by - April 10, 2015 8:02 pm
U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, has been named vice-chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. The announcement was made by U.S. Rep. Hal…
by - April 10, 2015 6:22 am
Last week, the 90th General Assembly concluded its 2015 regular session business. Like survivors of a natural disaster, it’s time for us to survey the landscape and determine the damage….
by - April 10, 2015 5:41 am
Plans for a 80 megawatt wind farm proposed for a 300-acre track west of Springdale in Elm Springs are moving ahead, and a University of Arkansas assistant professor is excited…
by - April 10, 2015 5:11 am
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by - April 9, 2015 8:13 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: The…
by - April 9, 2015 7:09 pm
Sean Roades is a kid on a mission. The eighth-grader at MacArthur Junior High School in Jonesboro is working on a plan to put a mural in downtown Jonesboro. He…
by - April 9, 2015 6:52 pm
KATV Ch. 7’s Elicia Dover reports: The parking lot at the VA Hospital in Little Rock is filled with more than 7,000 solar panels that have remained turned off since…
by - April 9, 2015 3:42 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Thursday that the consensus reached on extending the private option for two years while a task force studies its replacement was the “miracle of the session,”…
by - April 9, 2015 9:53 am
Arkansas’ Legislature stands in recess but not without drawing national attention over a “religious freedom” bill deemed by some to sanction discrimination against the state’s LGBT population. The last week…
by - April 9, 2015 5:29 am
The U.S. Department of Commerce officially launched the Startup Global initiative on April 2, the first in a series of pilot program educational events. The event took place at 1776,…
by - April 8, 2015 8:03 pm
KATV Ch. 7’s Elicia Dover reports: After a Channel 7 News report, Rep. French Hill sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald on Wednesday seeking answers…
by - April 8, 2015 7:38 pm
Grid operator Southwest Power Pool said it would cost up to $2.9 billion a year to develop a regional plan to comply with President Obama’s proposed Clean Power Plan that the federal EPA is expected to hand down later this summer.
by - April 8, 2015 3:46 pm
Businesses face a lot of issues on a daily basis and anything that affects the costs for that business is a big deal, the president of a company told Sen….
by - April 8, 2015 3:37 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson told a group of startup executives and entrepreneurs visiting Little Rock that one of his educational visions is for 20% of Arkansas students to eventually take computer coding classes while in high school.
by - April 8, 2015 9:23 am
A growing global middle class will provide opportunities for American exporters, but domestic companies will need support to compete with foreign firms who receive help from their own governments, the…
by - April 8, 2015 6:21 am
KATV’s Matt Mershon reports: Headlining topics included Common Core, student assessments and the recent state takeover of the Little Rock School District. It was an hour-long program geared toward answering…
by - April 7, 2015 9:09 pm
A proposal to add sexual orientation and gender identity to the list of protections for Jonesboro city employees failed Tuesday night during a council meeting in Jonesboro. The council heard…
by - April 7, 2015 8:49 pm
Jacob Kauffman with KUAR FM 89.1 News reports: Some Arkansas rice growers are looking favorably on President Obama’s plans at the end of this week to interact – in a…
by - April 7, 2015 8:40 pm
A woman with a bachelor’s degree from Washington University in St. Louis was selected Tuesday to serve as the Craighead County Election Coordinator, County Judge Ed Hill said. Jennifer Clack…
by - April 7, 2015 4:10 pm
Talk Business & Politics Business Editor Wesley Brown and Editor-in-Chief Roby Brock discuss the top business headlines of the last few weeks. Topics on this week’s agenda include: Workforce education…
