by - March 11, 2015 8:04 am
Ever since the Iranian Revolution of 1979, relations between the United States and the Islamic nation have been strained and at times virtually non-existent. In fact, not one single event…
by - March 10, 2015 6:32 pm
Rep. Justin Harris, R-West Fork, spoke to KATV Ch. 7 News Tuesday, answering questions on his allegations against the Department of Human Services. He also said he supports legislation to…
by - March 10, 2015 6:05 pm
It was meeting day Tuesday as several committees approved legislation, while a task force to study health care reform in the state met for the first time. The 16-member task…
by - March 10, 2015 9:36 am
The American people should be committed to stopping Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said Tuesday morning. Cotton and 46 other Republicans sent a letter Monday…
by - March 10, 2015 6:40 am
Female legislators – busy during the ongoing 90th General Assembly – have risen in numbers, prominence and influence over the past several decades. Are there still many steps to climb in the stairway to equality?
by - March 10, 2015 6:40 am
Tech startup Grainster puts it all online so grain dealers can buy, sell and negotiate over the Internet.
by - March 9, 2015 8:48 pm
The clerks at the state House and Senate offices may need Tuesday off after the rush to meet a Monday deadline for bill filing led to nearly 500 bills being…
by - March 9, 2015 6:45 pm
The fact that a governor may cross the bridge at Memphis should not preclude him or her from doing their job, the state’s lieutenant governor told a House committee Monday….
by - March 9, 2015 4:38 pm
A U.S. Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia has granted intervention status to the state of Arkansas in a case challenging the EPA’s proposed 111(d) rule, also known…
by - March 9, 2015 4:17 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson has nominated Aaron Burkes as the new president of the Arkansas Development Finance Authority. ADFA is a state agency that administers funding through tax exempt bonds and…
by - March 9, 2015 2:24 pm
The 16-member Arkansas Health Care Reform Legislative Task Force, charged with recommending changes to the private option and traditional Medicaid, is split nearly evenly between legislators who voted for and…
by - March 9, 2015 8:24 am
How do you measure the success of a legislative session? Is it what gets done, or how long it takes to do it? That’s the question that starts getting asked…
by - March 9, 2015 8:10 am
Facebook doesn’t “like” two bills being considered by state legislators – one that would allow certain employers to require access to their employees’ social media accounts, and one that would give personal representatives access to a deceased person’s digital records.
by - March 9, 2015 7:57 am
Editor’s note: This article appears in the latest magazine edition of Talk Business & Politics, which you can access online here. Although it has been nearly seven years since the end of…
by - March 8, 2015 9:07 am
Richard Davies is set to retire later this year after 42 years of helping to promote – and grow – the tourism industry in Arkansas. He describes his journey in his own words.
by - March 8, 2015 8:27 am
State Sen. Jason Rapert, R-Conway, and Arkansas Democrat-Gazette columnist John Brummett discussed a variety of constitutional and religious issues in a 30-minute taped conversation for this week’s TV edition of…
by - March 8, 2015 8:02 am
Editor’s note: Video from this week’s TV edition of Talk Business & Politics appears at the bottom of this post. KATV’s Janelle Lilley and Elicia Dover reported on the latest…
by - March 8, 2015 3:05 am
Editor’s note: Michael Wilkey is Talk Business & Politics’ Northeast Arkansas correspondent. He can be reached by email at [email protected]. Two men, with over 80 years of journalistic experience, died…
by - March 7, 2015 8:13 pm
The legislature heads back to the capitol Monday for a ninth week of this year’s session as lawmakers prepare to make key decisions. Members of the House and Senate State…
by - March 7, 2015 10:45 am
I’m so proud. My younger brother, Darrell Scott, and his college roommate, Tareq Alani, just won their alma mater’s Venture Fund Competition. They pitched to a panel of venture capitalists…
