by - March 24, 2015 11:11 am
A bill that would seek to give tax credits to people making under $21,000 a year failed to garner support from a key House committee Tuesday. The House Revenue &…
by - March 24, 2015 9:31 am
During an address at Liberty University on Monday, Senator Ted Cruz announced his official bid for the presidency, making him the first major candidate to do so for 2016. As…
by - March 24, 2015 6:12 am
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by - March 23, 2015 6:17 pm
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a $25 million loan to a Texarkana telecom to upgrade a fiber network in Southwest Arkansas as part of President Obama’s initiative to…
by - March 23, 2015 5:59 pm
It was a hodge-podge of activity Monday as legislators started what could likely be the last full week of the 2015 legislative session. A capital gains tax cut bill was…
by - March 23, 2015 2:11 pm
Editor’s note: Rep. Warwick Sabin, D–Little Rock, the author of this guest commentary, is the lead sponsor on House Bill 1344, which is on the agenda for the House Committee…
by - March 23, 2015 9:20 am
Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s signature campaign platform policy to push for computer coding in high schools is garnering national attention from the high-tech magazine, Wired. State legislators passed a law, as…
by - March 23, 2015 7:42 am
Change is hard to see while it’s happening. I don’t know how my hairline got so high and thin. I just know I looked up one day, and there it…
by - March 23, 2015 5:48 am
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by - March 22, 2015 12:27 pm
On this Sunday’s edition of Talk Business & Politics: Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge joins us to discuss the death penalty. Lethal injections are deemed constitutional by the Supreme Court…
by - March 22, 2015 8:02 am
With the Arkansas Supreme Court ruling this past week declaring the state’s lethal injection procedures as constitutional, executions in Arkansas are set to move forward after a decade of being on hold.
by - March 22, 2015 7:22 am
House Speaker Jeremy Gillam, R-Judsonia, told House members to expect a “lot of late nights” this upcoming week as lawmakers push bills through a crowded, very fluid agenda. Both Gillam…
by - March 22, 2015 7:22 am
Editor’s note: Cong. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, author of this guest commentary, is the First District Congressman for Arkansas. Anyone who lives in the Arkansas Delta knows that we have seen…
by - March 22, 2015 6:50 am
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by - March 21, 2015 8:17 am
TV PREVIEW: LAW AND ORDER On this week’s edition of Talk Business & Politics, which airs Sundays at 9 a.m. on KATV Ch. 7, tune in for the following: Arkansas…
by - March 21, 2015 7:24 am
Pine Bluff-based Simmons Bank has made an offer to its headquarters’ hometown that it hopes the city can’t refuse. On Friday, details of a potential $14 million proposal from Simmons…
by - March 21, 2015 6:48 am
Arkansas’ Congressional delegation dealt with a wide range of domestic issues in hearings and bill filings, but Sen. Tom Cotton’s push on foreign policy started the week’s news.
by - March 21, 2015 6:24 am
It was a near marathon session Friday in the House, as lawmakers passed several key bills and turned down others. The House overwhelmingly voted to approve a workforce development bill,…
by - March 20, 2015 11:42 am
A pair of bills that would seek to end the practice of “rehoming” in the state of Arkansas received overwhelming approval in the State House Friday, including from a state…
by - March 20, 2015 12:33 am
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