
Second District Congressman French Hill, R-Little Rock, says it is too early to tell how much federal aid may be needed to help with flooded areas of Arkansas. Appearing on…
by - June 7, 2015 8:25 am
KATV’s Janelle Lilley and Elicia Dover and Talk Business & Politics contributor Frank D. Scott, Jr. weighed in on a variety of political topics in this week’s roundtable discussion. Among…
by - June 6, 2015 6:08 pm
Content partner KAIT Ch. 8 in Jonesboro reports: The CEO of Ozark Mountain Poultry (OMP) made an economic announcement in Batesville Saturday afternoon. Ed Fryar said OMP is building a…
by - June 6, 2015 5:56 pm
The state’s congressional delegation returned this week to Washington, D.C. to tackle several issues including infrastructure and national security. DELEGATION ANNOUNCES AIRPORT PROJECTS AWARDED FUNDING At least 11 airports in…
by - June 6, 2015 7:11 am
The following stories are for our weekend business and political readers. TV SHOW: CONGRESSMAN FRENCH HILL This week on Talk Business & Politics: Cong. French Hill. Flooding in his district…
by - June 5, 2015 6:43 pm
Marine Glisovic with our content partner, KATV Ch. 7 News, reports: An attorney representing a fired Arkansas State Treasurer employee has added Treasurer Dennis Milligan as a defendant in the…
by - June 5, 2015 6:31 am
Governor Asa Hutchinson recently spent time in Silicon Valley where he visited Facebook, LinkedIn, Google, and several other tech leaders. Many think this visit was already planned, but expedited due…
by - June 5, 2015 6:11 am
Editor’s note: Each Friday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Energy In-depth,” a round-up of energy and regulatory news in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive daily for free here….
by - June 4, 2015 4:15 pm
Jacob Kauffman with our content partner KUAR FM 89.1 News reports: Whether or not it is legal to openly carry firearms in Arkansas continues to be mired in uncertainty two…
by - June 4, 2015 3:59 pm
The trade group representing Arkansas county government announced a new hire and shift in job responsibilities. Josh Curtis has been named governmental affairs director of the Association of Arkansas Counties…
by - June 4, 2015 3:58 pm
Last week, Governor Asa Hutchinson’s first special session started off well with a photo-friendly press conference and a large gaggle of elected officials supporting the Lockheed Martin bond proposal. Unfortunately,…
by - June 4, 2015 3:20 pm
Talk Business & Politics latest “pure politics” podcast is out and available for download. This week, TB&P’s Jessica DeLoach Sabin and Roby Brock discuss a variety of topics, including: State…
by - June 3, 2015 5:04 pm
Since Entergy Arkansas Inc. (EAI) announced on April 24 that it had filed a request with the state Public Service Commission to raise average electric bills by $13 a month,…
by - June 3, 2015 5:02 pm
An interesting tidbit of trivia came to light in a recent Entergy Arkansas Inc. rate case filing when state Public Service Commission Elana Wills noted that she was a relative…
by - June 3, 2015 2:50 pm
Content partner KUAR FM 89.1 News reports: The U.S. Coast Guard kept a 2-mile section of the Arkansas River near Little Rock, Ark., closed to navigation Wednesday, following the rupture…
by - June 3, 2015 2:39 pm
Former Gov. Mike Huckabee returned to Northeast Arkansas to talk about his presidential campaign and key issues as part of a fundraising swing he’s making across Arkansas.
