by - April 2, 2013 4:16 pm
SB 820, the enabling legislation for the $1.1 billion Big River Steel mill superproject, cleared its first two hurdles on Tuesday (April 2). The measure, which outlines parameters of the major…
by - April 2, 2013 11:48 am
Former Congressman Mike Ross (D) dropped another huge clue that he plans to run for Arkansas Governor in 2014. In an email sent Tuesday (April 2) to employees at Southwest…
by - April 2, 2013 11:32 am
A day after House Speaker Davy Carter (R-Cabot) and Senate President Michael Lamoureux (R-Russellville) announced their endorsement of Arkansas’ “private option” approach to expanding Medicaid through health insurance exchanges, the federal…
by - April 2, 2013 10:51 am
Asa Hutchinson, GOP candidate for Arkansas Governor, laid out his recommendations to the National Rifle Association nearly two months after being tasked with helping form a safer schools initiative in…
by - April 2, 2013 10:15 am
Attorney General Dustin McDaniel (D) requested that Exxon Mobil Corp. preserve and maintain all documents and all other information related to Friday’s extensive oil spill and ongoing cleanup efforts in…
by - April 1, 2013 5:30 pm
Less than a week after the Arkansas State Senate overrode Gov. Mike Beebe’s veto of SB 2, a bill that requires a photo ID to vote, the Arkansas House also…
by - April 1, 2013 12:15 pm
Talk Business Arkansas bloggers Jason Tolbert and Michael Cook appeared on Sunday night’s TV program to discuss a variety of topics from the Arkansas legislature. Tolbert said it is too…
by - April 1, 2013 12:10 pm
Mike Malone, President and CEO of the influential Northwest Arkansas Council, tells Talk Business Arkansas that lawmakers need to act favorably on the $1.1 billion Big River Steel Mill superproject….
by - April 1, 2013 6:49 am
Senate President Michael Lamoureux (R-Russellville) and House Speaker Davy Carter (R-Cabot) adjourned the 89th General Assembly on Monday (April 1) using an obscure provision of Amendment 82, the state’s superproject…
by - March 29, 2013 1:04 pm
For our weekend business and political readers: LESSONS FROM A YOUNG MAVERICK Mark Cuban is the young out-spoken billionaire owner of the NBA Dallas Mavericks. His antics and outrage between…
by - March 27, 2013 11:19 pm
A recycling tax credit that could save the Big River Steel plant $260 million over 14 years is leading to questions by lawmakers about its cost and scope. The director…
by - March 27, 2013 11:19 pm
New numbers released from the Department of Human Services indicate the private insurance option being considered by lawmakers could save the state $670 million over the next decade. Here’s the math.
by - March 27, 2013 7:19 pm
The Arkansas Senate overrode Gov. Mike Beebe’s veto of SB 2, a bill that requires a photo ID to vote. Known as the voter ID bill, Beebe vetoed the measure…
by - March 27, 2013 11:57 am
If your mind has not been numbed enough by details of the Big River Steel discussion this week, then the amendment added to shell bill SB 820 will be more…
by - March 26, 2013 9:41 pm
A bill that would have made it a state law to allow home schooled students to participate in public school interscholastic activities failed to pass the House Education Committee on…
by - March 26, 2013 4:40 pm
House Speaker Davy Carter (R-Cabot) received approval for his capital gains tax bill, HB 1966, which raises the exemption level on new and existing investments. The House Revenue and Tax…
by - March 26, 2013 2:28 pm
There are a lot of thoughts swirling around the capitol on the Big River Steel project as legislators debate whether or not to float a $125 million bond issue to support a loan and incentives for the $1.1 billion steel mill.
by - March 26, 2013 11:29 am
An Arkansas House panel approved a change to the state’s income tax brackets, a move that could deplete state revenues by $57 million a year. HB 1585 by Rep. Charlie…
by - March 26, 2013 11:27 am
A bill to root out Medicaid fraud has been flushed out with more details that includes establishing an office of Medicaid Inspector General and providing a testing of Medicaid claims….
by - March 25, 2013 5:30 pm
President Harry Truman once said he wanted a one-handed economist because all his economists would say, “On the one hand, on the other.” A full committee room of legislators heard…
