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…
by - March 19, 2015 3:52 pm
There were plenty of political headlines this week. In our latest pure politics podcast, Talk Business & Politics Roby Brock and Jessica DeLoach Sabin explore the following subjects: Sen. Tom…
by - March 19, 2015 3:17 pm
The right of the Arkansas Department of Correction to select a chemical used in executions does not violate state law or separation of powers, the state’s highest court ruled Thursday….
by - March 19, 2015 9:53 am
A bill that will put back exemptions on the state’s capital gains tax rates cleared a House committee Thursday, with supporters saying it will create jobs. The House Revenue and…
by - March 19, 2015 9:37 am
The Senate State Agencies & Governmental Affairs Committee delayed action on an amendment to SB 2, which more fully outlines how lawmakers will oversee executive branch rules and regulations. Arkansas voters…
by - March 19, 2015 7:45 am
As the Hutchinson administration prepares to battle the federal Environment Protection Agency on its plan to shutter the state’s fleet of coal-fired power plants, the Arkansas Advanced Energy Association (AAEA)…
by - March 18, 2015 8:35 pm
A bill that will allow the Public Service Commission (PSC) to let utilities adjust rates annually, rather than doing it over the current multi-year span, with a 4% annual cap…
by - March 18, 2015 6:57 pm
While 16 legislators on a task force will debate and set policy on the future of Medicaid and health care reform, advocacy groups and state agency leaders will also be…
by - March 18, 2015 6:08 pm
A plan supporting a regional jail approach to the state’s corrections debate will help the state and its residents in many ways, the sponsor of the bill said Wednesday. The…
by - March 18, 2015 3:37 pm
This week’s “Talk Politics” roundtable is online and available for viewing at the bottom of this post. KATV’s Janelle Lilley, Americans For Prosperity’s David Ray, The Markham Group’s Robert McLarty,…
