by - March 24, 2015 6:12 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 - 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
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 - 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
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. NUCOR…
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
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 - March 19, 2015 7:07 pm
Lawmakers approved a key policy initiative of Gov. Asa Hutchinson as well as an extension of a capital gains tax bill. The House Judiciary Committee approved Senate Bill 472, sponsored…
by - March 19, 2015 5:19 pm
Gabe Holmstrom has been named as the new executive director of the Downtown Little Rock Partnership. He replaces Sharon Priest, who retired as the leader of the downtown nonprofit in…
