by - June 28, 2014 8:22 am
KATV’s Elicia Dover interviewed Hillary Clinton at her book signing in west Little Rock on Friday (June 27). The potential 2016 Presidential candidate and former Senator, First Lady and Secretary…
by - June 28, 2014 6:57 am
For our weekend business and political readers: I SEE YOU Computers have learned to recognize faces. Fast Company reports, “Thanks to deep learning, computers recently matched humans at facial recognition.” Earlier…
by - June 27, 2014 3:58 pm
Talk Business & Politics will broadcast a portion of our Sunday TV show from the Old State House Museum, where the Arkansas House of Representatives will meet next week for a special session. Here’s the rundown.
by - June 27, 2014 1:41 pm
Gov. Mike Beebe has added another item to the call for a special session, which is slated to start on Monday, June 30. Lawmakers have convinced Beebe that a bill…
by - June 27, 2014 8:29 am
The executive director of the group that represents school superintendents and principals said this week that his group will not oppose proposed bills dealing with school employee health insurance in…
by - June 26, 2014 6:16 pm
Editor’s note: This news story was reported by KATV’s Janelle Lilley. To view the comments section of KATV’s web story or to watch a video segment of this news story,…
by - June 26, 2014 6:01 pm
Not a lot of mystery lies ahead in how the upcoming special session will unfold. Most of the details regarding some changes to the teacher insurance and additional funding for…
by - June 26, 2014 1:00 pm
Business leaders calling for the state’s public schools to connect to a university-based high-speed network hope to have cost estimates by mid-July and would like Gov. Mike Beebe to call…
by - June 25, 2014 8:12 pm
This news story was reported by KATV’s Elicia Dover. To view the comments section of KATV’s web story or to watch a video segment of this news story, click here. A state…
by - June 25, 2014 7:40 pm
There has been a bit of a behind-the-scenes debate over when, how, and how often to debate in the U.S. Senate race between Cong. Tom Cotton and Sen. Mark Pryor….
by - June 25, 2014 3:10 pm
A representative of the state’s largest electric utility compared the EPA’s new far-reaching guidelines to reduce carbon emissions to Dante’s journey through hell.
by - June 25, 2014 3:32 am
In the past week, various national media outlets have covered the story of a 1975 Hillary Clinton legal case in which she was required to defend an accused rapist. Unfortunately,…
by - June 24, 2014 5:49 pm
The Arkansas Development Finance Authority (ADFA) board of directors agreed to back $5 million in bridge-gap funding for the $1.3 billion Big River Steel Mill project in Northeast Arkansas. At…
by - June 24, 2014 9:03 am
In Arkansas’ high-profile U.S. Senate race, voters may just have to cast their vote for who they hate the least. For nearly 11 months, incumbent Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor and…
by - June 24, 2014 6:26 am
State lawmakers will begin a series of meetings to review and revamp Arkansas’ workforce education and training programs on Tuesday (June 24). Sen. Jane English (R-North Little Rock) will lead…
by - June 24, 2014 1:25 am
Raising Arkansas’s minimum wage is becoming one of the defining issues of the gubernatorial race between Mike Ross and Asa Hutchinson. Ross fully supports the initiated measure to raise the…
by - June 23, 2014 11:39 pm
KATV’s Jason Pederson reports: It is common for letters from lawyers to flood the mailboxes of those involved in motor vehicle accidents. But it’s a different kind of post-accident solicitation…
by - June 23, 2014 5:25 pm
With the primary now over, most candidates are endorsing their former opponents in their respective primaries. It’s normal and an expected gesture of party unity. Even in the continuous Republican…
by - June 23, 2014 5:03 pm
Arkansas House members will meet in the historic Old State House during next week’s special session.
by - June 23, 2014 8:06 am
Gov. Mike Beebe says math, not health, may eventually determine the fate of the Private Option. Appearing on this week’s edition of Talk Business & Politics, Beebe said it would…
