by - July 1, 2014 11:24 am
Senate hopeful Tom Cotton was all business on Tuesday. Cong. Cotton, the Republican challenger to incumbent Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor, received the endorsement of the National Federation of Independent Businesses…
by - June 30, 2014 10:35 pm
With a touch of fanfare, Arkansas lawmakers made quick work of the first day of the 89th General Assembly’s second extraordinary session. The House of Representatives met in the Old…
by - June 30, 2014 1:40 pm
Gov. Mike Beebe announced the following appointments to boards and commissions: Greg Ashcraft, Little Rock, reappointed to the Arkansas Deaf and Hearing Impaired Telecommunications Services Corporation. Appointment expires June 1,…
by - June 30, 2014 10:45 am
The latest magazine edition of Talk Business & Politics is hot off the press, including our cover story on Arkansas’ high-profile U.S. Senate race.
by - June 29, 2014 9:28 am
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mike Ross’ jobs plan includes cutting red tape, investing in education, reorganizing workforce strategies, and slicing taxes. But Ross says there may be more on the tax cut front that could be done to recruit companies and jobs to Arkansas.
by - June 29, 2014 9:06 am
A co-chair of a task force on teacher health insurance says after this week’s special session, his group plans to study privatizing the troubled school benefits program. Appearing on this…
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…
