by - September 5, 2014 5:26 pm
A plan to look at how Craighead County spends taxpayer money and where it comes from will be discussed at the county’s quorum court meeting Monday night. Craighead County administrative…
by - September 5, 2014 9:08 am
On Friday, GOP Senate hopeful Cong. Tom Cotton told radio talk show host Alice Stewart that he will support a ballot initiative in Arkansas to raise the minimum wage to…
by - September 5, 2014 7:26 am
From Scott Inman with our content partner, KATV Channel 7: The Arkansas Education Association threw its support behind the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor at a news conference at the…
by - September 5, 2014 4:03 am
Asa Hutchinson continues to receive bone-crushing body blows over the issue of his apparent cheating on his property taxes. On Thursday, the Democratic Governor’s Association released yet another television ad…
by - September 4, 2014 9:26 pm
The Republican nominee for governor said Thursday that he will support a ballot measure to raise the minimum wage as he and his Democratic rival argued over the issue. Former…
by - September 4, 2014 4:55 pm
Two months before the election, independent Mark Moore is suing to get on the ballot in the lieutenant governor’s race. Moore filed a lawsuit earlier this year in U.S. District…
by - September 4, 2014 4:07 pm
A commercial released Thursday by Democratic congressional candidate Jackie McPherson seeks to question a vote earlier this year by Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, involving the Veterans Affairs Administration. The 60-second…
by - September 4, 2014 2:59 pm
Jonesboro Mayor Harold Perrin, saying the city needed “someone who can bring a fresh, new management style” to the Jonesboro Police Department, named Rick Elliott police chief. Elliott, 55, who…
by - September 4, 2014 11:33 am
Because you haven’t seen enough political advertising in the current U.S. Senate race, today a slew of new ads are making their debut. Republican challenger Cong. Tom Cotton unveiled a…
by - September 4, 2014 11:04 am
The September 26 meeting of the Northeast Arkansas Political Animals Club will feature eight candidates running for four State House seats. The 11:30 a.m. meeting at the Jonesboro Regional Chamber…
by - September 4, 2014 9:18 am
For regional businesses, the return of fall football means money in the bank.
by - September 4, 2014 8:45 am
Mike Callan’s office at Arkansas Oklahoma Gas Corp. was almost empty the Thursday before the Labor Day weekend. There were hooks on the walls where pictures once hung. On his…
by - September 4, 2014 5:00 am
Republican Congressman Tim Griffin’s campaign for lieutenant governor is getting a boost next week from several well-known Democrats in Arkansas, including a former Democratic state legislator and a former Democratic…
by - September 3, 2014 9:53 pm
The proverbial fireworks may have come a little later this year as two of the major candidates for Arkansas governor ratcheted up their comments on issues Wednesday. Former Democratic Congressman…
by - September 3, 2014 2:06 pm
Less than a week after certifying an alcohol expansion initiative, Arkansas Secretary of State Mark Martin said that a proposed ballot measure to raise the state’s minimum wage has qualified…
by - September 3, 2014 10:43 am
A strong upsurge in income tax collections offset an expected sales tax decline as year-to-date state revenues remained slightly ahead of last year’s pace and forecast. Net available general revenues…
by - September 3, 2014 8:29 am
A statewide survey conducted last week found that a strong majority of Arkansans are persuaded by a variety of arguments to increase broadband access to K-12 schools and students.
by - September 3, 2014 6:59 am
Two weeks ago, incumbent Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor rolled out a TV ad that included a discussion of his one-time cancer and his support for federal health care changes. His…
by - September 3, 2014 6:09 am
As the former director of the Arkansas Employment Security Division (now the Arkansas Department of Workforce Services), and a professor of human resources development for Webster University, I have long…
by - September 3, 2014 1:10 am
August is now a memory, but a strategic decision made by French Hill’s Congressional campaign last month may have hurt Hill’s chance at victory in November. First, please allow me…
