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…
by - March 7, 2015 10:01 am
Foreign policy and the economy were two of the major issues that members of the Arkansas congressional delegation dealt with this week in Congress. The following is a breakdown of…
by - March 7, 2015 7:50 am
For our weekend business and political readers: TV PREVIEW On this week’s edition of Talk Business & Politics, which airs Sundays at 9 a.m. on KATV Ch. 7, tune in…
by - March 6, 2015 5:54 pm
House members overwhelmingly approved a bill to end the state’s participation in a national Common Core test on Friday. The House voted 86-1 to approve House Bill 1241. Rep. Mark…
by - March 6, 2015 10:16 am
“Rep. Harris and Mrs. Harris have suffered a severe injustice.” That is the first line of an official statement attorney Jennifer Wells provided to Talk Business & Politics on Thursday…
by - March 6, 2015 6:22 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 5, 2015 7:55 pm
Last December, an outside consulting group took an in-depth assessment of the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery. Camelot Global prepared the report for the Arkansas Lottery Commission Legislative Oversight Committee pointing out many…
by - March 5, 2015 7:23 pm
A second bill involving the controversial issue of rehoming children was filed Thursday as a legislator accused of the practice faced reporters. The bill Thursday was from Rep. David Meeks,…
by - March 5, 2015 7:03 pm
The legislature approved several education-related bills Thursday, looking at K-12 and higher education. Meanwhile, the House Education Committee approved a bill that would allow school boards to decide on advertising…
by - March 5, 2015 1:30 pm
The Roberts Law Firm P.A. in Little Rock announced that former Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe has officially joined Roberts Group, which includes several legal and consulting entities tied to the…
by - March 5, 2015 12:22 pm
A top Wall Street analyst said the Fayetteville Shale and other aging dry gas shale plays have had a good run over the past several years, but added “they can’t compete” with shale plays that produce both crude oil and wet natural gas.
