by - November 30, 2014 10:59 pm
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…
by - November 29, 2014 1:18 am
Sen.-elect Tom Cotton continues his national profile by delivering this week’s Republican weekly address, which was delivered on Thanksgiving instead of Saturday. Cotton talked about the history of Thanksgiving before…
by - November 28, 2014 11:23 pm
In this weekend’s digest, a look back at the month of November and some vision for the future.
by - November 26, 2014 10:12 pm
We’ve reported on some of the early, official staff moves from newly-elected constitutional officers and Congressional leaders. Gov.-elect Asa Hutchinson has unveiled a slew of senior staff positions. One additional…
by - November 26, 2014 8:50 am
There were a variety of runoff races settled on Tuesday night in Northeast Arkansas with several mayor match-up results complete. TB&P content partner, KAIT Ch. 8, has a round-up: Jimmy…
by - November 26, 2014 12:10 am
Former Arkansas GOP spokesperson Holly Wilson has been named Director of the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce Foundation, a 501(c)(3) group that will focus on education and grassroots support for…
by - November 26, 2014 12:02 am
Jim Raczynski, Ph.D., dean of the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, and his wife, Martha Phillips, Ph.D., associate professor of epidemiology, have pledged a planned estate gift of…
by - November 25, 2014 6:05 pm
With Sen. Michael Lamoureux moving from the Senate Pro Temp office to Gov.-elect Asa Hutchinson’s chief of staff, a vacancy has opened up in the State Senate District 16 which…
by - November 25, 2014 5:15 pm
A federal judge has struck down Arkansas’ ban on same-sex marriages, but she issued a stay in the ruling as it is expected to be appealed. U.S. District Judge Kristine…
by - November 25, 2014 5:10 pm
A U.S. prosecutor has asked a federal judge to dismiss 10 mail fraud counts against former State Treasurer Martha Shoffner, setting up a hearing next year in federal court. In…
by - November 25, 2014 2:50 pm
John Selig, director of the state Department of Human Services, will remain in that position on at least a short-term basis, while Dr. Joe Thompson, Arkansas’ surgeon general, has been…
by - November 25, 2014 10:13 am
Dr. Joe Thompson, who has served as Chief Health Officer and Surgeon General to Governors Huckabee and Beebe, will not remain as Surgeon General in the Asa Hutchinson gubernatorial administration….
by - November 24, 2014 10:45 pm
To take or not take a day off was the question Monday night as Craighead County justices discussed the way to handle a possible five-day weekend during the week of…
by - November 24, 2014 3:44 pm
Voters head back to the polls Tuesday, November 25th to wrap up the 2014 campaign, with dozens of city and county races set to decide. In Arkansas, a runoff is…
by - November 24, 2014 2:17 pm
Gov.-elect Asa Hutchinson flushes out several key positions on his senior staff. Who are they and what will they do in his administration?
by - November 24, 2014 11:17 am
Arkansas lawmakers received a report from the Bureau of Legislative Research that outlined 8 potential options to curb prison overcrowding, including a $231 million new prison bond issue, hiring a…
by - November 24, 2014 10:53 am
Editor’s note: Randy Zook, the author of this guest commentary, is President & CEO of the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce & Associated Industries of Arkansas. It has been widely…
by - November 24, 2014 10:26 am
Gov. Mike Beebe announced the following appointments to state boards and commissions: Susan Altrui, Little Rock, to the Arkansas Entertainers Hall of Fame Board. Appointment expires September 1, 2015. Replaces…
by - November 24, 2014 12:01 am
Mississippi native political consultant Austin Barbour was in Arkansas this weekend. He stopped to speak at the Clinton School of Public Service on his way to Fayetteville for some sort…
by - November 23, 2014 10:31 am
After November 4th’s historic gains and firm political control for the Arkansas GOP, where do the state’s Democrats go from here?
