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by Steve Brawner -

What To Do About Turner Grain?

Editor’s note: This article appears in the latest magazine edition of Talk Business & Politics, which you can read here. The loss by Arkansas farmers of millions of dollars unpaid by Brinkley-based…

by Talk Business & Politics staff -

4 Of 5 Ballot Issues Pass

Four of five ballot issues were passed by Arkansas voters on Tuesday (Nov. 4) instituting legislative oversight of the executive branch, raising the minimum wage and new ethics rules and…

by Talk Business & Politics staff -

Republicans Win County Seats In NEA

Voters elected several Republican countywide candidates Tuesday in Northeast Arkansas, with the GOP making history in several counties. Three Republican women – Craighead County’s Candace Edwards and Hannah Holloway-Towell, along…

by Michael Wilkey -

Republicans In NEA Make History With Gains

It was a day of historical proportions Tuesday as Northeast Arkansas Republicans defeated several Democratic incumbents in the state House and grew their majority in the state Senate. The numbers…

by Steve Brawner -

Cotton Defeats Pryor In Epic Senate Race

Rep. Tom Cotton, unknown three years ago, continued his political ascent Tuesday with a convincing victory in the Arkansas Senate race over Sen. Mark Pryor. “The people of Arkansas tonight…