by - April 18, 2015 8:13 am
Lawmakers headed back to the nation’s capital Monday, facing a full agenda from domestic and foreign policy to honoring a soldier killed and another one wounded in a shooting at…
by - April 18, 2015 7:40 am
Mike Huckabee teased the national media with his announcement of a Presidential announcement. The former Arkansas Governor says he'll make his plans known May 5th in Hope, Arkansas.
by - April 17, 2015 6:25 pm
A new position of Solicitor General inside the Arkansas Attorney General’s office will give the person an opportunity to work on many different issues, AG Leslie Rutledge said Friday. Rutledge,…
by - April 17, 2015 4:47 am
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by - April 16, 2015 8:19 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: Hillary…
by - April 16, 2015 7:48 pm
The number of Arkansans with completed enrollments through the Health Care Independence Program – the private option – has reached 229,599 as of March 31, and average costs appear on a downward decline. Still, worries remain.
by - April 16, 2015 4:43 pm
The city of Caraway could one day become a “computer mecca,” with students learning the skills of computer coding and computer science, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Thursday. Hutchinson, who attended…
by - April 16, 2015 3:20 pm
Representatives of the Environmental Protection Agency regional office in Dallas spent an entire day in Little Rock listening to comments from Arkansans on the pros and cons of the federal…
by - April 16, 2015 7:09 am
Oral arguments in the case of State of West Virginia vs. Federal Environmental Protection Agency will begin at 9:00 a.m. today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District…
by - April 15, 2015 9:11 pm
Jacob Kauffman with our content partner, KUAR FM 89.1 News, reports: The Little Rock Port Authority decided Wednesday it will formally weigh-in on the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma’s attempt to…
by - April 15, 2015 8:36 pm
Former and current Arkansas Highway Commissioners Bobby Hopper and Dick Trammel, respectively, were part of a group of area officials who gathered Wednesday morning (April 15) to formally break ground…
by - April 15, 2015 4:51 pm
An annual spring trip taken by officials with the Jonesboro Regional Chamber of Commerce with city and county officials for nearly two decades has brought dividends back to the region,…
by - April 15, 2015 3:45 pm
The Arkansas Career Pathways Initiative announced a first of its kind study on Wednesday in an effort to analyze student data and the power of education to break the poverty…
by - April 15, 2015 8:03 am
Content partner, KAIT Ch. 8 reports: William Gregory “Greg” Chance, news director for Arkansas State University’s radio station KASU, was killed Tuesday night in when his car crashed into a…
by - April 15, 2015 8:02 am
A proposed rezoning request for a seven acre plot of land in south Jonesboro drew supporters and opponents Tuesday night to the Jonesboro Metropolitan Area Planning Commission meeting. When the…
by - April 15, 2015 7:18 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. ARKANSAS PRIVATE…
by - April 14, 2015 7:07 pm
Lt. Governor Tim Griffin on Tuesday announced details of the nine listening tour stops and five Little Rock hearings for the Governor’s Council on Common Core Review. The meetings are…
by - April 14, 2015 1:44 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson made the following appointments to various boards and commissions as well as several judicial appointments: Sheriff Boyd Hicks, Magazine, to the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards…
by - April 14, 2015 1:21 pm
The city of Benton rolled out its new marketing effort, the Benton Business Development Initiative, at the Benton Events Center Tuesday. The initiative includes the hiring of a full-time director…
by - April 14, 2015 9:21 am
Gov. Asa Hutchinson appointed three special justices to the state’s Supreme Court to hear a case involving same-sex marriage in Arkansas. An appeal has been pending at the Arkansas Supreme…
