by - October 4, 2014 3:03 pm
Janelle Lilley with our content partner, KATV Ch. 7 news, reports: Beginning January 2015, Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) will no longer offer Medicare Advantage plans to residents in…
by - October 4, 2014 8:31 am
How does a Starbucks operate inside the world’s largest intelligence community headquarters? It’s complicated. These stories and more for our weekend business and political readers.
by - October 3, 2014 5:58 pm
GOP Attorney General candidate Leslie Rutledge filed a new voter registration form with Secretary of State Martin on Friday afternoon, but she made clear she was doing it under protest….
by - October 3, 2014 2:40 pm
Mike Ross unveiled a “Fair Pay & Equal Opportunity Plan” Friday that he said was meant to correct disparities in pay between men and women. The plan would protect employees…
by - October 3, 2014 12:37 pm
Rates for consumers on the Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace should be two percent lower in 2015 than they were in 2014, the Arkansas Insurance Department officially announced Friday. Last month,…
by - October 2, 2014 5:02 pm
There has been an interesting back-and-forth this week between Republican Attorney General candidate Leslie Rutledge and Democratic Pulaski County Clerk Larry Crane. In short, Crane canceled Rutledge’s voter registration based…
by - October 2, 2014 4:28 pm
According to Gov. Mike Beebe’s office and the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce, the state of Arkansas has paid off its federal debt for funds borrowed to prop up the…
by - October 2, 2014 4:21 pm
The next four days will be a dream for local political aficionados as virtually every statewide candidate for office will be in Northeast Arkansas, at campaign rallies, area festivals and…
by - October 2, 2014 10:21 am
Arkansas revenue forecasters said the state’s tax collections are about 0.5% below forecast after the first quarter of the state’s fiscal year, which ended September 30. Year-to-date net available general…
by - October 1, 2014 9:42 pm
Editor’s note: Reporter Elicia Dover with our content partner, KATV Ch. 7 News, provided the bulk of this report. Talk Business & Politics Editor-in-Chief Roby Brock also contributed to this…
by - October 1, 2014 9:29 pm
Members of the state House and Senate State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committees heard testimony Wednesday regarding a movement to amend the U.S. Constitution through a method never before used…
by - October 1, 2014 7:58 pm
KATV’s Elicia Dover delivers Wednesday’s Election Central Daily Brief, which includes more news on Republican Attorney General nominee Leslie Rutledge and a pair of partisan “anniversaries.” RUTLEDGE ELIGIBILITY Pulaski County…
by - October 1, 2014 10:29 am
Gov. Mike Beebe today announced the following judicial appointment: Robert W. McCorkindale, Harrison, as Special Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Arkansas for the case styled 14-427, Nathaniel Smith,…
by - October 1, 2014 5:41 am
A post from Blue Hog Report, and subsequently the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, disclosed that Pulaski County Clerk Larry Crane has canceled the voter registration for GOP Attorney General candidate Leslie Rutledge….
by - September 30, 2014 10:31 pm
Murphy Oil Corp. announced that its wholly owned subsidiaries, Murphy Sabah Oil Co., Ltd. and Murphy Sarawak Oil Co., Ltd., have entered into an agreement with PT Pertamina Malaysia Eksplorasi…
by - September 30, 2014 5:10 pm
The Patrick Henry Hays for Congress campaign has taken a sudden turn for the negative in recent days. Last week, the Democratic nominee launched an ad called “Best Investment” where…
by - September 30, 2014 2:38 pm
The two major party candidates for Arkansas Attorney General tout their experience as positives for voters to consider this fall, but don’t worry — this race also has its fair share of controversies.
by - September 30, 2014 12:30 pm
A sales tax that was supposed to be collected for Crittenden Regional Hospital won’t be collected at least until voters can make their decision later this year, a circuit judge…
by - September 29, 2014 8:12 pm
Editor’s note: This feature is part of a series examining competitive House District races in Northeast Arkansas. The race two years ago in House District 52 was a battle to…
by - September 29, 2014 6:51 pm
Roby Brock with Talk Business and Politics delivers Monday’s Election Central Daily Brief, including news of a visit from former President Bill Clinton and developments in the Senate and Governor…
