by - October 30, 2015 8:25 pm
Existing websites for Talk Business & Politics and The City Wire have been replaced by this new website designed to provide readers convenient access to the business and political news…
by - October 30, 2015 2:59 pm
A joint effort by Baptist Health and the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub has been formed to accelerate the development of up to 10 health care-related startup companies. The two entities…
by - October 30, 2015 1:51 pm
The state’s congressional delegation this week faced a series of issues from debating a two-year budget agreement approved this week as well as House members picking a new Speaker of…
by - October 30, 2015 1:35 pm
Arkansas State University System President Dr. Charles Welch announced Friday (Oct. 30) that three candidates have been invited to the ASU-Beebe campus to interview for the position of chancellor. The…
by - October 30, 2015 10:18 am
A retail development including Starbucks and Arkansas Dentistry and Braces has been announced for the site of the former Joes Italian Grill on West Sunset Avenue.
by - October 30, 2015 8:35 am
Editor’s note: Story updated with statement from U.S. Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark. Arkansas’ two U.S. Senators voted against a bipartisan budget agreement that passed the Senate early Friday morning (Oct….
by - October 30, 2015 6:14 am
Reduced consumer spending and a dip in manufacturing pushed third quarter financials for ArcBest below market expectations. But for the first nine months of 2015 the transportation and logistics company…
by - October 30, 2015 12:18 am
Editor’s note: Each Friday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Energy In-depth,” a round-up of energy and regulatory news in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive daily for free here….
by - October 29, 2015 9:48 pm
While the number of employed slipped a little from August, the September jobs picture in Northwest Arkansas remained on a positive track with the number of employed up 3.42% year-over-year….
by - October 29, 2015 1:45 pm
Four hospital providers, including Baptist Health and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield are creating a shared services organization to reduce duplication,…
by - October 29, 2015 1:08 pm
With more than 140 million customers shopping Walmart stores each week and 4,500 pickup locations disguised as supercenters and other stores, the retail giant is going against the retail grain…
by - October 29, 2015 12:59 pm
All four members of Arkansas’ delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives said Thursday they are pleased with Paul Ryan’s election to the powerful post of U.S. House Speaker. Ryan,…
by - October 29, 2015 12:18 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) has rethought two of his seven proposed changes to the Medicaid private option, proposed renaming it “Arkansas Works,” and supports a managed care system for high-cost…
by - October 29, 2015 12:01 pm
The Partnership for a Healthy Arkansas will bring together five organizations to implement programs that improve health care quality and lower health care costs for patients and providers throughout Arkansas.
by - October 29, 2015 10:03 am
The jobs picture improved in September for the central Arkansas and Jonesboro metro areas, with the Little Rock region seeing an almost 4% year-over-year gain in the number of employed…
by - October 29, 2015 9:00 am
Bloomberg News is reporting that telecom giant Verizon Communications has informed employees that its wireless operations will be reorganized and that there will be an unspecified number of job cuts.
by - October 29, 2015 8:20 am
The nation’s choppy economy continued to grow in the third quarter, but expanded less than half the real gross domestic product in the previous quarter, according to the “advance” estimate…
by - October 29, 2015 7:08 am
Editor’s note: Each Thursday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Startup Talk,” a round-up of startup, technology and entrepreneurial news in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive daily for free…
by - October 29, 2015 4:26 am
Jose Escobar, a student at the University of Arkansas, participated in a hackathon on his campus and became interested in learning more about the increasingly popular events that combine education,…
by - October 28, 2015 6:19 pm
Arkansas is spending too many health care dollars to keep long-term individuals in nursing homes and not enough for less expensive home- and community-based options, a health care consultant told legislators.
