by - April 22, 2015 3:57 pm
The first hearing and listening tour session for the Governor’s Council on Common Core Review will take place on Thursday. The hearing will be held from 8 a.m. to 4:30…
by - April 22, 2015 11:38 am
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday launched a new website for governor.arkansas.gov, with a new design and features. The re-design is intended to reach beyond the Little Rock bubble and into…
by - April 22, 2015 9:43 am
Lawmakers officially adjourned from the 90th General Assembly’s regular session on Wednesday, but not before swearing in a new member to the Arkansas Senate.
by - April 22, 2015 5:59 am
Oil and gas giant ExxonMobil Corp. will pay nearly $5 million in civil penalties to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act and state environmental laws stemming from the 2013 crude oil spill from the Pegasus Pipeline in Mayflower, Arkansas.
by - April 22, 2015 5:10 am
Editor’s note: Each Wednesday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Health Beat,” a round-up of health-related topics in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive daily for free here. POLL SHOWS…
by - April 21, 2015 8:17 pm
Talk Business & Politics content partner, KATV News, reports: The Little Rock City board of directors passed an anti-discrimination ordinance for city employees and those contracting with the city. The…
by - April 21, 2015 8:08 pm
The city of Jonesboro will be debt free by the end of the week, while council members also heard from Mayor Harold Perrin about a proposed anti-discrimination ordinance in the…
by - April 21, 2015 3:12 pm
The chance for normalized commercial relations with Cuba are expected to create opportunities for Arkansas farmers, an official with Riceland Foods told a U.S. Senate committee.
by - April 21, 2015 12:57 pm
Arkansas’ jobless rate remained unchanged at 5.6% in March as the state’s growing labor pool continued to add nonfarm jobs to employers’ payrolls at the end of the first quarter….
by - April 21, 2015 8:19 am
After a weekend of silence over allegations regarding potential plagiarism, Little Rock School District superintendent Dr. Dexter Suggs has resigned. Blue Hog Report and KATV News have both reported on…
by - April 21, 2015 5:50 am
Editor’s note: Each Tuesday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Campus Talk,” a recap and deep-dive into education topics in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive daily for free here….
by - April 21, 2015 12:19 am
The debate over health care reform in Arkansas is a complex, multi-faceted issue that will take time to debate and unfold, members of a legislative committee looking into the issue…
by - April 20, 2015 1:27 pm
Editor’s note: Cong. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, author of this guest commentary, is the First District Congressman for Arkansas. In 1977, President Carter issued Executive Order 11988, which established the definition…
by - April 20, 2015 7:26 am
U.S. Senator John Boozman, R-Ark., and Congressman French Hill, R-Little Rock, sent a letter to the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs urging an evaluation of the…
by - April 20, 2015 7:08 am
John Paul Hammerschmidt, often referred to as JPH, passed away on April 1st at the age of 92. He outlived most of the people who were qualified to speak about…
by - April 20, 2015 12:43 am
Editor’s note: Each Monday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Money Talk,” a wrap-up of banking and financial news in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive daily for free here….
by - April 19, 2015 2:04 pm
The latest podcast edition of Talk Business & Politics is available. On this week’s agenda: Health care in Arkansas is at a crossroads. Next week, a task force charged with…
by - April 19, 2015 8:23 am
Arkansas’ new Surgeon General, Dr. Greg Bledsoe, says the legislative health care task force that begins its work in earnest this next week will be looking at a much wider swath of reform than just the private option.
by - April 19, 2015 7:39 am
Gov. Asa Hutchinson has a 63% favorable rating among registered voters in Arkansas, according to a poll commissioned by Talk Business & Politics, Hendrix College and Impact Management Group.
by - April 19, 2015 6:20 am
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. FED’S…
