by - October 16, 2013 6:11 am
Last week I said the U.S. Senate campaign in Arkansas will involve two themes repeated over and over: (1) From Cotton: Pryor ♥ Obama/ObamaCare, and (2) From Pryor: Cotton ♥ the…
by - October 15, 2013 6:50 pm
From our content partner, KUAR FM-89 News: Gov. Mike Beebe (D) says he won’t call a special session of the legislature to address a 50 percent hike in public school…
by - October 15, 2013 5:52 pm
Gov. Mike Beebe (D) today announced the following appointments to boards and commissions: Ben Barham, Cammack Village, to the State Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board. Appointment expires July 31,…
by - October 15, 2013 11:48 am
The October 15th deadline for quarterly campaign contribution and expenditure reports is upon us. They are compiled from campaign reports and press releases from candidate campaigns. Below is a breakdown…
by - October 15, 2013 7:36 am
While partisan forces align easily with their party candidates, independent voters are a crucial voting bloc in the 2014 elections. Some say they are the crucial voting bloc. In the…
by - October 14, 2013 9:26 pm
From David Goins with our content partner, KARK Ch. 4 News: Members of the Arkansas General Assembly say they believe enough support exists to allow Governor Mike Beebe to call…
by - October 14, 2013 9:24 pm
Americans depending on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will have fewer funds available on Nov. 1 to purchase food for themselves and their families, with Arkansans set to lose $52…
by - October 14, 2013 7:20 pm
The addition of a term limits extension and a commission charged with deciding elected officials’ pay appears to have reversed public opinion on an ethics reform proposal. The Arkansas legislature…
by - October 14, 2013 4:01 pm
Based on Talk Business’s recent poll, Arkansas Republicans have a few things to brag about. Yet when considering Arkansas’s political climate, Republicans are falling far short of where they should…
by - October 13, 2013 11:53 pm
Little has changed since February. In the Arkansas Governor’s race, Republican Asa Hutchinson still maintains a slight lead over presumptive Democratic nominee Mike Ross. In the latest Talk Business-Hendrix College…
by - October 13, 2013 10:20 pm
This weekend, House Congressional leaders named conferees to House-Senate negotiations on a new Farm Bill, a move that will likely bring resolution to a contentious battle over American agriculture policy….
by - October 13, 2013 9:01 am
Senate Insurance committee chairman Jason Rapert (R-Conway) says he sees lawmakers coming to agreement on short-term and long-term solutions to solve the public school employee insurance crisis and he hopes…
by - October 13, 2013 8:50 am
Despite a rough job approval rating and more Democratic blame than GOP fault for the federal government shutdown, incumbent Democrat U.S. Senator Mark Pryor remains slightly ahead of Republican challenger Cong. Tom Cotton in the latest Talk Business-Hendrix College poll.
by - October 12, 2013 11:22 am
For our weekend business and political readers: NO ONE ANSWERING PHONES AT IRS Because of the partial government shutdown, taxpayers who have IRS problems are not able to talk to…
by - October 11, 2013 12:30 pm
Senators from both parties are meeting Friday afternoon (Oct. 11) to discuss the increasingly likely special session to deal with rising teacher insurance rates. During and after taping Friday’s episode…
by - October 11, 2013 11:01 am
Former U.S. Rep. Asa Hutchinson, a Republican candidate in next year’s race for governor, said Arkansas’ private option law regulating the implementation of Obamacare in the state would not have…
by - October 10, 2013 8:07 pm
Members of the U.S. Senate have stepped up pressure on the Federal Aviation Administration to keep open its Aircraft Registry Office during the shutdown. The action, led by U.S. Sens….
by - October 10, 2013 7:29 pm
With the government shutdown now in its ninth day and with no end appearing to be on the horizon, candidates for federal offices may be wondering what to do about…
by - October 10, 2013 5:07 pm
Get ready for a long campaign season. The general election is over a year away and both Sen. Mark Pryor and challenger Cong. Tom Cotton are taking to the airwaves….
by - October 10, 2013 11:47 am
Congressman Tom Cotton’s credibility has been called into question twice in the past week by the fact-checking organization Politifact. In two separate rulings, Politifact rated both a public statement from…
