by - March 18, 2015 3:15 pm
A bill that would have ended Arkansas’ participation in a multi-state assessment associated with the Common Core failed to get a second in the Senate Education Committee Wednesday and then…
by - March 18, 2015 11:48 am
A bill that would have aligned school board elections with the state’s general elections was defeated in committee, while a bill to allow federal officeholders to run in two races…
by - March 18, 2015 1:38 am
Editor’s note: Each Wednesday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Health Beat,” a round-up of health-related topics in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive daily for free…
by - March 17, 2015 7:27 pm
A stalemate between supporters and opponents of an education bill led to the bill’s sponsor yanking the bill from consideration this session. However, the bill’s sponsor said he plans to…
by - March 17, 2015 4:00 pm
The Affordable Care Act has reduced the number of uninsured Americans, but many of the most important changes in health care have come as a result of market forces that…
by - March 17, 2015 1:29 pm
Keeping with his campaign rhetoric, Gov. Asa Hutchinson met with reporters on Tuesday to tout three measures designed to realign workforce education efforts in Arkansas. Surrounded by cabinet members and…
by - March 17, 2015 11:24 am
A bill that would ban “rehoming” in Arkansas was approved by a key committee Tuesday morning, and later in the day, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said he was launching an “independent…
by - March 17, 2015 8:00 am
Last week, Senator Tom Cotton made himself a household name by deviating from “Senatorial” norms and circumventing the president’s authority by sending a letter to the Iranian government for the…
by - March 16, 2015 7:10 pm
The United States faces many of the same issues that were present in the days before World War II, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said Monday night. Cotton gave his first…
by - March 16, 2015 6:34 pm
A House legislator facing questions in an adoption scandal resigned his committee leadership post Monday afternoon, while several education bills including two on workforce training sailed through the state Senate….
by - March 16, 2015 3:28 pm
Former Gov. Mike Beebe’s chief of staff has a new job. Morril Harriman has joined the law firm of Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C. in the firm’s Little…
by - March 16, 2015 8:01 am
United States Senator Tom Cotton last week wrote a letter to the Iranian Ayatollah, stating that the President’s on-going nuclear negotiations with the terrorist state are ill conceived and non-binding….
by - March 15, 2015 9:28 pm
This Sunday’s Talk Business & Politics program features: Sen. Tom Cotton. He’s stirred the conversation on the Obama administration’s negotiations with Iran. Has anything changed though? And what could happen…
by - March 15, 2015 8:28 am
This week’s Talk Business & Politics roundtable featured Political Animals Club President Rex Nelson, KATV’s lead capitol reporter Janelle Lilley and TB&P columnist and contributor Michael Cook. The discussion included…
by - March 15, 2015 8:24 am
Lobby Up’s Bradley Phillips reports on this week’s most viewed pieces of legislation. Phillips also brings up a new House rule that calls on shell bills to be fleshed out…
by - March 15, 2015 8:05 am
After a high-profile week centered around a controversial letter to Iranian leaders authored by Sen. Tom Cotton, Arkansas’ junior senator said he’s far from done with his efforts interjecting himself in the U.S.-Iran discussion.
by - March 15, 2015 12:34 am
State lawmakers head back to Little Rock to deal with several compelling issues, including workforce training, criminal justice reform, and health care. The tenth week of the session starts Monday…
by - March 14, 2015 4:08 pm
A week’s discussion of foreign policy, especially growing issues with Iran, drew attention from around the world and in the Natural State, as foreign policy experts and politicos weighed in on Arkansas’ junior senator, Tom Cotton.
by - March 14, 2015 7:37 am
A House committee narrowed down its picks for constitutional amendments, while the House approved an education bill that supporters say will narrow the gap between public and charter schools. The…
by - March 14, 2015 7:02 am
TV PREVIEW: THE TOM COTTON LETTER 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:…
