by - August 16, 2011 7:00 pm
Gov. Mike Beebe (D) told reporters on Wednesday that he has "confidence issues" with Arkansas Lottery Director Ernie Passailaigue after a recent controversy revealed that the lottery owed nearly $100,000 in taxes to the IRS.
by - August 16, 2011 7:00 pm
Some are rumors, others are confirmed and we suspect many are still to announce.
by - August 15, 2011 7:00 pm
Michael Tilley with our content partner, The City Wire, uses his weekly column to express his concerns regarding the already crowded GOP Presidential field and next year’s top of the ticket election.
The gaggle of Republicans hoping to get their chance to redecorate the Oval Office in early 2013 participated Thursday in what these days passes for a debate.
by - August 15, 2011 7:00 pm
Rob Moritz with our content partner, the Arkansas News Bureau, looks into legislator concerns regarding newly enacted sentencing reform laws.
by - August 15, 2011 7:00 pm
Steve Brawner with Stephens Media points out that the recent Congressional debate on the debt ceiling is but one area of Washington, D.C. dysfunction.
by - August 14, 2011 7:00 pm
U.S. Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., was careful during a Monday interview to not offer specific thoughts on tax and spending ratios and to avoid specific commentary on the GOP presidential candidates.
by - August 13, 2011 7:00 pm
This afternoon, Monday, August 15 at 2 p.m., Talk Business & Politics will launch its latest installment of "Talk Politics," our Q&A session with U.S. Senator John Boozman (R). If you want to watch the live-stream interview on that day, you might want to bookmark this link.
by - August 13, 2011 7:00 pm
Talk Business & Politics bloggers Jason Tolbert and Michael Cook picked their winners and losers in Arkansas politics this past week.
by - August 12, 2011 7:00 pm
It should come as no surprise that GOP House members who worked to persuade Texas Gov. Rick Perry to seek the Republican Presidential nomination are ready to put their "Arkansans for Perry" group in action.
by - August 10, 2011 7:00 pm
Republican Party of Arkansas Executive Director Chase Dugger is leaving his post with the party on Aug. 31.
by - August 10, 2011 7:00 pm
Until today, Fourth District Congressional hopeful Tom Cotton (R-Dardanelle) was the only announced candidate for Rep. Mike Ross’ (D-Prescott) open seat.
by - August 9, 2011 7:00 pm
Rep. Linda Collins-Smith of Pocahontas changed her party affiliation today from Democrat to Republican. The move was first reported by Talk Business’ Jason Tolbert.
by - August 9, 2011 7:00 pm
Wednesday’s news of Rep. Linda Collins-Smith’s party switch from the Democratic Party to Republican Party led to speculation that other Democrats may be considering a similar move.
by - July 25, 2011 7:00 pm
With a healthy, but not huge, campaign war chest, a spokesman for Congressman Mike Ross (D) tells Talk Business the retiring representative will return all individual contributions and some corporate money.
by - July 25, 2011 7:00 pm
Columnist John Brummett offers his take on the Mike Ross announcement yesterday that threw another curveball into Arkansas’ political dynamic.
by - July 25, 2011 7:00 pm
A brutal headline and article in Politico this morning for Arkansas Democrats as the D.C.-based political news operation interviews a number of Arkansas Democrats on the party’s prospects.
by - April 11, 2011 7:00 pm
Things didn’t go according to plan, but in the end a bill passed.
by - April 10, 2011 7:00 pm
In the span of an hour and a half, a Congressional redistricting plan cleared nearly three-fourths of the hurdles needed to become law.
by - April 9, 2011 7:00 pm
Jason Tolbert of The Tolbert Report uses his Stephens Media column this week to talk about the role of partisanship in this year’s state legislative session.
by - April 9, 2011 7:00 pm
John Lyon with our content partner, the Arkansas News Bureau, moves to the next highly controversial state capitol matter – legislative redistricting – even though Congressional redistricting remains unsolved. Legislative redistricting is handled by the Board of Apportionment, which consists of the Governor, Attorney General and Secretary of State.
Like congressional districts, state legislative districts must be redrawn every 10 years to reflect population shifts shown in U.S. Census data. The 2010 census shows that population levels continued to increase over the past decade in Central and Northwest Arkansas and to decline in the southern and eastern parts of the state.
