by - January 24, 2016 2:42 pm
A crowd of 1,000, mostly young professionals, ‘partied with a purpose” at the American Heart Association’s 15th annual Paint the Town Red Heart Ball on Saturday (Jan. 23) at the…
by - January 24, 2016 9:41 am
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said his highway funding plan will work without raising taxes by finding government efficiencies and continuing with the state’s Medicaid expansion. Without those planks, Hutchinson says tax…
by - January 24, 2016 12:48 am
Editor’s note: Each Sunday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Made In America,” a round-up of state and global manufacturing news. NUMBER OF ‘WORKING-AGE’ CIVILIANS EXITING WORKFORCE JUMPS TO 35% IN PAST DECADE: The…
by - January 23, 2016 9:01 pm
Hundreds of pro-choice supporters participated in a Rally for Reproductive Justice Saturday, 43 years and one day after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision legalized abortion nationwide. The…
by - January 22, 2016 5:15 pm
A new tagline for Springdale will soon be “Springdale … We’re Making it Happen” and there will be a new logo to reflect this idea. The new citywide promo plan…
by - January 22, 2016 2:40 pm
Editor’s note: This is the weekly address from Gov. Asa Hutchinson. Opinions, commentary and other essays posted in this space are wholly the view of the author(s). They may not…
by - January 22, 2016 2:25 pm
Bear State Financial Inc.’s fourth quarter and yearly profits fell well short of last year’s results due to a one-tax benefit that added more than $21 million to the company’s…
by - January 22, 2016 1:33 pm
TV PREVIEW On this week’s TV edition of Talk Business & Politics with Roby Brock, which airs Sunday at 9:30 a.m. on KATV Channel 7. Gov. Asa Hutchinson reflects on…
by - January 22, 2016 10:25 am
With the House out of town this week, U.S. Senators had a busy week in the nation’s capital discussing and voting on issues ranging from Iran and Syria, to summer…
by - January 22, 2016 10:00 am
Arkansas Department of Environment Quality Director (ADEQ) Becky Keogh and (PSC) Public Service Commission Chair Ted Thomas submitted final comments to federal environmental regulators on Thursday (Jan. 21), providing a…
by - January 22, 2016 9:40 am
U.S. nuclear energy facilities generated electricity at a record high level of reliability in 2015 even as natural gas is expected to overtake coal as the top source for U.S….
by - January 21, 2016 10:39 pm
A new nonprofit whose board includes two retired state Supreme Court justices has been formed to educate voters on judicial candidates and combat misleading ads by independent groups. Funded entirely…
by - January 21, 2016 10:19 pm
It wasn’t an easy path for Brandon Burlsworth to be a college football star, and it doesn’t appear that a movie about his life will have an easy path to…
by - January 21, 2016 6:35 pm
Collections for the 2% tourism tax were robust in the fall and are up overall 8.56%, according to the latest numbers released to the Arkansas State Parks, Tourism and Recreation…
by - January 21, 2016 6:07 pm
The intrinsic value for strong mental and emotional health received attention Thursday (Jan. 21) during the Northwest Arkansas Business Women’s Network luncheon held in Bentonville. The original speaker for Thursday’s…
by - January 21, 2016 5:53 pm
The work of Max Farrell, E.A. Lepine and Kirsten Blowers was recently highlighted in national publications. Farrell, CEO and founder of WorkHound, was mentioned, along with his company, in a…
by - January 21, 2016 5:34 pm
Springdale-based Whitbeck Laboratories will soon have a new $1 million home, one that is nearly double the size of its existing facility and may help add up to 10 jobs…
by - January 21, 2016 5:18 pm
Simmons First National Corporation neared triple-digit fourth quarter growth as the Pine Bluff-based bank holding company’s loan portfolio more than doubled to nearly $5 billion to end fiscal year 2015….
by - January 21, 2016 4:57 pm
A new SIG Sauer ammo manufacturing plant in Jacksonville and expansion of a Remington Outdoor Company ammo plant in Lonoke are expected to add more than 130 manufacturing jobs in…
by - January 21, 2016 10:42 am
Home Bancshares Inc., the parent company of Centennial Bank, ended fiscal 2015 on a strong note after it reported fourth-quarter earnings rose more than 25%. The Conway-based banking group continued…
