by - November 29, 2016 8:57 am
New York State Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi, D-Utica, issued a statement Sunday (Nov. 27) criticizing subcontracting of “I Love New York” Thruway signs for the state’s Department of Transportation to Little…
by - November 28, 2016 7:56 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s administration will begin implementing some of the strategies recommended by a report by the Arkansas Policy Foundation that found at least $50 million in potential efficiencies, Hutchinson…
by - November 28, 2016 5:07 pm
The death of Fidel Castro represents a “moment that I believe needs to be seized,” Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Monday. Speaking to reporters, Hutchinson said the death Friday of Cuba’s…
by - November 28, 2016 3:42 pm
Editor’s note: Scott Cashion is a history professor at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. Opinions, commentary and other essays posted in this space are wholly the view of…
by - November 28, 2016 12:27 pm
Louis Armstrong clutched a gun in his pocket as he left the stage following a set at the Silver Moon, a nightclub in Newport. The world famous jazz musician made…
by - November 28, 2016 11:15 am
Former Arkansas Public Service Commissioner Lamar Davis has been named executive director of government and regulatory affairs for the Midcontinent Independent System Operator’s (MISO) South Region. Davis, a native of…
by - November 28, 2016 9:32 am
Three manufacturers accounted for 76% or 55 gigawatts of installed wind generating capacity in the United States, as of the end of 2015, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration….
by - November 28, 2016 8:43 am
Consumers logged online and spent a record $24.52 billion between Nov. 1 through Black Friday (Nov. 25), up 12% from the same period in 2015, according to comScore. “After a…
by - November 28, 2016 12:32 am
Editor’s note: Each Monday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Money Talk,” a wrap-up of banking and financial news. –––––––––––––––– SEC CHAIR MARY JO WHITE ANNOUNCES PLANS TO RESIGN AFTER OBAMA…
by - November 27, 2016 7:10 pm
story by David Rice Editor’s note: Welcome to the fifth season of Tusk to Tail – the sport of tailgating as organized, performed and perfected by a group of Hog…
by - November 27, 2016 9:49 am
Three business icons are optimistic that a President Donald Trump will govern more pragmatically than candidate Trump campaigned. Thomas F. “Mack” McLarty, Franklin McLarty and Robert L. “Bob” Johnson were…
by - November 27, 2016 12:20 am
Editor’s note: Each Sunday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Made In America,” a round-up of state and global manufacturing news. –––––––––––––– MICHIGAN GOVERNOR SIGNS MOU TO CREATE AUTO MANUFACTURING HUB…
by - November 26, 2016 8:29 am
TV PREVIEW On this week’s TV edition of Talk Business & Politics, which airs Sundays at 9:30 a.m. on KATV Channel 7 in Central Arkansas and in Northeast Arkansas on…
by - November 23, 2016 1:40 pm
Johnelle Hunt of Rogers is among the 2017 Governor’s Arts Awards recipients for her contributions to the arts in Arkansas. The initiative is led by Little Rock-based nonprofit Arkansas Arts…
by - November 23, 2016 1:04 pm
Dodd-Frank was signed into law in July 2010 and was designed to be a response to the near financial meltdown of 2008 in which several large banks failed.
by - November 23, 2016 12:43 pm
A Northwest Arkansas cancer treatment provider has started using a high-precision machine to treat patients. On Oct. 31, Highlands Oncology Group started treating patients with a TrueBeam linear accelerator, manufactured…
by - November 23, 2016 10:44 am
Arkansas bank executives agreed with former U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., about this: the bank regulation bill that bears his name should have been more lenient on smaller banks. In a…
by - November 23, 2016 10:20 am
Turkey farming is anything but easy. But that didn’t stop Jeff and Gloria Lindsey of Elkins from giving it a try. The couple signed on as turkey growers for Cargill…
by - November 23, 2016 9:47 am
Business groups across the U.S. cheered a decision by a U.S. District Court in Texas postponing the Obama administration’s new overtime rules that determine how much employees working more than…
by - November 22, 2016 7:03 pm
Truck tonnage declined 0.9% in October compared to the same month last year, but a trucking economist sees signs of a gradual increase in truck freight, according to a news…
