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Former State Sen. Ruth Whitaker Dies At 77

Ruth Whitaker, a long-time GOP advocate from Crawford County who served in the Arkansas Senate for 12 years, passed away Monday (Nov. 10) morning. She was 77. She is survived…

Beebe Reappoints Wills To PSC, Announces Additional Appointments

Gov. Mike Beebe reappointed Elana Wills to a new term on the three-member Arkansas Public Service Commission. Wills will serve until January 2019. Beebe also announced the following appointments to…

Beebe names 40 to boards and commissions

Gov. Mike Beebe on Monday (Nov. 10) announced the following appointments to State boards and commissions: Robert “Steve” Balloun, Dardanelle, to the Arkansas Agriculture Board. Appointment expires Aug. 15, 2017….

Ex-Treasurer Martha Shoffner Mail Fraud Case Will Go Trial

From Elicia Dover with our content partner, KATV Ch. 7: A federal judge did not accept former Arkansas treasurer Martha Shoffner’s guilty plea Monday, forcing her case to go to…

The Supply Side: Wal-Mart helps Nutrisystem push diabetic food box

Diabetes is a $160 billion annual cost to the nation’s health care system and diet food supplier Nutrisystem’s diabetic food box has risen to the top selling item on the…

Tusk to Tail 2014: Jack Clark wants some answers from Jeff Long

Last Friday, Tusk to Tail weighed in on the state of the Hogs three-quarters of the way through the Bret Bielema project’s second year. Each of us praised the team’s…

GOP advocate and former State Sen. Ruth Whitaker has died (Updated)

Ruth Whitaker, the long-time GOP advocate from Crawford County who served in the Arkansas Senate for 12 years, has passed away Monday (Nov. 10) morning. She was 77. She is…

The Clinton Library And The Downtown Decade

The Clinton Presidential Center marks a decade in which it has seen more than 3 million visitors and played a major role in creating a vibrant downtown district in Little Rock.

The Arkansas Labor Pool Migrates From Manufacturing To Service Sectors

Editor’s note: This article appears in the latest magazine edition of Talk Business & Politics, which you can read here. The biggest trend that Arkansas’ labor pool of 1.3 million has undergone…

Tom Schueck On The Economy, Arkansas’ Infrastructure & Don Tyson

Editor’s note: This Q&A appears in the latest magazine edition of Talk Business & Politics, which you can read here. In the years since earning a civil engineering degree from…

Hospitals Reaccredited For Total Joint Programs

Northwest Medical Center-Springdale and Northwest Medical Center-Bentonville were recently reaccredited by The Joint Commission for their total joint programs in the fall of 2012.

Sexton Recognized by State Mortgage Bankers Association

Centennial Bank executive was named the 2014 Mortgage Banker of the Year by the Mortgage Bankers Association of Arkansas.

Data Breach: Cyber Liability Insurance on The Rise as Hacks Escalate

The annual global financial loss from cybercrime, as estimated by renowned security technology firm McAfee, ranges from $375 billion to $575 billion, and the growth of the cyber liability insurance industry is not keeping up.

Harvey Goal: Centralized Pediatric Care

Harvey Pediatrics is planning to build a 15,700-SF medical office building in Rogers and relocate his practice from Northwest Medical Center-Bentonville.

Longtime UAMS Clinical Director Finds Respite in Corporate Work

Danny Proffitt recently ended a 36-year career at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences to run corporate health care at Simmons Foods.

Power Plant Regs Threaten Self-Inflicted Wound for Consumers (OPINION)

Policy shifts in Washington are on the verge of drastically undermining our ability to continue to reliably generate affordable energy for our customers.

Out of Emergency, Leadership (OPINION)

The Ebola crisis is a situation that can be described as VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous) a military term for instances that demand more of leaders than traditional knowledge and skills.

On Top of the World (OPINION)

Republicans deserve credit for the campaigning efforts that landed them a wave of victories in the Nov. 4 election.

ARTP Has Made $522 Million Impact on State, Study Finds

The Arkansas Research & Technology Park in Fayetteville shared during its 10th anniversary Oct. 30 the results of a new economic impact analysis conducted by the Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Arkansas.

Bentonvilles Shamrock Suites Development Sold for $4.2M

The two-building, 40,950-SF office park was built in 2004 and appraised in 2011 for $3.08 million.

Oklahoma court ruling threatens poultry industry in Arkansas

GDP up 4.3% in the third quarter, consumer confidence declines

St. Bernards to expand Maternal Life360 HOME program into Greene County

Then and Now: Cooperative business model a good fit for Mitchell Johnson