by - January 25, 2015 9:28 am
A key freshman legislative leader and two industry representatives were optimistic that a solution could be fashioned to wind down the private option and create a longer-term solution to health…
by - January 25, 2015 9:27 am
LobbyUp.com’s Bradley Phillips begins a new segment for the legislative session on Talk Business & Politics, which airs Sundays at 9 a.m. on KATV Ch. 7. The online bill tracking…
by - January 25, 2015 9:12 am
The State Senate takes a ‘baby step’ with audio live-streaming, and its leader says he thinks the votes exist to move the Governor’s health care vision forward.
by - January 25, 2015 8:56 am
Editor’s note: 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…
by - January 25, 2015 7:37 am
The third week of the Arkansas General Assembly starts Monday, with legislators expected to act on several issues including the Governor’s budget, tax cuts, the private option and the state’s…
by - January 24, 2015 9:11 am
TV PREVIEW: WHAT’S NEXT IN THE HEALTH CARE DEBATE? On this week’s edition of Talk Business & Politics: Gov. Asa Hutchinson delivers a major health care speech. What did he…
by - January 23, 2015 7:34 pm
The city of Jonesboro was busy in 2014, seeing growth in both economics and activity, the city’s mayor said Friday. Jonesboro Mayor Harold Perrin spoke to the NEA Political Animals…
by - January 23, 2015 4:46 pm
Improving infrastructure and enhancing quality of life for the region’s growing population was the main theme discussed by city, county, regional and national leaders on Friday (Jan. 23) in Bentonville….
by - January 23, 2015 7:16 am
The opinions were mixed Thursday as legislators from Northeast Arkansas discussed a speech given by Gov. Asa Hutchinson on the private option and larger health care reform. Hutchinson, who was…
by - January 22, 2015 7:07 pm
A key part of Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s legislative agenda moved from one end of the capitol to the other Thursday as plans for a House committee hearing are being ironed…
by - January 22, 2015 7:06 pm
Arkansas weather and politics often change quickly. On Sunday, it was a sunny 68 degrees in Little Rock and today it’s raining and winter cold. Along those same lines, I’ve…
by - January 22, 2015 2:27 pm
Editor’s note: Gov. Asa Hutchinson delivered this health care policy speech at UAMS’ Jackson T. Stephens Neurosciences Institute on January 22, 2015. This transcript was provided courtesy of the Governor’s…
by - January 22, 2015 12:52 pm
Here are reactions to Gov. Hutchinson’s speech on the private option and health care reform. Sen. Jonathan Dismang, R-Searcy, Senate president pro tempore and private option architect – “I believe…
by - January 22, 2015 10:54 am
Gov. Asa Hutchinson delivered a major health care policy speech at UAMS and called on the state Legislature to renew funding for the private option through 2016 and develop a new plan for health care in Arkansas.
by - January 21, 2015 6:04 pm
A pair of bills that would get rid of the dual status of a state holiday honoring Confederate general Robert E. Lee and civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King…
by - January 21, 2015 4:53 pm
Work with a federal agency helped secure a military fuel contract renewal for the Walnut Ridge Regional Airport, Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark, said Wednesday. The airport was in danger of…
by - January 21, 2015 4:18 pm
Talk Business & Politics Editor-in-Chief Roby Brock, KATV’s lead capitol reporter Janelle Lilley, Max Brantley with the Arkansas Times, and GOP consultant Clint Reed with Impact Management Group discuss the day’s politics at our roundtable.
by - January 21, 2015 12:32 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s signature middle class tax cut unanimously passed the Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee Wednesday with an amendment to do away with a capital gains tax cut passed…
by - January 21, 2015 7:54 am
Innocent until accused is not the rule. In an oftentimes heartless political world full of people who love to watch other people fall, it is the rule. That’s what’s happening…
by - January 21, 2015 6:52 am
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