by - January 6, 2015 2:26 pm
Gov.-elect Asa Hutchinson made plenty of news in a pre-session Q&A with reporters at the state capitol on Tuesday (Jan. 6). Saying he wanted a “quick start” to his legislative…
by - January 6, 2015 8:52 am
Talk Business & Politics unveils its Top 10 Legislators To Watch in the upcoming session. Who might stir the pot and make headlines?
by - January 6, 2015 6:47 am
Gov.-elect Asa Hutchinson announced Wendy Kelley as the new director of the Arkansas Department of Correction (ADC). Kelley is the chief deputy director of ADC, a position she has held…
by - January 6, 2015 6:08 am
Our latest magazine is hot off the press and packed with tons of news, interviews and analysis, including profiles of this year’s inductees into the UA Walton College Business Hall of Fame.
by - January 6, 2015 5:12 am
Editor’s note: Each Tuesday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Campus Talk,” a recap and deep-dive into education topics in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive daily…
by - January 5, 2015 10:20 pm
Northwest Arkansas Newspapers LLC announced Monday (Jan. 5) that it is consolidating its five northwest Arkansas daily newspapers into a single regional newspaper, the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. As a result…
by - January 5, 2015 9:56 pm
There’s an old joke about a man with a leaky roof. When it rained, he said he couldn’t fix the holes because it was raining. When it wasn’t raining he’d…
by - January 5, 2015 9:49 pm
The City Wire has changed the look of its popular daily e-mail blast that goes to more than 9,000 people in the Fort Smith and Northwest Arkansas areas, and will…
by - January 5, 2015 8:18 pm
The trucking industry will have to continue randomly testing at least 50% of its drivers for drug and alcohol in 2015, according to a decision by the Federal Motor Carrier…
by - January 5, 2015 8:06 pm
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia will be in Fort Smith on Feb. 26 to speak at the first of three Winthrop Paul Rockefeller Distinguished Lecture Series that are focused…
by - January 5, 2015 6:16 pm
As I reported last week, Sen. Jon Woods asked the Attorney General for an opinion on the timetable for the newly formed salary commission to make recommendations. Woods asked, “Must…
by - January 5, 2015 5:40 pm
Arkansas tax collections for the first half of the fiscal year are 2.6% above the same period last year, but December collections were up just 1.7% because of income tax…
by - January 5, 2015 5:12 pm
Restaurants and food service venues expect sales to grow by a modest 1% this year, while they wrestle with higher food inflation and appeasing value-seeking consumers, according to the NPD…
by - January 5, 2015 4:48 pm
The new publication, the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, will feature local nameplates as B sections. Longtime editor Susan Scantlin is among those whose position was eliminated.
by - January 5, 2015 4:11 pm
The trucking industry will have to continue randomly testing at least 50% of its drivers for drug and alcohol in 2015, according to a decision by the Federal Motor Carrier…
by - January 5, 2015 3:54 pm
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia will be in Fort Smith on Feb. 26 to speak at the first of three Winthrop Paul Rockefeller Distinguished Lecture Series that are focused…
by - January 5, 2015 3:00 pm
Northwest Arkansas Newspapers LLC announced Monday (Jan. 5) that it is consolidating its five northwest Arkansas daily newspapers into a single regional newspaper, the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. As a result…
by - January 5, 2015 2:35 pm
Efforts by Fort Smith-based ArcBest to grow its ABF Logistics division took a small step forward with the $5.17 million purchase of Oklahoma City-based Smart Lines Transportation. With annual revenue…
by - January 5, 2015 12:32 pm
ABF Logistics, a subsidiary of Fort Smith-based ArcBest Corp., said it has acquired Oklahoma City-based Smart Lines Transportation Group for $5.17 million in cash. Smart Lines, founded in 2003, has…
by - January 5, 2015 11:57 am
Arkansas Public Service Commission chair Colette Honorable has officially resigned from her post and will be sworn in as early as this afternoon to her new role on powerful Federal…
